TOWN OF VIENNA, VA

Construction Inspector
Public Works DepartmentPay Grade 121: $74,136 - $119,359

From active construction sites to critical infrastructure projects, the Town of Vienna is looking for a detail-driven Construction Inspector to help ensure development is safe, compliant, and built to last. This role is perfect for someone who enjoys working outdoors, solving problems in real time, and collaborating with engineers, contractors, and the community.

In this position, you’ll play a key role in protecting the Town’s environment and infrastructure by enforcing erosion and sediment control standards, reviewing plans and permits, and ensuring compliance with local, state, and federal regulations.

What You’ll Do:

• Inspect active construction sites to ensure compliance with erosion and sediment control, stormwater, and right-of-way regulations
• Conduct inspections following rainfall events and identify, document, and address violations
• Review and evaluate construction plans, permits, and Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP)
• Coordinate with contractors, engineers, and internal staff to resolve site issues and implement solutions
• Perform inspections related to occupancy permits, bond releases, utilities, and ADA compliance
• Monitor traffic control plans to ensure safe work zones in accordance with MUTCD and VWAPM standards
• Assist with Town capital projects and prepare reports for agencies such as VDOT and DEQ
• Serve as a liaison to residents and stakeholders regarding construction impacts and project updates

This class works under general supervision, independently developing work methods and sequences.
Work Schedule:
 Monday through Friday 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
 
All new employees must satisfactorily complete a background check. A conditional offer of employment may then be made contingent upon the successful completion of a drug test. This is an Non-Exempt Position.
The functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this class. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the class as necessary. Essential Functions:

Assists with permitting and inspections for private development projects within the Town. 

Conducts inspections biweekly and within 48 hours of a rain runoff event; inspects all active construction sites to ensure proper Erosion and Sediment Control compliance; identifies violations.   Addresses construction site conditions necessitating changes to written plans; works with a Town Civil Engineer to find solutions. Inspects stormwater management facilities, ensuring compliance with established codes and requirements and preparing Department of Environmental Quality reports. Inspect construction site for compliance with active Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP) associated with the State Construction General Permit.

Inspects American Disabilities Act (ADA) infrastructure, ensuring compliance with established codes and requirements created by the US Department of Justice.

Performs construction site inspections for occupancy permits, bond reduction and release, sanitary cap-off and taps, water cap-off and water taps.

Performs right-of-way inspections and coordinates contractors' traffic management and control plan implementation, ensuring compliance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control (MUTCD) and the Virginia Work Area Protection Manual (VWAPM).

Schedules pre-construction meetings, reviews approved grading plans, documents inspections, and completes monthly land disturbance reports for the State of Virginia. 

Conducts compliance investigations, general meetings, bond release inspections and training. 

Reports construction site violations to Virginia Stormwater Management Permit Program Administrator; recommends additional corrective actions.

Assists and inspects various Town construction projects, including monitoring construction and preparing regulatory reports for the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), and other agencies.

Assists in plan and permit administration and review, including Erosion and Sediment Control Plans, Traffic Management Plans, Demolition Permits, Construction General Permits, Right of Way Permits, and other applicable documents.

Reviews documentation submitted for Certificates of Occupancy and verifies completeness and accuracy of records

Review and evaluates Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) documents to ensure compliance with all Town and VDEQ regulations

Serves as a construction liaison to communicate and resolve community concerns about significant construction project impacts, including but not limited to road closures, planned utility outages, and construction phasing

Additional Duties:Performs related work as assigned. Responsibilities, Requirements and ImpactsData Responsibility: Data Responsibility refers to information, knowledge, and conceptions obtained by observation, investigation, interpretation, visualization, and mental creation. Data are intangible and include numbers, words, symbols, ideas, concepts, and oral verbalizations. Gathers, organizes, analyzes, examines or evaluates data or information and may prescribe action based on these data or information. People Responsibility: People include co-workers, workers in other areas or agencies and the general public. Persuades or influences others in favor of a point of view, or course of action; may enforce laws, rules, regulations, or ordinances. Asset Responsibility: Assets responsibility refers to the responsibility for achieving economies or preventing loss within the organization. Requires responsibility and opportunity for achieving moderate economies and/or preventing moderate losses through the management of a small division; handles supplies of high value or moderate amounts of money consistent with the operation of a small division. Mathematical Requirements: Mathematics requires the use of symbols, numbers and formulas to solve mathematical problems. Uses mathematics involving the practical application of fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions; or measurements, logarithmic, or geometric construction; may use algebraic solutions of equations and inequalities, descriptive statistics, deductive geometry, plane and solid and rectangular coordinates; mathematical and classifications or schemes. Communications Requirements: Communications involves the ability to read, write, and speak. Reads journals, manuals and professional publications; speaks informally to groups of co-workers, staff in other organizational agencies, general public, people in other organizations and presents training; composes original reports, training and other written materials, using proper language, punctuation, grammar and style.
 Judgment Requirements: Judgment requirements refer to the frequency and complexity of judgments and decisions given the stability of the work environments, the nature and type of guidance, and the breadth of impact of the judgments and decisions. Responsible for the actions of others, requiring almost constant decisions affecting co-workers, crime victims, customers, clients or others in the general public; works in a moderately fluid environment with guidelines and rules, but frequent variations from the routine. Complexity of Work: Complexity addresses the analysis, initiative, ingenuity, concentration and creativity, required by the job and the presence of any unusual pressures present in the job. Performs coordinating work involving guidelines and rules, with constant problem solving; requires continuous, close attention for accurate results or frequent exposure to unusual pressures. Impact of Errors: Impact of errors refers to consequences such as damage to equipment and property, loss of data, exposure of the organization to legal liability, and injury or death for individuals. The impact of errors is moderately serious – affects work unit and may affect other units or citizens or loss of life could occur but probability is low. Physical Demands: Physical demands refer to the requirements for physical exertion and coordination of limb and body movement. Performs light work that involves walking or standing most of the time and involves exerting up to 20 pounds of force on a regular and recurring basis, or skill, adeptness and speed in the use of fingers, hands or limbs on repetitive operation of mechanical or electronic office or shop machines or tools within moderate tolerances or limits of accuracy. Equipment Usage: Equipment usage involves responsibility for materials, machines, tools, equipment, work aids, and products. Handles or uses machines, tools, equipment or work aids involving moderate latitude for judgment regarding attainment of a standard or in selecting appropriate items. Unavoidable Hazards: Unavoidable hazards refer to the job conditions that may lead to injury or health hazards even though precautions have been taken. Involves routine and frequent exposure to traffic; moving machinery. Safety of Others: Safety of others refers to the level of responsibility for the safety of others, either inherent in the job or to ensure the safety of the general public. (Does not include safety of subordinates). Requires responsibility for the safety and health of others and for occasional enforcement of the laws and standards of public health and safety.
 Requires an Associate's Degree or specialized courses/training equivalent to satisfactory completion of two years of education related to heavy construction, street, water, sewer and/or civil engineering and construction related, including plans review. Practical experience may substitute for the education requirement.
 
Valid State driver's license

Special Certifications and Licenses:

Must obtain Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Dual Combined Administrator Certification within 18 months of employment.  

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Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance The Town of Vienna is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ADA requires the Town of Vienna to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. Prospective and current employees are encouraged to discuss ADA accommodations with management.

Compensation details: 74136-119359 Yearly Salary

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