Construction Inspector - Water and Wastewater Projects

We are looking for a Construction Inspector to join our team in Atlanta, GA to support water and wastewater construction projects. The candidate will support municipal and other clients and report to the Construction Manager.

The Construction Inspector will serve as the primary liaison between contractors, engineers, and municipal stakeholders, ensuring that all work adheres to design specifications, regulatory standards, project cost, and timelines. This role requires extensive field experience, technical expertise, and leadership in managing complex infrastructure projects. The candidate is responsible for ensuring compliance with the contract plans and specifications and requires the ability to prepare and distribute all project documentation and records for review by the Construction Manager.

This position spans many disciplines of work and levels of complexity. Working with the Contractor's authorized representative or designee, the Inspector will assist the project team by undertaking onsite inspections providing information regarding and issues relating to progress and quality of workmanship.

This position requires commitment to support the Construction Manager in coordinating and undertaking inspections and assistance in compiling information needed to analyze issues based on actual field conditions and contract requirements. Strong Communication and detailed documentation skills are paramount, as well as the ability to participate within a collaborative team environment.

What You'll Do:

-    Monitoring construction activities and ensuring that the materials and work performed by the contractor is in conformance with the contract plans, specifications, and shop drawings.

-    Where required and under the guidance of design engineers, conduct detailed inspections of structural, mechanical, electrical, and process components.

-    Review and interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and submittals.

-    Prepare and maintaining detailed records of daily operations and  documenting daily reports, photos, quantities, and equipment information as per the contract documents.

-    Provide dimensional checks and coordinate survey verifications if needed.

-    Review and approve quantities for monthly pay estimates.

-    Compare the contractor's construction methods and products against approved submittals.

-    Verifying adherence to the approved contract QA/QC plan.

-    Prepare necessary construction observation records and reports as a means of formal documentation including daily inspection reports, photo-logs, field test results, force account reports, and tracking of contractors' field progress against the construction schedule.

Maintain/organize project records including daily field reports, photographs, testing and observation reports, status reports, punch-lists, shop drawing submittals, Operations & Maintenance manuals, testing records, and other project record documents; prepares and disseminates records as requested.

-    Review construction documents including plans and specifications, approved submittals, RFIs, and design clarifications; inspects and monitors construction work performed by contractors; ensures contractual compliance with plans, specifications, approved submittals, RFIs, and Design Clarifications, applicable codes, and safety requirements; and ensures materials being incorporated into the project are installed using approved construction practices.

-    Comply with Jacobs and established site safety programs, participates and completes safety training specifically related to personal and site safety; help ensure all team members safe work practices; interact with the Contractor's authorized representative regarding any concerns with compliance of site-specific safety procedures and industry standards.

-    Maintain accurate as-built (record) contract drawings and specifications; verify contractor provided as-built drawings are current and correct. Assist the Construction Manager with field variances, RFIs and design clarifications.

-    Prepare daily construction reports to create a permanent record, identifies work activities, daily production, weather and field…