Quality Assurance Inspector - NORTH TARRANT INFRASTRUCTURE, LLC

About us:

North Tarrant Infrastructure, LLC is one of the subsidiaries of the Ferrovial Group in the U.S. It is currently working on several projects in the U.S., including the North Tarrant Express (NTE) Projects ("NTE Projects"). The NTE Extension Project is a part of the NTE Projects, which consist of a series of major highway improvements to the critical I-820 and SH-121/183 corridor in North Tarrant County, Texas. The NTE Projects will relieve congestion, improve safety, and provide for anticipated traffic growth in one of the country's fastest developing regions. The NTE First Project was a $1.451 billion design-build project consisting of rebuilding the existing main lanes as well as adding four toll-managed lanes, frontage roads and auxiliary lanes in the corridor between I-35 West and Industrial Boulevard. The NTE Extension Project is the next part of the NTE Projects. The construction of the original $984 million part of the project (Segment 3A) was completed by North Tarrant Infrastructure, LLC, and the current $580.5 million part (Segment 3C) of the NTE Extension Project is presently being carried out by North Tarrant Infrastructure, LLC.

Job Description:

Summary - The Quality Assurance Inspector is responsible for ensuring that the Quality Program is functioning and compliant within the scope of the project.

Responsibilities

• Analyze daily schedule for possible conflicts with work tasks and coordinate with the subcontractors each day's work
• Coordinate surveyors as needed to verify hold points
• Manage time as required to monitor work without direction from QA manager
• Inspect daily activities before allowing next phase to begin
• Look for and address possible design flaws and issue RFIs if needed
• Fill out daily inspection reports and check IPPs to make sure they have been completed prior to signing off on work to be done
• Scheduling of daily tests and communicating with labs for testing
• Monitoring lab technicians to make sure testing is being done properly and requiring the technicians to be removed from project if not performing correctly
• Monitor the aggregate materials being delivered for consistency request labs to take proctors of any materials which look suspicious before allowing it to be incorporated into the project or reject as needed.
• Accept or reject concrete material based on specs and visual observations
• Explore alternative construction methods in order to gain acceptance from NTEMP, TXDOT and the IE of what might be considered marginal work where the work in question is not covered by the specs.
• Create and provide records related to quality system to document control procedures
• Determining the disposition of all nonconformities and implementation of corrective and preventive actions
• Inspect work ready to begin and if all specifications are not met, have the authority to deny authorization to proceed
• Read, analyze, and interpret the most complex plan documents and utilize discretion in application to daily inspections and work to be performed

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years' experience managing or responsible for quality assurance for highway, bridge/structures, paving, and/or utility relocation projects as a contractor
• Related experience and/or extensive knowledge of heavy highway projects
• Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints
• Proficient personal computer skills including electronic mail, record keeping, routine database activity, word processing, spreadsheet, graphics, etc.