SOL Engineering Services, LLC is an engineering and technical services provider, with over 20 years of engineering and consulting experience. Our viability comes, in part, from utilizing the diverse backgrounds of the firm’s owners and the experiences of its team of approximately 100 engineers, scientists, technical subject matter experts, and program and project managers. Our hands-on project implementation approach encompasses management, quality, and engineering principles to ensure effective management and delivery of all projects. SOL’s reputation and keys to success are built on providing high quality, responsive engineering and related technical services while maintaining professional commitments and ensuring that full satisfaction is given to our clients throughout the United States.

Seeking a Construction Inspector to work in our Jackson, MS location. This part-time role, 16-hrs a week, working 4 hrs/day for 4 days/wk on-site.

Job Responsibilities

• Inspects construction of bridges, buildings, dams, highways, and other types of construction work to ensure that procedures and materials comply with plans and specifications.
• Measures distances to verify accuracy of dimensions of structural installations and layouts.
• Verifies levels, alignment, and elevation of installations, using surveyor's level and transit.
• Observes work in progress to ensure that procedures followed, and materials used conform to specifications.
• Examines workmanship of finished installations for conformity to standard and approves installation.
• Interprets blueprints and specifications for contractor and discusses deviations from specified construction procedures to ensure compliance with regulations governing construction.
• Maintains daily log of construction and inspection activities and compares progress reports.
• Computes monthly estimates of work completed and approves payment for contractors.
• Prepares sketches of construction installations that deviate from blueprints and reports such changes

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED; Associate degree in engineering technology or science preferred.
• At least 10-years of experience in construction.
• Proven experience working as a Construction Inspector
• Strong organizational skills.
• Ability to carry and move 70 lbs.
• Previous experience providing construction oversight for water treatment plant projects. 
• Experience only on wastewater treatment plant could be sufficient as long as experience is in areas typical of water treatment plant projects as well, see next bullet.
• Specific areas that the individual would provide oversight on would involve concrete, mechanical equipment (pumps, valves, motors), electrical, instrumentation and controls, sitework, etc.
• Experience with preparing construction inspection logs, reviewing construction drawings/specification to assess contractor compliance, good written and verbal skills, history of working within a construction team/reporting to a construction manager.
• Located in the Jackson area.