Construction Inspector

Timmons Group • Harrisonburg, VA

7d • $70,000 - $90,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Timmons Group is seeking a Construction Inspector for its Telecommunications and MRE Group in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The inspector observes, documents, and verifies contractor work on underground fiber installation, overhead make-ready construction, and aerial fiber placement. Reporting to the Project or Construction Manager, the inspector coordinates with property owners, pole owners, utilities, agencies, and contractor crews. The position requires sound field judgment, accurate documentation, and knowledge of rights-of-way, NESC, pole attachment, and fiber installation practices.

This is a primarily field-based role with frequent travel to construction sites. The inspector works around rights-of-way, pole lines, variable terrain, and energized facilities, maintaining safe distances as required. The position supports construction from inspection and documentation through testing, punch lists, and project closeout.

Timmons Group is a full-service engineering and technology firm with 22 offices across the Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, and South Central United States. The company provides civil engineering, environmental, economic development, GIS/geospatial technology, landscape architecture, and surveying services.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in telecommunications, fiber, utility, or civil construction inspection, involving underground and/or aerial work.
• Knowledge of underground construction methods, including trenching, directional drilling, conduit, restoration, and right-of-way practices.
• Knowledge of make-ready and aerial construction methods, NESC clearances, and joint-use standards.
• Ability to read construction drawings, permit plans, route maps, and as-builts.
• Familiarity with utility locates, traffic control, and site safety.
• Strong documentation and communication skills.
• Valid driver's license; background check and drug screen required.
• Ability to work outdoors in all conditions, lift 50 pounds, climb, kneel, and work after hours as needed.
• Ability to safely navigate rights-of-way, pole lines, and variable terrain, including maintaining safe distances from energized facilities.

Nice To Haves

• Microsoft Office, mobile reporting, and GIS tools.
• Underground fiber inspection experience on municipal, utility, broadband, or transportation projects, including directional drilling, open trench, and conduit work.
• Familiarity with VDOT or local right-of-way permits, Miss Utility/811, and utility owner coordination.
• Make-ready and aerial fiber inspection experience on joint-use pole lines, including NJUNS workflows.
• NESC Joint-Use training.

Responsibilities

• Inspect underground construction, including trenching, plowing, drilling, conduit, handholes, and restoration; document depth of cover, separation, backfill, markers, and tracer wire.
• Verify compliance with approved drawings, specifications, permits, traffic control, safety, and erosion control requirements.
• Coordinate with contractors, engineering teams, utilities, and agencies to address field conflicts; attend pre-construction, progress, and closeout meetings.
• Document daily progress through reports, photographs, and redlines, and verify contractor quantities for invoice review.
• Report deficiencies and unsafe or nonconforming work, and help resolve restoration, property owner, and permit issues.
• Support as-builts, test documentation, punch lists, and project closeout.
• Inspect make-ready work, including transfers, pole replacements, attachment removals, anchors, and guying; verify heights and NESC clearances before fiber placement.
• Inspect aerial fiber placement, including strand tension, lashing or overlashing, ADSS, sag, bonding and grounding, risers, slack storage, and splice enclosures.
• Coordinate make-ready sequencing with pole owners and attachers, and track pole status in NJUNS.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed