Transportation Inspector Jobs in Salt Lake City, UT

As a Supervising Inspector, you will lead construction inspection activities for transportation and infrastructure projects. This role is responsible for ensuring full compliance with project plans, specifications, and contract documents while managing inspection staff and coordinating field operations with contractors and agency personnel. You will serve as the primary field leader, providing technical guidance, resource planning, scheduling, and quality assurance for all inspection activities.

Leadership & Oversight

• Supervise, mentor, and support construction inspection staff, ensuring adherence to project standards, procedures, and best practices.
• Allocate staff resources and delegate responsibilities based on current and anticipated project needs.
• Organize and lead routine field meetings to communicate updates, resolve issues, and maintain project alignment.

Inspection & Compliance

• Monitor contractor onsite activities and verify compliance with plans, specifications, schedules, and contract requirements.
• Apply advanced engineering inspection practices, including complex measurements, calculations, and quantity verification.
• Review and approve inspectors’ daily reports, field documentation, material testing results, and asconstructed sketches to ensure accuracy and completeness.

Coordination & Documentation

• Serve as the primary liaison between field inspection teams, contractor staff, and agency representatives.
• Coordinate inspection phases and field operations with contractor superintendents and agency personnel to maintain workflow efficiency.
• Ensure accurate documentation for pay items, progress estimates, and assist in assembling final estimate and project closeout packages.

Education:

• High school diploma required.
• Associate or bachelors degree in civil engineering or a related field preferred but not required.

Experience:

• 6+ years of construction inspection experience, including supervisory or leadworker responsibilities.
• Strong knowledge of transportation and infrastructure construction methods, materials, and industry practices.

Skills:

• Ability to read and interpret construction plans, specifications, and technical documents.
• Proficiency in inspection documentation, field measurement calculations, and quantity verification.
• Strong communication, leadership, and problemsolving skills.

Certifications:

• Must obtain required certifications and pass qualification tests within designated time frames, as dictated by project or agency requirements.

Other:

• Valid driver’s license with a clean driving record.
• Ability to work outdoors in varying conditions, including inclement weather, heat, humidity, noise, hazardous environments, atmospheric conditions, and near bodies of water.
• Physical ability to perform inspection duties, including frequent standing, walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, grasping, balancing, and coordinating movement.
• Ability to lift, carry, push, or pull up to 35 lbs, and occasionally sit or operate a company vehicle as needed.

This field job primarily operates in outdoor work environments that may include exposure to inclement weather, heat, humidity, noise, hazard, atmospheric conditions, and bodies of water, depending on project requirements.

While performing the duties of this job, physical demands of the employee may include frequent talking, hearing, standing, moving, walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, handling, grasping, feeling, balancing, coordination, and occasional sitting or operating a company vehicle. This job may require lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling up to 35 lbs.

What Benefits You’ll Enjoy:  

We invest in us. Because our team members go above, below, and beyond the surface to care for our communities (inside and out), we do our best to take care of you by providing a comprehensive benefits package! Eligibility for some of the benefits outlined below is based on full-time work status; part-time and contingent positions are only eligible based on hours worked. If you have questions, contact careers@consoreng.com. 

• Career Growth & Development – Tuition reimbursement program, paid professional training, major license achievement bonus, extensive on-demand learning center, and paid professional memberships.  

• Work-Life Alignment – Industry-competitive PTO, seven paid holidays and two floating holidays, flexible work schedules, paid parental leave, and eligibility for hybrid and remote work options for some employees based on role responsibilities.  

• Wellness – Medical, dental and vision insurance, employee assistance program, fitness and wellness reimbursement, and HSA and FSA options.  

• Life – Employer-paid STD and LTD, employer-paid term life insurance, and retirement 401(k) with company match.  

• Community – Quarterly social events, paid group volunteering events, and employee networks and groups.   

How Your Career Will Grow:  

We know career growth is not always linear or streamlined—it’s often dynamic. You may want to explore a management track, try a new technical track, or move laterally to reposition your skills and talents. No matter what level you join us at or how you want to shape your career, we want Consor to be a place where you can learn and grow.  

Why You’ll Love Consor:   

You’ll experience a culture where we share in our successes and support one another through challenges. Here, there are countless opportunities to explore your career path by working on projects that help you expand your potential and take your career to new heights! Join our diverse team of experts who live and work alongside client partners, providing thoughtful solutions to create inspiring communities together. Click here to learn more about Consor. 

Consor’s Commitment to Equal Opportunity in the Workplace 

Consor welcomes and celebrates equality and diversity in the workplace. We are committed to fostering an environment in which employees and prospective employees are treated with dignity and respect, and where the uniqueness, perspectives, and experiences of individuals are valued. Consor is an equal opportunity employer and maintains employment practices designed to provide equal employment and development opportunities for all employees and applicants, in accordance with applicable local, state, and federal laws. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Consor also maintains an affirmative action program across its offices and worksites. 

If you need more information or special assistance for persons with disabilities or limited English proficiency, contact Human Resources at (786) 275-7370. Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Consor by using the Virginia Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). Call 711 for TTY/TDD.  

If any applicant believes they have been discriminated against or desires further information or assistance, contact us at (786) 275-7370.  

Notices: The above job description is intended to relay a general sense of the position's responsibilities and expectations. It does not describe all tasks that may be assigned. As business demands change, the essential functions of this position may also change. The position requires the successful completion of applicable pre-employment substance screening and background checks. 

At Consor, we're committed to recruiting teammates ready to expand their potential. To safeguard candidates, we use only legitimate recruitment practices. Initial outreach is conducted through official Consor email addresses or LinkedIn messaging; be suspicious of any inconsistencies.  We do not request personal data, sensitive information, or banking details during the application process. Interviews are conducted via phone, in person, or through Microsoft Teams—never through messaging apps or other calling services. All job offers are merit-based, delivered verbally, and followed up by written confirmation. If personal information is required to initiate the hiring process, it will be collected through secure, authorized channels. If ever in doubt, contact careers@consoreng.com.

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