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Company : Black & Veatch Corporation
Req Id : 115853
Opportunity Type : Staff
Relocation eligible : No
Full time/Part time : Full-Time
Project Only Hire : Yes
Visa Sponsorship Available: No
Why Black & Veatch?
Join the Overland Contracting (a Black & Veatch company) construction team and build with pride. As a 100% employee-owned company, every role matters - you own your work, your impact, and your future. We lead with care, and safety is non-negotiable and embedded into every role, site and decision, ensuring our teams return home safe, every day.
From field engineering to project management to quality and startup, you'll work with cutting-edge technology, learn from seasoned experts, and grow through real-world, hands-on experience. With a strong backlog across power, water, grid, and industrial markets, you'll have the stability to grow and the opportunity to shape what comes next.
Job Summary
Serves as a construction inspector who may report to senior inspection staff on a moderately complex medium or a large construction project; electrical components, instrumentation & controls, medium/low voltage wiring. Duties may include project controls administration. May provide direction to other inspection staff.
Key Responsibilities

• Anticipates daily and upcoming construction activities, and prepares accordingly; may give direction to other inspection staff.
• Provides drawing and specification interpretations with little direction.
• Reviews and analyzes contractor's project schedule with direction.
• With limited direction, interprets contract documents for QA/QC.
• May assist with limited direction in evaluating change requests, claims, and cost proposals from contractor; coordinates responses with the project manager; and prepares change orders.
• Monitors and reports on pertinent site conditions when contractor indicates unforeseen subsurface or other changed conditions.
• Assists with logs and tracks all issues, proposed changes, change orders, and claims.
• Performs administrative duties related to project controls in the absence of admin staff.
• Inspects complicated construction activities with little or no direction.
• Documents field observations.
• Resolves minor construction issues in the field with contractor foreman.
• Observes Black and Veatch's safety policies.
• Can process contractor pay application, respond to simple RFIs, and coordinate complex interpretations with engineer.
• May begin to provide direction to other field staff.

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate's degree or higher in a construction-related discipline or craft apprenticeship preferred
• 5+ years related I&C testing or inspection experience preferred.
• Certifications for electrical or I&C testing preferred

Minimum Qualifications
Experience:

• 3+ years as Superintendent with degree, or 5+ years without.
• All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.

Competencies
Collaborates
Communicates effectively
Courage
Directs work
Instills trust
Interpersonal savvy
Organizational savvy
Salary Plan
CNS: Construction Services
Job Grade
016
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Black & Veatch is committed to being an employer of choice by creating a valuable work experience that keeps our people engaged, productive, safe and healthy.
Our comprehensive benefits portfolio is a key component of this commitment and offers an array of health care benefits including but not limited to medical, dental and vision insurances along with disability and a robust wellness program.
To support a healthy work-life balance, we offer flexible work schedules, paid vacation and holiday time, sick time, and dependent sick time.
A variety of additional benefits are available to our professionals, including a company-matched 401k plan, adoption reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, vendor discounts, an employment referral program, AD&D insurance, pre-taxed accounts, voluntary legal plan and the B&V Credit Union. Professionals may also be eligible for a performance-based bonus program.
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