Job Description

WHAT LJA HAS TO OFFER

LJA is offering an exciting opportunity to help you reach your full career potential. The structure of our organization is designed to amplify your capabilities while gaining the benefits of being an employee-owner. What truly sets this opportunity apart is the chance to collaborate every day with dedicated, skilled, and supportive leaders. Whether you are in the office, in the field, or behind the scenes, working at LJA gives you the chance to grow through hands-on experience and exposure to a broad range of clients and services.

WHAT MAKES LJA DIFFERENT

At LJA, our employee-owners take pride in their work and their workplace. We’re guided by leaders who foster a culture of respect, collaboration, and a shared vision of success. Our difference is evident in the experiences and opportunities we provide:

• Employee-owned. Client-focused
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Consistently ranked as a Top Workplace
• Internal recruitment team, in-house training, and a marketing department specific to our industry
• We celebrate flexibility, allowing every team and office to lead with their proven approach
• Our culture champions continuous learning and personal growth
• We believe success comes through constant evolution and communication
• We are passionate about having fun and making money, all while creating impact

POSITION OVERVIEW: The Construction Inspector serves as the Owner's eyes and ears in the field. The inspector observes construction, verifies conformance with the contract documents and approved requirements, maintains accurate daily records, coordinates testing and survey needs, measures installed quantities, and communicates developing issues early enough for the project team to respond. The initial assignment is the CC-215 corridor project, but the position may also support other roadway, bridge, drainage, utility, traffic, and public infrastructure construction management projects.

OBJECTIVES AND IMPACT

• Quality impact. Identify deficient work while it can still be corrected efficiently, reducing rework and protecting long-term performance.
• Safety and public impact. Observe traffic control and changing field conditions, and promptly elevate concerns affecting workers, the traveling public, or the project.
• Schedule impact. Use lookaheads to anticipate inspection, testing, survey, and hold-point needs before work begins.
• Payment and claims impact. Create factual reports, photographs, measurements, and change-work records so payment, change, and claim evaluations are based on contemporaneous evidence.

A TYPICAL DAY MIGHT INCLUDE:

• Reviewing current plans, specifications, approved submittals, RFIs, schedules, traffic-control plans, and project direction before assigned work begins.
• Inspecting roadway, bridge, retaining structure, drainage, earthwork, concrete, paving, barrier, signing, lighting, electrical, and related work as assigned.
• Confirming required prerequisites, testing, survey controls, and materials are in place for critical activities.
• Preparing timely daily reports and labeled photographs documenting work, quantities, progress, delays, tests, deficiencies, corrections, and unresolved issues.
• Measuring and reconciling installed quantities to applicable pay items.
• Coordinating testing and survey support and tracking deficient or corrective work through resolution.
• Maintaining force-account or extra-work records and communicating urgent safety, traffic-control, or nonconformance concerns through the established chain of command.

PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS AND MILESTONES

Success means assigned critical activities are covered, daily reports are submitted within project deadlines, photographs and quantity records are traceable, and emerging issues are communicated promptly and objectively.

• First 30 days. Complete project orientation, learn the reporting system and active work fronts, and independently cover routine work.
• By 60 days. Plan routine coverage, coordinate testing and survey, maintain quantity records, and recognize common deviations.
• By 90 days. Reliably own an assigned area or shift, including traffic-sensitive or night work when needed.
• Within six months. Operate as a trusted area inspector with current records, minimal documentation backlog, and dependable support for payment, closeout, and change evaluation.

REQUIRED EDUCATION/LICENSE/CERTIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering or Construction Management; an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Valid driver's license and ability to travel to active project sites.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Typically five or more years of heavy-civil, transportation, public-works construction, or inspection experience.
• Ability to read civil and structural plans, specifications, approved submittals, RFIs, and traffic-control plans.
• Understanding of construction sequencing, inspection hold points, materials testing, and quality-control processes.
• Ability to take field measurements, perform quantity calculations, and maintain traceable pay-item records.
• Ability to prepare clear, objective written reports and labeled photographic documentation.
• Strong communication and organizational skills, including timely escalation of developing issues.
• Basic proficiency with email, spreadsheets, PDF review, and electronic field-reporting systems.

IDEALLY, YOU SHOULD ALSO HAVE:

• Freeway, roadway, bridge, retaining wall, drainage, concrete, paving, traffic-control, or public-agency project experience.
• Familiarity with Autodesk Construction Cloud, Bluebeam, Excel, or similar platforms.
• Applicable ACI, ATSSA, OSHA, WAQTC, NICET, ICC, or agency-specific credentials.
• Experience documenting extra work, changed conditions, corrective work, and project closeout.

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND AUTHORITY

Field environment. This position is primarily outdoors on active construction sites and may involve traffic, heavy equipment, noise, dust, uneven terrain, excavations, heights, and extreme weather. The employee must use required PPE and be able to walk or stand for extended periods, climb temporary access, and carry typical field equipment, with reasonable accommodation where applicable. Project needs may require early mornings, nights, weekends, holidays, or extended shifts.

Authority boundaries. The inspector observes, measures, verifies, documents, and reports through the established project chain of command. Unless expressly delegated, the inspector does not modify the contract, accept nonconforming work, direct contractor means and methods, authorize extra work, approve payment, grant time, or commit the Owner or employer to cost or schedule changes. Clear authority boundaries protect the inspector's objectivity and the integrity of the contract.

Notice what others miss. Document what matters. Communicate early.

LEVEL UP WITH LJA

At LJA, we’re 100% employee-owned. This drives results, rewards ambition, and supports long-term success for every team member. With almost 100 locations and 3,000+ employee-owners (and growing), we’re building something big! We want you to be part of it. Your future grows here.

• Generous Time Off: PTO, paid holidays, and a full office closure between Christmas and New Year’s.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple plan options for health, dental, and pets. Along with mental health support.
• Family Support: Paid maternity and parental leave to help you focus on what matters most.
• Education Support: Tuition reimbursement and in-house courses provided by our Learning and Development team.
• Referral Bonuses: Know great talent? Get rewarded for helping us grow.
• Community Impact: Company-sponsored volunteer days and philanthropic initiatives.
• Professional Development: Memberships to industry organizations to keep you connected and growing.
• Career Growth: Great internal mobility opportunities to advance your career.
• Fun Culture: LJA social events, employee sports teams, bring your kid to work day, etc.

To Executive Search Firms & Staffing Agencies: LJA, Inc. and its subsidiaries do not accept unsolicited resumes from any agencies that have not signed a service agreement. All unsolicited resumes will be considered LJA's property. This includes resumes submitted directly to hiring managers without contacting LJA's Human Resources Talent Department.