Construction Quality Inspector

GCC•Pittsburgh, PA

About The Position

Provides support for Construction Management and related services. The construction management program may include project engineering, planning, scheduling, design reviews, value management assessments, safety compliance reviews, monitoring and testing compliance, record keeping, cost estimating and budget control, and change management documentation. The contractor may also perform constructability reviews and quality assurance monitoring, including monitoring contractors’ adherence to standards and specifications to help avoid deficiencies in the work. The role involves reviewing daily work, preparing weekly and monthly reviews and reports, reviewing change order proposals, monitoring schedule development and adherence, making recommendations concerning integrated master schedules (IMS), and carrying out written and oral communications and coordination as required. The inspector applies construction knowledge to support project plans for quality assurance, safety, time, cost, change, and information management. The role includes monitoring construction quality, reviewing contractor work against construction documents, understanding the baseline schedule, and assisting in determining the value of acceptable work in place. Credentials should identify experience on completed projects demonstrating competency to undertake the required construction task-order work.

Requirements

Working knowledge of construction practices.
Familiarity with the site operations of general contractors and subcontractors and with managing a building construction operation.
Work experience monitoring construction for quality assurance.
Experience preparing and analyzing contractor work and identifying incongruities and deficiencies in relation to construction documents.
Understanding of baseline schedules and ability to assist in determining the value of acceptable work in place.
Experience on completed projects that demonstrates competency to undertake the required construction work.
Communication, language, and software skills, including the ability to use a variety of software programs to monitor, update, and produce work products and compile data.
May possess a degree from an accredited institution of higher learning, or evidence of work experience or knowledge to compensate for the absence of higher education; a minimum of three years of construction work experience may be substituted.

Responsibilities

Support construction management and related services.
Monitor contractors’ adherence to standards and specifications to help avoid work deficiencies.
Conduct quality assurance monitoring of construction.
Review daily work and perform weekly and monthly reviews and reporting.
Review change order proposals and monitor schedule development and adherence.
Make recommendations concerning integrated master schedules (IMS).
Communicate and coordinate in writing and orally as required.
Assist with project plans and processes for quality assurance, safety, time, cost, change, and information management.
Prepare, analyze, and identify incongruities and deficiencies in contractor work in relation to construction documents.
Understand the baseline schedule and assist in determining the value of acceptable work in place.