ob Description Summary
The Material Inspector is responsible for inspecting, verifying, and monitoring all construction materials delivered to and used on a large-scale infrastructure project, ensuring compliance with approved material submittals, project specifications, drawings, applicable standards, and authority requirements. The role supports the Material Engineer and QA/QC Team in maintaining effective material quality control throughout construction.
Key Responsibilities
- Inspect incoming construction materials and verify compliance with approved material submittals, specifications, BOQ requirements, and approved manufacturers/suppliers.
- Review delivery notes, certificates of conformity, test certificates, batch numbers, manufacturing dates, and other supporting documentation.
- Inspect materials including aggregates, soil, asphalt, concrete, reinforcement, pipes, fittings, manholes, chambers, precast products, waterproofing materials, road materials, and utility components.
- Coordinate sampling and required laboratory and field testing in accordance with approved ITPs and project specifications.
- Witness material testing and maintain accurate records of sampling, test results, approvals, and rejected materials.
- Ensure materials are properly stored, handled, protected, and preserved to prevent damage or deterioration.
- Verify that only approved materials are incorporated into permanent works.
- Raise observations and report non-conforming, damaged, expired, or unapproved materials to the Material Engineer/QA/QC Engineer.
- Monitor corrective actions and ensure rejected materials are properly identified, segregated, and removed from site where required.
- Coordinate with contractors, suppliers, laboratories, discipline inspectors, Material Engineers, and QA/QC personnel.
- Maintain and update Material Inspection Request (MIR) records, material registers, test reports, and supporting quality documentation.
- Support factory inspections, material sampling, trial mixes, mock-ups, and other quality verification activities as required.
- Assist in closing material-related NCRs and authority/client comments.
- Support project audits and ensure complete traceability of materials from approval and delivery through installation and final handover.