Engineer / Construction Inspector

This is a temporary construction inspector assignment with the Texas Department of Transportation.

Pay will depend on the classification assigned by TXDOT.

Construction Inspector

Experience: 5 years in construction, maintenance, and repairs, construction inspection, engineering support, materials, or process inspection; or related experience. (Experience can be satisfied by full-time or prorated part-time equivalent)

Related college education or relevant technical training may be substituted for experience on a year-per-year basis. Substitutions for Minimum Qualifications

Competencies:

• Communicate effectively
• Applicable inspection methods, procedures, and techniques
• Applicable testing methods, processes, and procedures
• Basic traffic management and control procedures
• Applicable industry safety standards, guidelines, and specification codes
• Applying engineering principles, practices, and methods in job responsibilities
• Reading and interpreting applicable plans, schematics, blueprints, and maps
• Performing calculations using algebra, trigonometry, and geometry
• Using computers and applicable programs, applications, and systems
• Maintaining a safe working environment

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Subject to inside and outside environmental conditions
• Subject to extreme cold and heat; below 32 and/or above 100 degrees for more than one hour
• Subject to noise
• Subject to vibration
• Subject to hazards- moving vehicles/mechanical parts, high places/heat, or chemicals
• Required to wear protective gear- respirator, hard hat, or steel-toe boots.
• Medium work: Lift up to 50 lbs. at a time and frequently lift or carry objects up to 25 lbs.
• Climbing - ascending/descending ladders, stairs, scaffoldings, ramps, etc.
• Visual Acuity-operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment
• Visual Acuity-determining work quality/making general observations of facilities/structures.

Our State Set-asides require Goodwill to maintain a ratio of 75%-25%.

This means 75% of all our employees must have either a medical disability or a barrier to employment.