Precast Concrete Quality Inspector

Talascend is currently seeking a Precast Concrete Quality Inspector for a contract opportunity with our client.  Candidate must reside within reasonable commuting distance of the assigned supplier location in Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, or Southern New York.

Overview

The precast concrete quality inspector provides full-time, on-site quality oversight at supplier facilities. This role verifies that precast concrete materials and activities conform to applicable technical, quality, and procurement requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide on-site quality surveillance for precast concrete activities.
• Witness and review forming, concrete pours, and post-pour inspections.
• Review quality documentation, material records, traceability records, examination reports, calibration records, and data books.
• Review procurement requirements with supplier representatives and confirm that requirements are understood and implemented.
• Participate in kickoff and pre-fabrication meetings.
• Confirm inspection and test plans, witness and hold points, documentation deliverables, and traceability expectations before production begins.
• Verify that qualified procedures, qualified personnel, calibrated equipment, approved drawings, current revisions, and released materials are available before work starts.
• Monitor supplier operations, inspections, examinations, and testing to verify compliance with applicable requirements.
• Verify that subcontracted operations and sub-suppliers are disclosed, qualified, and controlled.
• Identify and document nonconforming material and conditions with objective descriptions and photographic evidence.
• Collaborate with supplier and project quality personnel to determine appropriate corrective actions and dispositions.
• Verify corrective actions, including ownership, due dates, closure evidence, and follow-up verification.
• Prepare accurate surveillance reports documenting attendance, observations, findings, and actions.
• Release conforming material for shipment and support shipping preparation.
• Provide early notification of quality or fabrication risks.
• Maintain inspection, finding, certification, and photographic records in applicable systems.
• Work safely in industrial fabrication environments while wearing required personal protective equipment.

Qualifications

• At least two years of related experience involving 2,000 hours of in-shop surveillance, examination, or testing activities; or
• High school diploma or equivalent and 1,000 hours of in-shop surveillance, examination, or testing activities; or
• Associate degree, or the equivalent of two years of full-time college coursework in a related discipline, plus 500 hours of related in-shop inspection, examination, or testing experience.
• At least one year of precast concrete experience.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to travel routinely to supplier facilities within the assigned area.
• Ability to obtain and maintain required facility or access credentials.
• Ability to work under moderate supervision and reach defensible conclusions independently at supplier facilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including clear and factual report writing.
• Working knowledge of word processing and spreadsheet applications, electronic report submission, assignment tracking, and digital camera use.
• Ability to work safely in environments with exposure to noise, heat, cold, dust, fumes, and moving equipment.
• Ability to climb ladders and stairs, work at elevation, enter confined or restricted spaces when authorized, stand and walk for extended periods, and lift and carry inspection equipment weighing approximately 25 pounds.
• Vision and hearing, with correction as needed, sufficient to perform visual examinations and witness testing.
• Candidate must reside within reasonable commuting distance of the assigned supplier location in Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, or Southern New York.

Preferred Qualifications

• Formal certification in quality inspection or a related discipline.
• Additional experience with equipment or materials used in industrial fabrication.
• Experience with structural steel, piping, valves, pressure vessels, tanks, equipment modules, electrical and instrumentation equipment, protective coatings, or precast and prestressed concrete products.
• Familiarity with applicable codes and standards for the assigned commodity.
• Industry certification in nondestructive examination, welding inspection, coating inspection, or precast concrete production and quality.
• Experience with quality management programs.
• Experience on engineering, procurement, and construction projects in energy, nuclear, liquefied natural gas, mining and metals, or major infrastructure.
• Experience with supplier assessment, surveillance level determination, supplier requalification, or supplier document and certification data book control.
• Experience with international suppliers and translated documentation.