Construction Inspector Senior

Date Opened: Thursday, April 16, 2026 12:00 AM

Close Date: Thursday, April 30, 2026 12:00 AM

Department: Storm Water Services Department

Salary: $30.44 - $38.05 Commensurate with Experience

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• Attracting and retaining a skilled and diverse workforce

• Valuing teamwork, openness, accountability, productivity, and employee development

• Providing all customers with courteous, responsive, accessible, and seamless quality services

• Taking initiative to identify, analyze, and solve problems

• Collaborating with stakeholders to make informed decisions

SUMMARY

Charlotte’s local government, with more than 9,000 employees and a total budget of $3.65 billion budget, works hard to ensure that the community will be a winning city for everyone – a truly remarkable place to live, work, learn and play.

Charlotte Water is an enterprise department of the City of Charlotte and one of the largest public water and sewer service providers in the southeast with over 330,000 customer accounts and over 1100 employees. Our service area includes the City of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County and the towns of Huntersville, Cornelius, Davidson, Mint Hill, Matthews and Pineville. Charlotte Water’s FY 26 budget is $651 million and a five-year capital program of $2.2.28 billion. We enjoy the highest credit ratings from Moody’s and S&P Global as a result of sound financial planning and management and strong support from our City Council. We value competent, skilled candidates with a customer service focus to work in a team environment.

Storm Water Services' mission is to serve the City of Charlotte by improving surface waters and conveying rainwater safely through well-maintained storm drainage systems. Each year Storm Water Services invests $100+ million in capital improvements and staff manage hundreds of storm drainage improvement projects. Storm Water Services is one of the largest stormwater utilities in the Southeast with approximately 215,000 customer accounts and more than 200 full-time positions.

Salary:

The salary for this position is $34.25 - $38.04, commensuration with experience.

Summary:

Storm Water Services is seeking a Senior Construction Inspector that will be reporting to a Construction Supervisor in the Construction and Utilities Division. The Senior Inspector is responsible for inspection and contract administration of Storm Water projects (Major and Minor Flood Control and Water Quality) for compliance with City, State and Federal standards and regulations. As a senior level Construction Inspector, this position will serve as a mentor and provide direction to subordinate staff. 

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Monitors work of private contractors on storm drainage projects for compliance with design criteria and construction standards
• Documents daily activity and project progress
• Measures and documents quantities of work in place for contractor pay requests
• Monitors differing and changed site conditions
• Assists in field review of proposed work
• Assists with field change orders and negotiates prices with contractor
• Serves as City’s point of contact for contractors, property owners, and other project stakeholders
• Coordinates material testing for quality assurance
• Rejects work found to be substandard in materials and workmanship
• Assists with citizen requests related to storm drainage repairs
• Measures and documents physical characteristics of storm drainage infrastructure
• Provide technical and administrative mentoring to inspectors
• Review design plans and special provisions for constructability, participate in development of new policy, manuals, standards, and specifications
• Provide professional and technical instruction, guidance, and information to consultants, contractors, engineers, other City officials, and the public regarding construction practices
• Follows up with project managers/project engineers/utility coordinator on the status of utility conflicts and getting an estimated time of completion
• Develops relationship with project managers/project engineers/utility coordinator/utility companies/other City departments/contractors/property owners to