Senior QA​/QC Civil-Structural Technician

Senior QA/QC Civil Structural Technician

Kent is looking for a Senior QA/QC Civil Structural Technician to be based in Channelview, TX and support client site projects.

The Civil Structural QA/QC is responsible for implementing and maintaining field quality-control processes for civil and structural construction activities. The successful candidate will ensure that earthwork, concrete, structural steel, grouting, underground civil work, and associated documentation conform to approved drawings, specifications, codes, inspection and test plans, and client requirements. This position requires strong field judgment, detailed documentation discipline, and the ability to work collaboratively with construction, engineering, subcontractor, testing, and owner teams to deliver safe, compliant, and turnover-ready work.

The Civil/Structural QA/QC is the site-based quality representative responsible for preventing, identifying, documenting, and resolving quality issues in civil and structural work on industrial projects. The role verifies that field installation, materials, testing, and turnover records comply with approved drawings, project specifications, codes, client requirements, and the contractor's Project Quality Plan.

Skills and Responsibilities:

Responsibilities:
Quality planning and readiness Review issued-for-construction drawings, specifications, design clarifications, approved submittals, material data sheets, vendor requirements, and applicable codes before work begins. Develop, maintain, or implement the civil/structural portions of the Project Quality Plan, discipline inspection checklists, Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs), and work-package quality requirements. Identify inspection points, witness points, hold points, testing frequencies, acceptance criteria, and required quality records for each work activity.

Participate in constructability, preconstruction, and work-package review meetings to identify quality risks before mobilization or installation. Conduct preparatory-phase meetings before new definable features of work begin, confirming that:
Current drawings, specifications, and approved procedures are available at the point of work. Materials have been approved, received, inspected, and stored correctly. Required equipment, calibrated test instruments, qualified personnel, and third-party testing resources are available. Survey control, benchmarks, tolerances, and inspection hold points are understood. Previous deficiencies that could recur have been addressed.

Civil field inspection Inspect and document site preparation, clearing and grubbing, excavation, trenching, dewatering, backfill, compaction, grading, and drainage work. Verify excavation dimensions, bearing elevations, side slopes, trench stability provisions, subgrade condition, and protection of adjacent facilities before foundation or underground work proceeds. Confirm foundation subgrade preparation, proof rolling where specified, undercutting, replacement fill, moisture conditioning, lift thickness, and compaction testing meet project requirements.

Coordinate with survey personnel to verify layout, line, grade, elevation, anchor-bolt locations, equipment foundation coordinates, pipe-rack locations, and underground utility routing. Inspect underground civil installations, including duct banks, electrical manholes, vaults, culverts, stormwater systems, sanitary systems, process drainage, pipe supports, thrust blocks, and concrete encasement where within discipline scope. Inspect aggregate base, paving, curbs, sidewalks, access roads, and erosion-control measures, as applicable.

Review field and laboratory soil test reports, including moisture-density relationships, in-place density results, gradation, proctors, and bearing-capacity-related reports as required by project specifications. Verify unsuitable material is identified, segregated, removed, or dispositioned in accordance with engineering direction and project procedures.

Concrete and foundation inspection Inspect formwork for line, grade, dimensions, cleanliness, release agent, construction joints, block outs, chamfers, water stops, sleeves, embeds, and access for placement and consolidation. Verify reinforcing steel size, spacing, lap lengths, development lengths, cover, supports, cleanliness, coupler installation, welding where permitted, and placement of dowels, inserts, and embedded plates. Verify anchor-bolt assemblies, templates, bolt projection, bolt orientation, elevations, and coordinate locations before concrete placement, particularly for equipment foundations, structural-steel base plates, and pipe-rack columns.

Witness and document pre-pour inspections; issue or approve concrete placement releases only after deficiencies are resolved or formally accepted. Monitor concrete delivery tickets, mix design compliance, elapsed delivery time, ambient conditions, slump or slump flow, air content, temperature, cylinders, and placement sequence. Inspect placement, vibration,…