Mechanical Inspector

POSITION DESCRIPTION

A Little About Us:

ZAP is a full-service engineering, design, and construction management firm servicing the oil & gas, heavy industrial, mining, and manufacturing sectors. From our Lakewood, Colorado office, we execute projects across North America, spanning from California to Florida and Canada down to Mexico. Our projects range in size from simple engineering studies or maintenance repairs to full-scale design of extensive facilities. ZAP operates at a fast pace while providing a team-centric approach to our work.

About your role:

This is a hands-on, full-time position with duties that involve overseeing the day-to-day activities of contractors while performing mechanical inspections to ensure the quality of the finished product is acceptable to all codes and standards applied to the project.

Essential Duties and Major Responsibilities

• Ensures work is installed per drawings and specs and meets local and national code requirements.
• Tracks daily completion percentages and quantities to ensure the project is on schedule.
• Travels to contractor fab yard for construction oversight.
• Verifies proper welding procedures are being utilized and performs visual inspections of completed welds.
• Verifies proper material has been selected per piping isometric drawings (ISOs).
• Receives materials from vendors and verifies Material Test Reports (MTRs).
• Verifies coating application is being applied per company specifications.
• Ability to answer questions and resolve issues.
• Provides detailed daily reports of work completed and pictures of progress.
• Review drawings, request for information (RFIs) and field directives (FDs); generate action items lists.
• Submits all documentation including MTRs, photos, and ITP forms for project documentation and job books.
• Ensures all employees have site-specific and client orientation as well as being equipment certified.
• Attends daily tailgate and safety meetings and review Job Safety Analysis (JSAs).
• Handles discussions with clients and contractors to review daily activities.
• Assist with other duties as assigned.

Work Hours:

Benefits:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 401(k)
• Accrued PTO
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Basic Life / AD&D
• Voluntary Life / AD&D
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Aflac

Education

• High School Diploma or GED and some college course work required.
• Associates degree, bachelor’s degree, or trade/technical school preferred.
• 8 years’ experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and education required.
• 5 years supervisory/ leadership experience is required.
• Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) certification preferred.

Type of Experience Needed to be Successful

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Problem-solving skills to propose mutually beneficial solutions.
• Work requires rich communication, frequent interaction, and reciprocal handoffs.
• Willingness to lead, take charge, offer opinions, and listen to feedback.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Outlook, and Excel, as well as other software required to execute daily tasks.
• Ability to independently make decisions and direct work for projects and daily workflow.

Supervisory Expectations:

• The position has immediate oversight of team members most of the time performing the same or directly related work as those the position leads.

Independence of Action

• Results are defined and existing practices are used as guidelines to determine specific work methods and carry out work activities independently; supervisor/manager/leader is available to resolve problems.

Physical Demands and Work Environment: (The phrases "occasionally," "regularly," and "frequently" correspond to the following definitions: "occasionally" means up to 1/3 of working time, "regularly" means between 1/3 and 2/3 of working time, and "frequently" means 2/3 and more of working time.)

• The work environment is the typical construction environment. The employee must complete their work satisfactorily in an environment with significant distractions, including staff, clients, and vendors walking through and conversing, telephones ringing, conversations carrying over, loud noises, and interruptions to answer questions from others. Must be able to drive to sites or meetings with clients.
• The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. In many cases, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee frequently is required to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must regularly lift and move up to 25 pounds and should do so in a sound and safe manner. This job's specific vision abilities include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Core Competencies:

• Safety and Security - Observes safety and security procedures; determines appropriate action beyond guidelines; reports potentially unsafe conditions; uses equipment and materials properly.
• Job Knowledge - Competent in required job skills and knowledge; exhibits ability to learn and apply new skills; keeps abreast of current developments; requires minimal supervision; displays understanding of how job relates to others; uses resources effectively.
• Teamwork - Balances team and individual responsibilities; puts team success above own interests; Builds morale and group commitments to goals and objectives; Supports everyone's efforts to succeed. Focuses on solving conflict, not blaming; Maintains confidentiality; Listens to others without interrupting.
• Reasoning and Problem Solving - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems, identify complex problems, and review related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Judgement - Displays willingness to make decisions; exhibits sound and accurate judgment; supports and explains reasoning for decisions; Includes appropriate people in decision-making process; makes timely decisions.
• Planning/Organizing - Prioritizes and plans work activities; uses time efficiently; plans for additional resources; sets goals and objectives; organizes or schedules other people and their tasks; develops realistic action plans.
• Adaptability - Adapts to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; changes approach or method to best fit the situation; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
• Project Management - Develops project plans; coordinates projects; communicates changes and progress; completes projects on time and budget; manages project team activities.

Salary : $83,200 - $140,400