Engineering Inspection Coordinator G121
Columbus Consolidated Government
Major Duties and Responsibilities
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This position performs supervisory, administrative, and technical duties in the coordination of inspections of public and private projects.
- Trains, assigns, supervises, evaluates, and disciplines personnel.
- Enforces land disturbance, soil erosion and sedimentation, illegal dumping, and material hauling ordinances; issues warning and citations to Environmental Court.
- Supervises state and federally funded construction projects; maintains daily log and accurate records of materials used; monitors schedules, personnel, subcontractors, and work time.
- Receives construction plans from city engineers; reviews plans for location and requirements.
- Assists in the coordination of the Pavement Management Program.
- Assists government engineers in conducting seminars; provides expertise to local engineering contract firms and land developers; provides homeowners with assistance and information.
- Inspects driveway constructions and replacements.
- Attends meetings with appropriate personnel to receive information and instructions concerning permit application reviews.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
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- Knowledge of engineering terminology and applications related to inspections.
- Knowledge of the principles and practices of basic surveying.
- Skill in the use of personal computers and job related software programs.
- Skill in researching, compiling, and summarizing a variety of informational and statistical data and materials.
- Skill in problem solving and decision making.
- Skill in the supervision of personnel
- Skill in oral and written communication.
Minimum Educational and Training Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Architecture or related field is required. Experience sufficient to thoroughly understand the work of subordinate positions and to be able to answer questions and resolve problems, usually associated with one to three years experience or service. Possession of or ability to readily obtain a valid driver's license issued by the State of Georgia for the type of vehicle or equipment operated.
Physical Requirements
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The work is typically performed while sitting at a desk or table. The employee must occasionally lift light objects. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:
- Balancing – maintain equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching.
- Feeling – perceiving attributes of objects by touch with skin, fingertips.
- Grasping – applying pressure to object with fingers, palm.
- Handling – picking, holding, or working with whole hand.
- Hearing 1 – perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels, receive information.
- Hearing 2 – receive detailed information, make discrimination in sound.
- Kneeling – bending legs at knee to come to rest at knees.
- Lifting – raising objects from lower to higher position, moving objects side to side, using upper extremities, back.
- Manual Dexterity – picking, pinching, typing, working with fingers rather than hand.
- Pulling - use upper extremities to exert force, haul or tug.
- Pushing – use upper extremities to press against objects with force, or thrust forward, downward, outward.
- Reaching – extending hands or arms in any direction.
- Repetitive Motion – substantial movements of wrists, hands, fingers.
- Speaking – expressing ideas with spoken word, convey detailed, important instructions accurately, concisely.
- Stooping – bending body downward, forward at waist, with full motion of lower extremities and back.
- Talking 1- expressing ideas by spoken word.
- Talking 2 – shouting to be heard above ambient noise.
- Visual Acuity 1 - prepare, analyze data, transcribing, computer terminal, extensive reading.
- Visual Acuity 2 - color, depth perception, field of vision.
- Visual Acuity 3 - determine accuracy, neatness, observe facilities/structures.
- Visual Acuity 4 - operate motor vehicles/heavy equipment.
- Visual Acuity 5 -close acuity for inspection of small defects, machines, use measurement devices, or fabricate parts.
- Walking - on foot to accomplish tasks, long distances, or site to site.
The work is typically performed in an office or in the field. The employee may be exposed to dust, dirt, grease, and machinery with moving parts. Work may be performed outdoors and occasionally in cold or inclement weather.