Construction Inspector

SD Solutions, LLC is seeking an experienced Construction Inspector (CI) to support a prospective U.S. Coast Guard construction inspection program at the U.S. Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Maryland.

The Construction Inspector will provide full-time, on-site construction surveillance and quality assurance for a complex Utility Energy Services Contract (UESC) involving major facility, utility, electrical, mechanical, renewable energy, and resiliency improvements.

The successful candidate will serve as an independent field inspector responsible for monitoring construction activities for compliance with contract drawings, specifications, applicable codes, approved submittals, quality requirements, and project schedules. The inspector will document construction progress, identify deficiencies, witness testing and commissioning activities, maintain inspection records, and communicate findings to Government project representatives.

The underlying construction effort includes building and infrastructure improvements involving HVAC systems, building automation, electrical distribution, site utilities, civil work, building-envelope improvements, solar photovoltaic systems, battery energy storage, microgrid infrastructure, and other energy conservation measures.

• Perform daily on-site inspections of active construction and demolition activities.
• Verify construction work complies with approved drawings, specifications, submittals, applicable building codes, and contractual requirements.
• Inspect work across multiple construction disciplines, including civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, utilities, HVAC, and building-envelope systems.
• Monitor installation of major equipment and infrastructure, including transformers, switch gear,
• HVAC equipment, boilers, compressors, photovoltaic systems, battery energy storage systems, and associated utility infrastructure.
• Review contract drawings, specifications, shop drawings, technical submittals, schedules, manufacturer documentation, and construction records.
• Identify, document, communicate, and track construction deficiencies and nonconforming work through resolution.
• Prepare detailed daily inspection reports, including descriptions of work performed, workforce observations, equipment, progress, deficiencies, unforeseen conditions, and photographs.
• Prepare weekly and monthly construction inspection summaries and maintain organized photographic records and deficiency tracking logs.
• Witness equipment startup, functional testing, pressure testing, hydrostatic/pneumatic testing, electrical testing, geothermal testing, HVAC testing, commissioning, and other quality-control activities.
• Monitor contractor compliance with approved safety requirements, including PPE, fall protection, lockout/tagout, hot-work permits, confined-space requirements, excavation/dig permits, and energized electrical work requirements.
• Participate in preconstruction, progress, quality-control, commissioning, punch-list, and closeout meetings.
• Monitor construction progress against approved project schedules and identify potential delays, sequencing problems, constraints, and discrepancies between reported and actual progress.
• Review construction schedule updates and assess whether reported progress accurately reflects field conditions.
• Assist with punch-list development and verify completion of corrective work.
• Review as-built drawings against actual field conditions.
• Support review and verification of O&M manuals, warranties, equipment inventories, training materials, commissioning documentation, and project closeout packages.
• Coordinate inspection activities and communicate findings professionally with Government representatives, construction contractors,…