Description
Inspect utility infrastructure and construction (water, sewer, gas, electric, and telecom) to assess safety, integrity, and compliance with codes, permits, and utility standards. Apply engineering judgment to evaluate installations, operations, and maintenance activities, document findings, and recommend corrective actions.
- • Inspect installation and rehabilitation of water, sewer, gas, electric, and telecom utilities for quality, safety, and compliance with codes, permits, and utility standards.
- • Monitor trenching, shoring, traffic control, and right-of-way activities to ensure adherence to safety regulations and utility procedures.
- • Review and interpret utility plans, profiles, one-lines, specifications, and method statements for compliance and constructability.
- • Verify depth of cover, horizontal and vertical separations, slope, alignment, and elevations using survey equipment and measuring devices.
- • Observe installation of pipes, conduits, cables, transformers, regulators, valves, hydrants, manholes, vaults, and meters for proper materials and workmanship.
- • Witness and document pressure, leakage, mandrel, vacuum, and disinfection tests on mains and services.
- • Perform leak surveys and atmospheric monitoring with gas detectors and verify confined-space entry testing.
- • Inspect corrosion control systems, coatings, and cathodic protection readings for pipelines and appurtenances.
- • Inspect substations, switchgear, pump stations, lift stations, and SCADA-related equipment for safe operation and compliance.
- • Maintain daily inspection reports, photographs, redlines, and GIS or as-built data.
- • Issue deficiency notices, recommend corrective actions, and verify remediation.
- • Approve service connections, tie-ins, restorations, or energization after requirements are met.
- • Coordinate with contractors, utility crews, property owners, and agencies to resolve conflicts and protect existing facilities.
- • Verify locating and marking of existing utilities and oversee potholing and crossing protection.
- • Monitor erosion and sediment controls, spill prevention, and site restoration to meet environmental and permit requirements.
- • Conduct inspections using locators, GPS, pressure gauges, flow meters, multimeters, or other test equipment.
- • Review and verify contractor pay quantities against field measurements.
- • Train and mentor junior or third-party inspectors.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
