Engineering Technician 1-4 Statewide Structural Fabrication Inspector

State of Louisiana • Baton Rouge, LA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

This posting is for structural fabrication inspection located at numerous plants across the state and neighboring states. This position is responsible for quality assurance inspections for pre-stressed concrete pilings and girders. Please see the Examples of Work below for the complete position description. Please visit our DOTD Career Center for more information about our agency: http://wwwsp.dotd.la.gov/Inside_LaDOTD/Divisions/Mgmt_Finance/HR/Pages/Career_Center.aspx

Requirements

• Possession of a high school diploma or GED; OR Six months of experience in sub-professional engineering, heavy mobile equipment operation, or mobile equipment maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Inspects the production of fabricated structural members in fabrication plants by ensuring that these products meet all Department standards.
• Ensure that raw materials used in products are sampled and approved; bed layouts, steel spacing, stressing procedures, strand placement, concrete quality, steel material traceability and identification; welding procedures and workmanship, painting, and assembly; all comply with DOTD specifications.
• Ensures proper procedures are followed when products are shipped to the job-site. Failure to follow proper shipping procedures could result in materials being broken or damaged during delivery, which would cause costly delays to the DOTD construction projects.
• Maintains field book inspection reports, scans and indexes documents into Archive System.
• Performs a visual inspection of the storage area to determine acceptability (accuracy and quality of workmanship) of fabricated structural products, in order to approve payment to the Contractor for the product stored and ready to be used for DOTD projects (stockpile payment).
• Completes any and all required training, as mandated by the Department's Structured Training Program; stays abreast of changes relevant to Department policies and procedures.
• Assists in training lower-level technicians proper inspection procedures and techniques.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED