Lead Construction Inspector

APSI Construction Management•Los Angeles, CA

6d•$100,000 - $125,000•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves providing construction quality assurance oversight for Repair Building 271 3rd Floor – Space Acquisition Mission at Los Angeles Air Force Base. The Lead Title II Construction Inspector will perform construction quality assurance services, ensuring the Construction Contractor fulfills contract obligations, adheres to the schedule, and complies with accepted Quality Control and Health and Safety Plans. This includes providing quality assurance during the Preparatory, Initial, and Follow-Up phases of control. The inspector will monitor construction progress, attend meetings, evaluate progress against the approved schedule, and provide recommendations. They will also assist the Government COR with validation and review of progress payments. Full-time observation of construction activities is required to ensure compliance with contract requirements, oversee worksite activities, and ensure safety requirements are met. The inspector will validate that the construction Contractor pursues work with diligence, review time-sensitive correspondence, promptly prepare deficiency lists, and witness all specialty inspections/testing. Review of Third-Party test results, assistance in interpretation, and conducting QA Testing to validate QC testing results are also key responsibilities.

Requirements

A degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or applicable field related to the overall project tasking; Fifteen (15) years of experience as a construction inspector with five (5) years as a lead inspector may be substituted for a degree.
No less than ten (10) years of experience in construction practices, procedures, and testing, to include three (3) years of quality control management of DoD construction projects.
No less than five (5) years of construction inspection services on projects including ICD/ICS 705 accreditation.
Certified completion of a professionally accredited Quality Control Management Course (e.g., conducted by the US Army Corps of Engineers or an independent private company) within the last five (5) years; Contractor’s self-developed programs will not fulfill this requirement.
Technical expertise to perform payment inspections and validation of progress against the AF IMT 3065 forms.

Responsibilities

Perform construction quality assurance services, ensuring the Construction Contractor fulfills contract obligations, adheres to the schedule, and complies with accepted Quality Control and Health and Safety Plans.
Provide quality assurance services during the Preparatory, Initial, and Follow-Up phases of control.
Monitor construction progress and attend construction management and review meetings.
Evaluate progress in accordance with the approved schedule and provide recommendations associated with schedule compliance.
Assist the Government COR with validation and review of progress payments consistent with approved earned value schedule of values.
Provide Title II observation coverage at all times during the performance of construction activities.
Ensure the Construction Contractor performs adequate inspection to comply with quality control requirements of the construction contract.
Oversee worksite activities and ensure safety requirements are met.
Validate that the construction Contractor pursues the work with diligence.
Review status of time-sensitive correspondence in weekly meetings.
Promptly prepare a deficiency list (list of defects and omissions) as they occur, and forward a copy to the CO and COR.
Witness all specialty inspections/testing.
Review all Third-Party test results, assist in the interpretation of the results and advise the CO/COR.
Conduct QA Testing as required to validate the results of QC testing.