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Contract Inspection Jobs in Irving, TX (NOW HIRING)

Utility Inspector II

Waxahachie, TX · On-site

$62K - $87K/yr

Under general supervision, performs constructability reviews, construction contract inspections, field inspections and technical investigations associated with the construction of water and ...

Contract Manager - South Region

Dallas, TX

$88K - $117K/yr

... Inspection, Underground Maintenance and Installation, and Fabrication. Our expertise lies in ... Job Summary The Contract Manager supports the administration and execution of contracts overseeing ...

Contract Manager - South Region

Dallas, TX · On-site

$88K - $117K/yr

... Inspection, Underground Maintenance and Installation, and Fabrication. Our expertise lies in ... Job Summary The Contract Manager supports the administration and execution of contracts overseeing ...

GFT is seeking a Bridge Inspection Team Lead to join our Bridge Group in Austin, TX! This role ... contract requirements, and related specifications. * Coordinates activities concerned with ...

Assists with client project scoping and contract negotiations. * Performs technical discipline ... Leading a team for large-scale inspection projects including multiple subconsultants. * Lead and ...

Assists with client project scoping and contract negotiations. * Performs technical discipline ... Leading a team for large-scale inspection projects including multiple subconsultants. * Lead and ...

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How much do contract inspection jobs pay per hour?

As of Aug 18, 2026, the average hourly pay for contract inspection in Irving, TX is $19.04, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $14.76 and $21.68 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is contract inspection?

Contract inspection is the process of reviewing and evaluating contracts to ensure that all terms and conditions are met by the parties involved. Inspectors check for compliance with legal, regulatory, and quality standards, and may also monitor ongoing performance throughout the contract lifecycle. This role helps prevent disputes, ensures transparency, and protects the interests of both clients and contractors. Contract inspection is important in industries like construction, manufacturing, and government procurement.

What are some common challenges faced by professionals in contract inspection, and how can they be mitigated?

Professionals in Contract Inspection often face challenges such as interpreting complex contract language, ensuring compliance with both internal and external standards, and managing tight deadlines. Effective communication with legal, procurement, and project teams is essential to clarify requirements and resolve ambiguities. To mitigate these challenges, staying updated on regulatory changes, utilizing contract management software, and participating in ongoing training can help inspectors work more efficiently and accurately.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a contract inspector, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Contract Inspector, you need a solid understanding of contract law, compliance standards, and quality assurance, usually backed by relevant experience or a degree in a related field. Familiarity with inspection software, documentation tools, and industry-specific regulations is essential, and some roles may require certifications like Certified Quality Inspector (CQI). Attention to detail, strong analytical skills, and effective communication help ensure accurate inspections and clear reporting. These skills are vital for ensuring contractual obligations are met, reducing risk, and maintaining project quality and compliance.

What is the difference between Contract Inspection vs Contract Administrator?

AspectContract InspectionContract Administrator
CertificationsTypically requires construction or quality inspection certificationsRequires contract management or legal certifications
Work EnvironmentOn-site inspections at project sitesOffice-based, managing contract documentation
Industry UsageCommon in construction, manufacturing, and engineeringPrevalent in corporate, government, and legal sectors
Primary FocusEnsuring compliance and quality during project executionManaging contract terms, amendments, and compliance

While both roles involve contractual work, Contract Inspection focuses on on-site quality and compliance checks during project execution, whereas Contract Administrator handles contract management, documentation, and negotiations primarily from an office setting. Understanding these differences helps employers and job seekers target the right skills and responsibilities for each role.

What cities near Irving, TX are hiring for Contract Inspection jobs?

Cities near Irving, TX with the most Contract Inspection job openings:

Infographic showing various Contract Inspection job openings in Irving, TX as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 89% Full Time, 6% Part Time, 4% Contract, and 1% Nights. Highlights an 99% Physical, and 1% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $39,602 per year, or $19 per hour.

Roadway Maintenance Tech/Equipment Operator/Inspector IV or V

Texas Department of Transportation

Waxahachie, TX • On-site

Full-time

Posted 11 days ago


Texas Department Of Transportation rating

8.6

Company rating: 8.6 out of 10

Based on 39 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

196th of 846 rated public administrative organizations


Job description

Transportation Maintenance Tech IV: Performs advanced transportation operations or maintenance support work such as complex maintenance contract inspection and/or material and process inspection; light and heavy equipment operation; roadway maintenance; preventative and minor maintenance on equipment; traffic control; helping the public during emergency situations; and training other employees. Employees at this level perform work independently on assignments; however, all unusual issues are referred to the supervisor.

Transportation Maintenance Tech V: Performs highly advanced transportation operations or maintenance support work such as complex maintenance contract inspection and/or material and process inspection; light and heavy equipment operation; roadway maintenance; preventative and minor maintenance on equipment; traffic control; helping the public during emergency situations; and training other employees. Employees at this level perform work independently on assignments; however, all unusual issues are referred to the supervisor.

Essential Duties: 

Transportation Maintenance Tech IV

  • Inspects complex maintenance and construction-related work to include hot mix overlay to ensure compliance with safety,
    laws and regulations, contract specifications and departmental procedures.
  • Oversees complex maintenance and spot improvement contracts.
  • Performs pavement evaluations and operates data collection equipment.
  • Conducts tests of highway construction materials, makes calculations, and records results.
  • Identifies, analyzes, and implements solutions for complex maintenance problems.
  • Inspects barricades to ensure compliance with barricade standards.
  • Inspects traffic control devices and their placement at construction project sites for compliance with specifications for
    devices, safety laws, rules, regulations and the Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
  • Maintains construction project records and/or bridge inspection records; processes related paperwork; reviews files for
    compliance with the bridge inspection Manual of Procedures.
  • Operates complex heavy equipment such as a motor grader, large excavator, heavy bulldozer, crane, herbicide truck, heavy
    asphalt paving machine, self-propelled asphalt distributor, and profiling/milling machine.
  • Operates heavy equipment such as a front-end loader one and a half cubic yards or more, tractor-trailer haul truck, large
    dragline, shovel, paint striper, and dump truck.
  • Operates light equipment such as a front-end loader one and a quarter cubic yards or less, pneumatic roller, rotary
    broom, spreader box, backhoe, street sweeper, and mower.
  • Performs preventive maintenance inspections (PMI), routine servicing and minor repairs on equipment and completes various
    required reports including time-keeping, equipment forms, inventory, accident forms, and PMI.
  • Sands or cleans bridges and roads, posts warning signs, helps the public and performs other work as directed during
    emergency situations such as floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, snowstorms, accidents, and hazardous material spills.
  • Trains other employees.
  • Inspects routine and non-routine maintenance contract construction methods and workmanship to ensure contractors build
    and maintain roadways, bridges, traffic signals and related highway structures in accordance with plans and specifications.
  • Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.
     

Transportation Maintenance Tech V

  • Consults with contractors' superintendent on work progress and maintenance problems; reviews equipment utilization data
    and time/cost estimates.
  • Oversees complex maintenance and spot improvement contracts and total maintenance, performance based, and/or bundled bid
    contracts.
  • Performs detail design and quantity checks for plans, specifications, and estimate (PS&E).
  • Serves as project leader responsible for maintenance construction inspection activities for large and/or complex maintenance construction projects or for multiple district projects.
  • Conducts tests of highway construction materials, makes calculations, and records results.
  • Identifies, analyzes, and implements solutions for complex maintenance problems.
  • Inspects barricades to ensure compliance with barricade standards.
  • Inspects complex maintenance and construction-related work to include hot mix overlay to ensure compliance with safety,
    laws and regulations, contract specifications and departmental procedures.
  • Inspects traffic control devices and their placement at construction project sites for compliance with specifications for
    devices, safety laws, rules, regulations and the Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
  • Maintains construction project records and/or bridge inspection records; processes related paperwork; reviews files for
    compliance with the bridge inspection Manual of Procedures.
  • Operates complex heavy equipment such as a motor grader, large excavator, heavy bulldozer, crane, herbicide truck, heavy
    asphalt paving machine, self-propelled asphalt distributor, and profiling/milling machine.
  • Operates heavy equipment such as a front-end loader one and a half cubic yards or more, tractor-trailer haul truck, large
    dragline, shovel, paint striper, and dump truck.
  • Operates light equipment such as a front-end loader one and a quarter cubic yards or less, pneumatic roller, rotary
    broom, spreader box, backhoe, street sweeper, and mower.
  • Oversees complex maintenance and spot improvement contracts.
  • Performs pavement evaluations and operates data collection equipment.
  • Performs preventive maintenance inspections (PMI), routine servicing and minor repairs on equipment and completes various
    required reports including time-keeping, equipment forms, inventory, accident forms, and PMI.
  • Reviews and assists in the development of traffic control plans, coordinates with law enforcement agencies, monitors lane
    closures at construction sites, documents changes in the traffic control setup and coordinates with the Public Information
    Officer.
  • Reviews plans, enters data and updates, stores and maintains plans, specifications, and estimate (PS&E) documents and
    files; assists in PS&E processing for letting, to include reproducing and distributing documents.
  • Sands or cleans bridges and roads, posts warning signs, helps the public and performs other work as directed during
    emergency situations such as floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, snowstorms, accidents, and hazardous material spills.
  • May serve as a work crew project lead ensuring work performed meets project specifications.
  • Trains other employees.
  • Inspects routine and non-routine maintenance contract construction methods and workmanship to ensure contractors build
    and maintain roadways, bridges, traffic signals and related highway structures in accordance with plans and specifications.
  • Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications: Education:

None required

Experience:

Transportation Maintenance Tech IV: 3 years of experience in transportation engineering support, roadway maintenance, construction inspection, or related work experience. (Experience can be satisfied by full time or prorated part time equivalent) Related technical training or education from an accredited institution may be substituted for experience on a year per year basis. Substitutions for Minimum Qualifications

Transportation Maintenance Tech V: 4 years of experience in transportation engineering support, roadway maintenance, construction inspection, or related work experience. (Experience can be satisfied by full time or prorated part time equivalent) Related technical training or education from an accredited institution may be substituted for experience on a year per year basis. Substitutions for Minimum Qualifications

Licenses and Certifications: 

Valid driver's license. This position requires driving a state vehicle. 

Competencies: 

Transportation Maintenance Tech IV

Extensive knowledge of

  • Basic traffic management and control procedures
  • Maintenance concepts, methods, policies and requirements
  • Applicable inspection methods, procedures and techniques
  • Materials used in highway/bridge construction and maintenance
  • The Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
  • Applicable industry safety standards, guidelines, and specification codes

Expert skill in

  • Performing calculations to include material and labor estimates, expenses, technical survey data and engineering
    calculations
  • Maintaining a safe and effective working relationship with others

Proficient skill in

  • Monitoring contracts and procedures
  • Preparing and maintaining confidential and sensitive records, files, and reports
  • Using computers, applicable programs, applications, and systems

Ability to

  • Communicate effectively
  • Follow verbal and written instructions
     

Transportation Maintenance Tech V

Extensive knowledge of

  • Transportation principles and methods for moving people or goods by multimodal (road, air, water) methods, including
    their relative costs, advantages and limitations
  • Applicable plans, specifications and estimates preparation, review, processing and compliance requirements
  • Applicable inspection methods, procedures and techniques
  • Materials used in highway/bridge construction and maintenance
  • Basic traffic management and control procedures, their relative costs, advantages and limitations
  • Applicable plans, specifications and estimates preparation, review, processing and compliance requirements
  • Applicable inspection methods, procedures and techniques
  • Materials used in highway/bridge construction and maintenance
  • Basic traffic management and control procedures
  • The Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
  • Maintenance concepts, methods, policies and requirements
  • Applicable industry safety standards, guidelines, and specification codes

Expert skill in

  • Coordinating labor, materials, and equipment
  • Performing calculations to include material and labor estimates, expenses, technical survey data and engineering
    calculations
  • Using applicable hand and power tools, equipment, and mechanical devices of the trade
  • Operating light and heavy highway equipment
  • Maintaining a safe and effective working relationship with others

Proficient skill in

  • Planning, coordinating and handling multiple projects within area of responsibility to meet short and long-term deadlines
  • Analyzing, organizing, and communicating business and technical data
  • Preparing and maintaining confidential and sensitive records, files, and reports
  • Using computers, applicable programs, applications, and systems
  • Monitoring contracts and procedures


Ability to

  • Communicate effectively
  • Follow verbal and written instructions
     
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions: 
  • Subject to extreme cold and heat; below 32 and/or above 100 degrees for more than one hour
  • Subject to noise
  • Subject to vibration
  • Required to wear protective gear-respirator, hard hat, or other device
  • Medium work: Lift up to 50 lbs at a time and frequently lift or carry objects up to 25 lbs
  • Balancing-walking, standing, crouching on various surfaces without falling
  • Stooping-bending body downward and forward by bending spine at waist
  • Standing-prolonged periods of time
  • Walking-moving on foot to accomplish tasks: long distance/from one work site to another
  • Fingering-picking, pinching, typing; working primarily with fingers rather than whole hand
  • Talking-expressing or exchanging ideas by spoken words
  • Hearing-perceive sound at normal speaking levels;receive information by oral communication
  • Visual Acuity-operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment
  • Visual Acuity-determine work quality/make general observations of facilities/structures
  • Pushing-using upper extremities to press against object with force to move in a direction
  • Grasping-applying pressure to an object with fingers and palm
  • Feeling-determining size, shape, temperature or texture of objects
  • Repetitive Motion-substantial movements of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers
  • Close Visual Acuity-work includes data/figures; view a computer screen; extensive reading
     
Conditions of Employment: 

Please read the Standard Conditions of Employment (TxDOT) for all positions.

  • This job has been identified as physically demanding and will require a pre-employment physical. 

  • This is a Safety Impact position, and you will be required to pass a pre-employment drug test and will be subject to random drug testing. 

    • Please note that the Department of Transportation's Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulation - 49 CFR Part 40, at 40.151(e) - does not authorize "medical marijuana" under a state law to be a valid medical explanation for a positive drug test result for an employee in this position.


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