Senior Construction Inspector

Senior Construction Inspector – Prevailing Wage Specialist

VTA’s Procurement, Contract and Business Development Department is seeking a Senior Construction Inspector – Prevailing Wage Specialist to oversee and support the administration, monitoring, and enforcement of prevailing wage and labor compliance requirements for public works and construction contracts. This position plays a key role in ensuring contractors and subcontractors meet all applicable state and federal prevailing wage laws, certified payroll requirements, worker classifications, apprenticeship standards, contractual obligations, and Project Labor Agreement (PLA) provisions.

The Senior Construction Inspector – Prevailing Wage Specialist will collaborate with contractors, subcontractors, project management teams, and internal departments to conduct compliance reviews, identify and resolve discrepancies, perform certified payroll and field inspections, and ensure the effective implementation and ongoing compliance with state and federal prevailing wage, apprenticeship, and labor standards requirements.

VTA’s Procurement, Contracts & Business Development (PCBD) is committed to procurement processes, contract administration, and compliance that fosters fair and open competition, compliance with federal, state, and local laws and requirements, and adheres to the highest ethical standards.

Goods and General Services, Professional Services/Technology, Design and Construction Sections and the Offices of Business Development and Labor and Stormwater Compliance comprise the PCBD Department.

The Labor and Stormwater Compliance Department is responsible for monitoring VTA’s public works contracts to ensure that contractors and subcontractors comply with all applicable labor laws, prevailing wage requirements, and workforce protection standards. The department’s core mission is to protect workers’ rights, promote fair and equitable contracting practices, and ensure full adherence to federal, state, and local labor regulations.

In addition to labor compliance, the department also oversees contractor adherence to stormwater regulations mandated by the State Water Resources Control Board, ensuring environmental protection and regulatory compliance across all construction activities.

For projects governed by a Project Labor Agreement (PLA), the department provides support in monitoring and enforcing compliance with all terms and conditions established under the agreement, helping to maintain labor harmony and contractual integrity throughout project delivery.

Under direction, a Senior Construction Inspector performs the most difficult and complex work in contract administration and technical inspection to ensure compliance with plans and specifications of construction and contracted maintenance work on VTA development projects including civil, landscape, bridges, buildings, facilities, park and ride lots, permits, utility relocation, and related transit construction; and may provide supervision to subordinates.

This class is the advanced journey level of the Construction Inspector series. An incumbent in this class will normally be assigned as a resident inspector on large and/or complex transit projects and other related or multiple projects, and may provide lead supervision on a project basis. An incumbent in this class performs the full range of construction contract administration and inspection tasks and is fully competent to independently administer and inspect the largest and most complex types of construction projects of VTA.

This class differs from the next higher classification of Principal Construction Inspector in that the…