Senior Construction Inspector

Senior Construction Inspector I – Columbia, SC

Raba Kistner seeks a detailed‑oriented, dependable professional to oversee construction inspection activities, ensuring compliance with project plans, approved shop/working drawings, project documents, and specifications.

• Prepare and submit accurate, legible, comprehensive, and complete testing and/or inspection reports on a daily basis in accordance with established quality procedures.
• Review plans, specifications, general notes, and shop/working drawings for assigned activities prior to performing duties.
• Perform, supervise, and report on frequency compliance and coordinate field tests on materials and completed work using standard methods established by AASHTO, ASTM, or other agency, with appropriately calibrated testing equipment.
• Train and serve as a lead worker for less experienced workers; assign work priority tasks.
• Assist direct report in planning and coordinating inspection operations.
• Meet with contractor’s supervisors or other project leaders on project sites to discuss and coordinate testing, sampling, or inspection of construction materials or construction procedures.
• Review materials tests and completed work performed by inspectors to ensure compliance with established procedures.
• Verify adequacy of samples and locations at which samples are collected to ensure representative distribution of sampling and testing.
• Safely utilize, store, and maintain all documents and tools, including company vehicle.
• Maintain effective working relationships with internal and external personnel.
• Work closely with direct report to establish priorities and deadlines, and provide updates on progress or delays of tasks or assignments.
• Understand, adhere to, and participate in the Raba Kistner Health & Safety and BBS Programs, setting a good example of safety standards.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Generally, must have a minimum of 15 years’ experience in roadway and related facilities, construction inspection, or NICET Level IV certification in Transportation Engineering Technology (Highway Construction).
• Possess a valid driver’s license within the applicable jurisdiction and meet firm’s auto insurability requirements; able to travel to project sites and maneuver over rough and uneven terrain.
• Able to perform basic mathematics using algebra, geometry, and trigonometric functions of right triangles.
• Must have thorough knowledge of highway construction plans, construction inspection procedures, specifications, and materials used in highway construction.
• Must possess knowledge of the State-specific Manual or National Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices approved by the Federal Highway Administrator as a National Standard.
• Must have ability to use hand tools such as sledgehammers, shovels, and picks.
• Completion of Troxler Manufacturing or equivalent radiation safety course to use nuclear gauges, completion of State-specific Technician Training and Certification Program (TTCP) for applicable testing/sampling procedures (or ability to complete within 6 months of employment), and ACI Field Testing Technician Level 1 certifications and trainings are preferred.

Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, stop, and talk. Frequently required to lift and/or move up to 70 pounds. Job may require protracted or irregular hours, flexibility to work irregular hours, and potential out‑of‑town/overnight travel.

Potential exposure to heavy equipment, hazardous chemicals and solvents, noise, dust, fumes, grease and oils, radiant and electrical energy, and vibration. Employees must follow proper safety procedures and use appropriate protective equipment.

EOE/Disabled/Veteran. Drug-Free Workplace.