Construction Inspector

What Your Day Will Look Like:

As a construction inspector, you will support major transportation infrastructure projects throughout the Portland metropolitan area. You will provide extensive field inspection oversight on roadway, highway, transit, bridge, utility, and multimodal transportation projects. You will be monitoring contractor operations, ensuring compliance with contract documents, specifications, safety requirements, quality standards, and agency regulations. You will be a key liaison between contractors, project managers, owners, and design teams to ensure successful project delivery. Salary: $80k-$125k


What You'll Do:

• Perform daily inspection of transportation construction projects, including highways, roadways, bridges, transit facilities, utility relocations, traffic control, and ADA improvements.
• Verify contractor compliance with project plans, specifications, permits, environmental requirements, and agency standards.
• Inspect and document construction activities related to earthwork, grading, paving, concrete placement, drainage systems, structures, traffic signals, illumination, and utility installations.
• Review contractor schedules, work plans, material submittals, and testing results.
• Monitor and document quantities for pay estimates and progress payments.
• Coordinate with project managers, engineers, contractors, testing laboratories, utility providers, and agency representatives.
• Maintain detailed daily reports, diaries, photographs, and field records.
• Identify and document non-conforming work and assist in resolution of construction issues.
• Conduct field measurements and verify construction staking and layout activities.
• Attend progress meetings, pre-construction meetings, and contractor coordination meetings.
• Support change order documentation, claims avoidance, and project closeout activities.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable safety policies, environmental requirements, and traffic control standards.

What You'll Need:

• High school diploma or equivalent required; Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Engineering Technology, or related field preferred.
• Minimum 2 years of construction inspection experience on transportation infrastructure projects.
• Demonstrated experience with ODOT construction projects
• Strong knowledge of:
• ODOT Standard Specifications
• ODOT Construction Manual
• Oregon Standard Drawings
• MUTCD and temporary traffic control requirements
• ADA compliance standards
• WSDOT/LAG
• Experience documenting contractor quantities and preparing inspector reports.
• Ability to read and interpret plans, specifications, standards, and contract documents.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and electronic construction management systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• ODOT-certified General Construction Inspector.
• ODOT certified ADA inspector
• Knowledge of construction materials testing and quality assurance processes.

What Benefits You'll Enjoy:

We invest in us. Because our team members go above, below, and beyond the surface to care for our communities (inside and out), we do our best to take care of you by providing a comprehensive benefits package ! Eligibility for some of the benefits outlined below is based on full-time work status; part-time and contingent positions are only eligible based on hours worked. If you have questions, contact View email address on click.appcast.io.

• Career Growth & Development - Tuition reimbursement program, paid professional training, major license achievement bonus, extensive on-demand learning center, and paid professional memberships.
• Work-Life Alignment - Industry-competitive PTO, seven paid holidays and two floating holidays, flexible work schedules, paid parental leave, and eligibility for hybrid and remote work options for some employees based on role responsibilities.

• Wellness - Medical, dental and vision insurance, employee assistance program, fitness and wellness reimbursement, and HSA and FSA options.
• Life - Employer-paid STD and LTD, employer-paid term life insurance, and retirement 401(k) with company match.
• Community - Quarterly social events, paid group volunteering events, and employee resource groups.

How Your Career Will Grow:


We know career growth is not always linear or streamlined-it's often squiggly. You may want to explore a management track, try a new technical track, or move laterally to reposition your skills and talents. No matter what level you join us at or how you want to shape your career, we want Consor to be a place where you can learn and grow.


Why You'll Love Consor:


At Consor, you'll work with a network of water and transportation professionals who specialize in planning, engineering design, structural assessment, and construction services. Across geographies, you'll have access to the resources and nationwide expertise found in a large consulting firm, while experiencing a community feel at the local level. You'll experience a culture where we share in our successes and support one another through challenges. Here, there are countless opportunities to explore your career path by working on projects that help you expand your potential and take your career to new heights! Join our diverse team of experts who live and work alongside client partners, providing thoughtful solutions to create inspiring communities together.


How We Support Diversity:


Consor welcomes and celebrates equality and diversity in the workplace. Throughout our teams and across leadership, Consor pursues an environment in which each employee and prospective employee is treated respectfully, valuing the uniqueness of individuals and differing perspectives and experiences. At the heart of this is ensuring employment practices at Consor provide and promote equal employment and development opportunity for all employees and prospective employees, in accordance with all local, state, and federal laws and regulations governing personnel activities. As such, Consor is an equal opportunity employer and pursues a program of affirmative action across its offices and worksites.


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Notice: The above job description is intended to relay a general sense of the position's responsibilities and expectations. It does not describe all tasks that may be assigned. As business demands change, the essential functions of this position may also change. The position requires the successful completion of applicable pre-employment substance screening and background checks.