Chief Inspector | NYSDOT D042139 / D265672
Openings: 1
Assignment: Assigned construction locations and NYSDOT project office: 222-34 96th Ave, Queens Village, NY 11429.
Salary: $175,000+ per year ($85/hour)
Schedule: Availability for night work and changing construction schedules required.
Infra Tech Engineering, LLC seeks an experienced Chief Inspector to coordinate field inspection activities and support NYSDOT’s Engineer-In-Charge. The Chief Inspector will organize inspection coverage, review field documentation, and promptly communicate construction deficiencies and unresolved issues.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate daily inspector assignments and coverage based on contractor operations and NYSDOT direction.
- Review plans, specifications, work sequences, and inspection needs before construction activities begin.
- Monitor assigned construction operations for conformity with contract requirements.
- Review daily inspection reports, quantity measurements, material records, and supporting payment documentation.
- Coordinate required sampling and testing and track deficient or incomplete work.
- Monitor work-zone traffic-control installations and report observed deficiencies.
- Maintain clear communication with the Engineer-In-Charge, Office Engineer, contractor representatives, and ITE management.
- Report staffing gaps, schedule changes, quality concerns, and unresolved field issues promptly.
Support punch-list inspections, final measurements, and closeout documentation
Requirements
Candidate qualifications
- Substantial highway construction inspection experience, including responsibility for coordinating inspectors.
- Prior NYSDOT project experience strongly preferred.
- Ability to interpret plans and specifications, evaluate field conditions, and maintain defensible construction records.
- Strong supervisory, communication, quantity-checking, and reporting skills.
- Applicable NICET certification or an NYSDOT-approved education and experience equivalency, consistent with the assigned contract classification.
- Additional task-specific certifications as required by the work assignment.