Job Description Summary
The Roads Inspector is responsible for the day-to-day inspection and supervision of road construction activities within a large-scale infrastructure development, ensuring that all works are executed in accordance with approved drawings, specifications, method statements, ITPs, quality requirements, HSE procedures, and applicable authority standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Inspect earthworks, excavation, filling, subgrade, capping, subbase, roadbase, and asphalt pavement works.
- Monitor construction of kerbs, interlock paving, footpaths, cycle tracks, road shoulders, medians, and associated road works.
- Verify compliance with approved IFC/shop drawings, specifications, method statements, material approvals, and ITPs.
- Witness field and laboratory testing, including compaction, density, levels, thickness, asphalt temperature, coring, and pavement testing.
- Verify road alignment, levels, slopes, crossfalls, and finished elevations in coordination with the Survey Team.
- Inspect asphalt paving operations, including surface preparation, tack/prime coat application, laying, joint preparation, compaction, and finished surface quality.
- Ensure only approved materials are incorporated into the permanent works and report any defective or non-conforming materials/workmanship.
- Raise inspection observations and immediately report non-conforming works to the ARE/RE and QA/QC Team.
- Maintain accurate daily inspection records, checklists, photographs, test results, and site reports.
- Coordinate with utility inspectors and other disciplines to ensure underground services and crossings are completed and approved before commencing road layers.
- Monitor interfaces between roads, stormwater drainage, utilities, street lighting, landscaping, and other infrastructure works.
- Ensure completed works are adequately protected from damage by subsequent construction activities.
- Monitor Contractor compliance with approved traffic management and HSE requirements during road construction activities.
- Support inspections with the Client and relevant authorities and assist in closing comments and outstanding works.
- Participate in snagging, de-snagging, final inspections, as-built verification, and project handover activities.