Trackwork Inspector

PEMCCO • Baltimore, MD

6d • $34 - $58 • Onsite

About The Position

PEMCCO is seeking a Trackwork Inspector to provide field inspection, observation, and documentation support for rail transit trackwork and associated structures. This role helps ensure conditions, workmanship, and completed work are accurately assessed, properly documented, and clearly communicated, supporting both condition assessments and construction‑phase quality oversight in active rail environments. PEMCCO, Inc. is an integrated Information Technology, Information Management (IT/IM), Systems Engineering, and Technical Services firm supporting infrastructure, transportation, and capital program delivery environments. We assist our customers in delivering mission-critical engineering support, program coordination, data-driven decision tools, and technology-enabled solutions that enhance operational performance, asset reliability, and capital project execution. In support of transit clients, our teams provide multidisciplinary support across trackwork engineering programs, including field inspection, data analytics, construction coordination, and capital program support functions. We specialize in bridging engineering, operations, and technology to improve system performance and lifecycle outcomes. Living the Culture and Making It Happen is the motto we live by. We Live the Culture by carrying out the tenets of our Core Values of Loyalty, Integrity, and Commitment to our Customers and Employees every day. We Make It Happen by following Smart Organization Healthy Organization (SOHO) principles for internal and external communications and the successful execution of projects, ensuring disciplined coordination across engineering teams, field personnel, program stakeholders, and client leadership in complex, fast-paced project environments. Our approach emphasizes flexibility, responsiveness, and execution excellence, enabling us to support both technical engineering functions and the programmatic infrastructure required to deliver safe, reliable, and efficient transportation systems. Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required; Associate’s degree, technical school, or rail maintenance/inspection training preferred.
• Minimum ten (10)+ years of experience in rail transit / trackwork inspection and associated structures.
• Demonstrated field experience documenting deficiencies, installed conditions, and contractor compliance.
• Rail field inspection and observation
• Quality awareness and documentation discipline
• Attention to detail
• Construction and maintenance field awareness
• Clear written communication
• Safety consciousness in active rail environments
• Authorized to work in the United States with the ability to satisfy MTA project access and security badging requirements.
• Ability to work nights, weekends, outages, and active field environments as required by project conditions.
• Ability to walk ballast, uneven terrain, guideways, yards, structures, and construction zones safely.

Nice To Haves

• Track inspection certifications, roadway worker protection training, or similar field safety credentials.
• Experience with heavy rail, light rail, commuter rail, or maintenance-of-way inspection programs.
• Experience supporting construction-phase observation and as-built markups.

Responsibilities

• Conduct field inspections of rails, ties, fasteners, anchoring systems, special trackwork, ballast, subgrade conditions, grade crossings, contact rail systems, and associated structures.
• Observe, document, and communicate deficiencies, nonconforming work, safety concerns, maintenance-related conditions, and installation issues affecting project quality or asset reliability.
• Support survey work, field measurements, photo documentation, and data collection required to validate existing conditions and support engineering assessments.
• Assist with instrumentation and testing activities, including field measurement support related to rail corrugation, dynamic-force observations, or similar performance-assessment efforts.
• Monitor contractor activities and field progress for consistency with plans, specifications, approved submittals, and MTA requirements.
• Prepare detailed inspection reports, daily field notes, issue logs, photo logs, punch lists, and summaries of observed conditions.
• Support site visits during construction to investigate quality and progress issues and to communicate findings to engineering and project management staff.
• Coordinate with engineers, project managers, contractors, and field personnel to clarify conditions and resolve discrepancies.
• Contribute to as-built documentation by identifying and recording meaningful field changes and observed deviations.
• Maintain awareness of work-zone restrictions, outage conditions, active operations, and safe practices in rail environments.

Benefits

• 15 days of Paid Time Off
• 11 Paid Holidays
• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Voluntary Short-Term Disability, Life Insurance, Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Whole Life Plus, Identity Theft, and Law Assure
• 401(k)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees