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Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Perform building and structural inspections on commercial and industrial construction projects, including buildings under construction, repair, remodeling, or expansion.
- Conduct inspections at various stages of construction to verify compliance with applicable building codes, approved plans, specifications, ordinances, and project requirements.
- Inspect foundations, concrete slabs, structural framing, roofing, and related construction activities.
- Perform mechanical, electrical, and plumbing inspections within the scope of applicable licenses and qualifications.
- Review plans, blueprints, and specifications and identify potential code or construction issues.
- Determine whether changes to plans or construction may be required and communicate recommendations to contractors, engineers, architects, and other project stakeholders.
- Maintain accurate, complete, and current inspection records.
- Prepare clear, timely, and understandable inspection reports and other required documentation.
- Communicate professionally and courteously with contractors, clients, engineers, architects, and other stakeholders.
- Ensure project requirements are met and work is compliant with inspection specifications, applicable codes, and company policies and procedures.
- Complete daily time and labor reports and submit required paperwork in accordance with company procedures.
- Attend department and project meetings as required.
- Maintain and monitor the condition of an assigned company vehicle, including coordinating routine maintenance.
- Travel to various job sites throughout the southeast.
- Work varying schedules as needed to support business requirements. Occasional overnight and weekend work may be required.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
- Current South Carolina Standard Building Inspector License is required.
- Valid South Carolina driver's license with an acceptable driving record.
- Ability to pass required background screening.
Preferred Qualifications (any of the below)
- South Carolina Electrical Inspector License.
- South Carolina Mechanical Inspector License.
- South Carolina Plumbing Inspector License.
- Building Code Administrator credential or experience.
- Experience performing commercial or industrial building inspections.
Physical Demands and Work Environment
This is a field-based position that requires regular travel to active construction sites and exposure to a variety of outdoor and job-site conditions.
The position requires the ability to: Drive, stand, walk, climb, balance, bend, twist, reach, stoop, kneel, pull, push, lift, and carry.
Regularly lift and/or move up to 35 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Work outdoors in intense sun, heat, humidity, rain, thunderstorms, and other adverse weather conditions.
Navigate construction sites and locations that may include uneven terrain, sand, brush, wetlands, grasslands, and other natural or man-made obstacles.
Work in environments where noise levels may range from moderate to loud.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. This Company is dedicated to both the letter and the spirit of the equal opportunity employment laws. All applicants and all employees will be evaluated on the basis of their ability, competence, and performance of the essential functions of their positions. There will be no discrimination on the basis of race, sex, national origin, religion, age 40 and over, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other classification which may be protected by federal, state, or local laws. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, we specifically offer equal opportunity for all employees or job applicants who may have a physical or mental disability. Such persons will be hired on the basis of their ability to perform the essential functions of the job in question. Likewise, their work will be evaluated on their performance of these essential functions. We will offer reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities, to the extent that Company resources allow without undue hardship. As part of our equal employment policy, there will be no wage differentials based on gender, between men and women employed in the same establishment, on jobs that require equal skill, effort, and responsibility, and which are performed under similar working conditions.
About Certerra
Certerra is a private engineering firm providing testing, inspection, certification, and earth-science services for infrastructure clients.
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