The Civil Inspector works closely with the Resident Engineer (RE), Assistant Resident Engineer (ARE), Contractor, QA/QC team, surveyors, and Client representatives to monitor construction progress, verify workmanship and materials, identify site issues, and ensure compliance with project requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Inspect and supervise dry utility works including electrical networks, street lighting systems, telecommunications networks, ICT ducts, utility corridors, substations, feeder pillars, and associated civil infrastructure.
- Ensure construction activities are carried out in accordance with approved drawings, specifications, method statements, and applicable authority requirements.
- Monitor excavation, trenching, duct bank installation, cable laying, backfilling, reinstatement, and utility crossings.
- Inspect construction of electrical chambers, telecom manholes, handholes, feeder pillar foundations, cable trenches, and utility structures.
- Verify compliance of installed ducts, conduits, cables, warning tapes, marker posts, and related materials with approved specifications.
- Witness testing and commissioning activities, including cable testing, duct integrity testing, illumination testing, and utility inspections.
- Review and process contractor Inspection Requests (IRs) and ensure timely inspections.
- Prepare daily inspection reports, field observation reports, and maintain inspection records.
- Identify and report non-conforming works and monitor corrective actions.
- Ensure contractor compliance with project quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) requirements.
- Coordinate with Resident Engineers, Utility Engineers, Contractors, Utility Authorities, and Client representatives.
- Verify utility alignments, levels, coordinates, and as-built records.
- Monitor safe working practices, traffic management measures, and utility protection requirements.
- Support project testing, commissioning, handover, and closeout activities.