Inspector - Austin

Description

WGA is a Houston-based professional consulting firm that was founded in 2007, WGA has experienced steady growth in a competitive market. This expansion is a result of our strong commitment to our clients providing them with the highest quality of work and service. We built our practice on the foundational beliefs that creative design drives successful projects, and that collaborative working relationships with municipalities, permitting authorities and local and state agencies yield tangible results throughout the development process. Our extensive range of experience includes industrial, commercial, large mixed-use, energy, hospitality, healthcare, education, municipal and multi- and single-family residential projects. From large-scale industrial projects to preliminary feasibility studies, our goal is to provide value through creative and cost-effective design solutions. We have 3 locations across Texas: Houston, The Woodlands, and San Antonio with a fourth location in Austin coming soon.

Responsibilities

As an Inspector in our Austin office, you will:

• Ability to manage a construction project on a daily basis
• Ability to manage several projects simultaneously
• Responsible for job specific quality system tasks as defined in quality management plan
• Perform daily inspections of all materials and workmanship and communicate deficiencies with the Contractor and Construction Services Manager
• Prepare daily reports completely and accurately documenting all work performed before leaving the site.
• Must know how to read a critical path schedule
• Attend various construction meetings in order to fully understand the scope of each project
• Manage and answer resident’s inquiries and issues
• Communicate and follow-up, with oral and/or written reports, regarding the progress of the project to the project engineer, project manager and/or Construction Services Manager
• Identify and present possible solutions to potential project related complications to the project engineer, project manager and/or Construction Services Manager
• Ability to read all specifications, plans, shop files, and submittals
• Understands, and is completely familiarized with, the plans and specifications
• Must have an understanding a survey benchmarks, elevations, and construction staking
• Must have an ability to operate a level and have an understanding of cut and fills and elevations for grades
• Must know how to scale and measure distances and have basic math skills to compute quantities and costs when requested
• Ability to generate documents on a Company-provided tablet
• Must have proficiency with the handling, management, creation and modification of PDF documents.
• Must be able to interpret and implement company mandated safety policies
• Must have excellent communication skills, both oral and written

Requirements

 Qualifications

• 1-4 years of progressive experience
• Land/Site Development experience highly preferred

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