UTILITY CONSTRUCTION INSPECTOR - INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
About The Position
The Utility Construction Inspector surveils and evaluates suppliers to ensure delivered equipment meets company quality standards, regulatory requirements, and performance specifications. The role involves travel for onsite inspections, document reviews, functional testing, and continuous improvement activities that protect product integrity and maintain supplier accountability. The inspector manages supplier corrective requests; prepares, completes, and maintains audit reports and supplier files; communicates audit information to suppliers and cross-functional teams; reviews supplier change notifications; and performs supplier audits as needed. The role also develops measurement techniques for product release, supports external manufacturing areas, monitors quality metrics and sample plans, addresses non-conforming products, and assists with corrective and preventive action investigations to determine root causes. Additional duties include reviewing incoming products for defects, tracking supplier quality and defect rates, serving as a liaison among senior management, clients, and vendors, and interpreting work instructions and drawings. Work is on an as-needed basis with no guaranteed hours. Rates are based on experience and current certifications. Applicants should include related experience and current certifications with their resume submission.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED certification.
- At least 4 years as a Utility/Craft Inspector or equivalent related experience.
- DIG 2 certification.
- Ability to read work instructions and drawings to interpret and confirm production or assembly information.
- Ability to read, comprehend, and follow company procedures and manufacturers' guidelines.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, and Outlook, and Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.
- Ability to provide visionary strategic leadership, guide implementation of a strategic plan, measure progress, and adapt as necessary.
- Ability to work alone or within a group.
- Self-driven approach to completing work.
- Strong commitment to personal and team safety.
- Strong interpersonal and organizational skills, with the ability to multitask.
- Ability to communicate and interact effectively with all levels of the team, customers, and external contacts by telephone, in writing, by email, and in person.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced and changing environment.
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Ability to work 50 or more hours a week.
- Ability to travel 90–100%.
- Ability to lift and transport items weighing up to 25 pounds.
- Ability to sustain physical activity, including walking, climbing, bending, and sitting.
- Good dexterity in handling small objects.
- Ability to demonstrate regular and predictable attendance on the job.
- Ability to perform work in remote field settings and tolerate extreme weather, including hot, cold, muddy, and wet conditions.
- Valid active driver's license and ability to operate a vehicle.
- Ability to pass all random DOT Drug and Alcohol Testing.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with the renewable and fossil fuel energy sectors.
- OSHA 10 training.
Responsibilities
- Manage, review, and close supplier corrective requests.
- Prepare and complete audit reports with photos, and communicate audit information to cross-functional teams and suppliers in a timely manner.
- Review supplier change notifications and determine their impact on internal systems.
- Maintain detailed audit reports and supplier files.
- Interface with suppliers to ensure product compliance with specifications and perform supplier audits as needed.
- Develop measurement techniques for product release at suppliers.
- Provide support for external manufacturing areas.
- Work with production personnel and supervisors to determine and monitor quality metrics and sample plans, and address non-conforming product issues.
- Assist with corrective and preventive action investigations to resolve the root cause of problems.
- Review incoming supplies and products from vendors for defects and quality.
- Maintain detailed reports on supplier quality, including defect rates and areas that result in flaws.
- Serve as a liaison between senior management, clients, and vendors.
- Read work instructions and drawings to interpret and confirm production or assembly information.
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Education Level
High school or GED
