Construction Inspector (Vienna)

TOWN OF VIENNA, VA

Construction Inspector
Public Works Department

Pay 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.

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 Impacts

Data 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 origi]]>