Definition of the Position

• Review plans and specifications of assigned construction projects, including traffic signals, traffic control channelization, and street lighting systems.
• Inspect traffic systems and infrastructure, including traffic signals, street signs, pavement striping and markings, and street lights.
• Have knowledge of materials, methods, principles and practices used in public works construction inducing traffic control and pavement striping, and basic principles, methods and techniques of traffic engineering related to infrastructure improvement and maintenance.
• Have the ability to inspect traffic control, channelization, and street lighting systems to ensure compliance with City standards and approval plans.

Examples of Duties

• Inspects all phases of a variety of public works, infrastructure, and capital improvement construction projects for conformance with plans, specifications, contract provisions, and safe work practices in accordance with City, County, and State codes; inspects materials for identification; performs routine field tests as needed.
• Reviews plans and specifications of assigned construction projects, including streets, storm drains, curbs, gutters and sidewalks, street and alley pavement and grading, and water and wastewater distribution, collection, and treatment systems installation and repair projects.
• Records amounts of materials used and work performed; prepares necessary reports for progress payments.
• Inspects adjacent properties for damage from construction activity.
• Confers with contractors and developers regarding conformance to standards, plans, specifications, and codes; explains requirements and evaluates alternatives.
• Consults with engineering staff regarding problems and change alternatives.
• Prepares and maintains daily inspection reports, progress payments, change orders, claims, and other written documentation.
• Takes samples of materials used; performs basic tests or submits to testing laboratories to ensure appropriate composition.
• Conducts pre-construction meetings with contractors and developers.
• Investigates resident complaints; confers with property owners regarding project schedule, hazards, and inconvenience.
• Schedules service interruptions with least interference and least inconvenience to properties.
• Inspects City sidewalks and asphalt roads for hazards in need of repair; measures and records displacements; submits locations for repair.
• Acts as liaison between the City, contractors, other agencies and businesses and residents affected by projects; maintains communication among the parties and responds to and resolves issues and complaints or refers them to the proper office for resolution; prepares work orders in response to complaints.
• Prepares general construction and site improvement specification and plan review.
• Prepares a variety of correspondence, reports, correction notices, procedures, and other written materials.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Typical Qualifications

• Materials, methods, principles and practices used in public works construction, including streets, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, drainage, streetlights, and related facilities and appurtenances.
• Principles and practices of public works construction inspection.
• Basic practices of construction contract administration in a public agency setting.
• Applicable Federal, State, and local laws, codes, regulations, and departmental policies.
• Technical principles and practices of engineering design, specification, and cost estimate preparation.
• Defects and faults in construction.
• Materials sampling, testing, and estimating procedures.
• Mathematical principles and theories.
• Technical report writing and preparation of correspondence.
• Principles and procedures of record keeping.
• Modern office practices, methods, and computer equipment and applications related to the work.
• Safe driving rules and practices.
• English usage, spelling, vocabulary, grammar, and punctuation.
• Techniques for providing a high level of customer service by effectively dealing with the public, vendors, contractors and City staff.

• Inspect standard capital improvement and public works projects to ensure compliance with plans and specifications.
• Interpret, apply, explain, and ensure compliance with applicable Federal, State, and local policies, procedures, laws, and regulations.
• Detect and locate faulty materials and workmanship and determining the stage of construction during which defects are most easily found and remedied.
• Review and analyze construction plans, specifications, maps, and legal descriptions for conformance with City standards and policies.
• Coordinate activities with multiple contractors, engineers, and property owners.
• Respond to complaints or inquiries from citizens, staff, and outside organizations.
• Prepare and maintain accurate and complete records; prepare clear and concise technical reports.
• Make accurate mathematical, financial, and statistical computations.
• Operate modern office equipment including computer equipment and applications.
• Organize own work, set priorities, and meet critical time deadlines.
• Understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Use English effectively to communicate in person, over the telephone, and in writing.
• Use tact, initiative, prudence, and independent judgment within general policy, procedural, and legal guidelines.
• Establish, maintain, and foster positive and harmonious working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

Education and Experience:

Any combination of training and experience, which would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:

• Equivalent to completion of an Associate of Science degree in civil engineering, drafting, surveying, mathematics, or related field.
• Construction Inspector I: One (1) year of increasingly responsible public agency engineering, public works infrastructure construction, inspection, or related experience.
• Construction Inspector II: Three (3) years of increasingly responsible public agency engineering, public works infrastructure construction, inspection, or related experience, or two (2) years of experience equivalent to Construction Inspector I at the City of Orange.

Licenses and Certifications:

• Possession of, or ability to obtain, a valid California Driver’s License by time of appointment.
• Possession of a valid Certificate in Public Works and/or Utility Inspection is desirable.
• Construction Inspector I: Possession of, or ability to obtain, a Grade I Distribution Certification within the first six months of employment.
• Construction Inspector II: Possession of a Grade I Distribution Certification by time of appointment. Possession of a valid Certificate in Public Works and/or Utility Inspection is desirable.

Supplemental Information