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Transportation Construction Inspector

Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson
Philadelphia, PA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/28/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/17/2026
Job Description

Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson is a dynamic, 100% employee-owned consulting firm with more than 2,800 professionals, providing a full range of multidisciplinary engineering, architecture, information technology, and related services to public agencies and private clients throughout the United States. JMT is currently ranked #50 on Engineering News-Record’s list of the Top 500 Design Firms.

JMT’s Philadelphia Construction Management team is seeking a qualified and experienced Transportation Construction Inspector for highway, bridge, and other infrastructure projects within the Southeastern Pennsylvania region. The successful candidate will apply standard inspection procedures to construction activities on behalf of our clients (primarily PennDOT, PA Turnpike and other local agencies) for structural quality, general safety and conformance to plans, specifications and codes.

Immigration sponsorship or support (e.g. H1B, F-1 CPT/OPT/STEM OPT) is not available for this position, except for qualified candidates eligible for the TN visa classification.

Essential Functions And Responsibilities

  • Review and interpret plans, site layouts, specifications and construction methods to ensure compliance to legal requirements and safety regulations.
  • Measure dimensions and verify level, alignment, and elevation of structures, fixtures, grades and/or pavement to ensure compliance to plans and codes.
  • Makes field notes and computations
  • Gathers, reviews and maintains project records (using PennDOT ECMS and other systems)
  • Witness routine sampling and tests on concrete, soils and other materials

Nonessential Functions And Responsibilities

  • Perform other related duties as assigned

Required Skills

  • Strong computer proficiency
  • Active driver’s license and reliable motor vehicle
  • Must successfully complete and pass JMT's Motor Vehicle screening

Required Experience

  • High school diploma or equivalent (may be substituted for experience)
  • 1-4 years of Construction Inspection Experience (Transportation preferred)

Preferred Qualifications

  • Associate’s or bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or Construction Management
  • Client Requested certifications (required to meet TCI-3 qualifications), including:
    • NICET Level 2 or higher in Transportation/Highway Construction
    • NECEPT-Bituminous Field Technician
    • PennDOT Concrete Field Technician (ACI Concrete Field Technician is prerequisite)
    • CDS NeXtGen and/or ECMS Wave 5
JMT Benefits

JMT offers outstanding opportunities for career and professional growth. We are 100% employee-owned (ESOP) and offer outstanding health care and other benefits, including:

  • Affordable Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
  • Company paid Life and Disability Insurance
  • Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
  • Paid Caregiver Leave Program
  • Paid Travel Expenses
  • 401K Retirement Plan (Traditional and Roth options)
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
  • Flexible and Hybrid Work Schedules
  • Career Development, including Educational Reimbursement
  • And more…

Working Conditions

Work is performed in the field. Ability to extensively perform bending, kneeling, standing, shoveling, and lifting and carrying objects weighing up to 25 lbs as needed. Work may be conducted outside in heat/cold, wet/humid, and dry/arid conditions.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law.

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