Utilities Construction Inspector

Date Opened: Friday, July 25, 2025 12:00 AM

Close Date: Friday, August 08, 2025 12:00 AM

Department: Charlotte Water Department

Salary: $27.61 - $34.51 Commensurate with Experience

Welcome to the City of Charlotte

Charlotte is America's Queen City, opening her arms to a diverse and inclusive community of residents, businesses and visitors alike. Here you will find a safe, family-oriented city where people work together to help everyone thrive. The mission of the City of Charlotte is to deliver quality public services and promote the safety, health, and quality of life for all residents.

Our guiding principles include:

• Attracting and retaining a skilled and diverse workforce

• Valuing teamwork, openness, accountability, productivity, and employee development

• Providing all customers with courteous, responsive, accessible, and seamless quality services

• Taking initiative to identify, analyze, and solve problems

• Collaborating with stakeholders to make informed decisions

SUMMARY

Charlotte's local government, with more than 9,000 employees and a total budget of $3.65 billion budget, works hard to ensure that the community will be a winning city for everyone - a truly remarkable place to live, work, learn and play.

Charlotte Water is an enterprise department of the City of Charlotte and one of the largest public water and sewer service providers in the southeast with over 330,000 customer accounts and over 1100 employees. Our service area includes the City of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County and the towns of Huntersville, Cornelius, Davidson, Mint Hill, Matthews and Pineville. Charlotte Water's FY 26 budget is $651 million and a five-year capital program of $2.2.28 billion. We enjoy the highest credit ratings from Moody's and S&P Global as a result of sound financial planning and management and strong support from our City Council. We value competent, skilled candidates with a customer service focus to work in a team environment.

SALARY:

$31.06 - $34.50hr. Commensurate with Experience

SUMMARY:

The City of Charlotte is the largest municipality in North Carolina and the 14th largest city in the United States, with a total population of more than 935,000 citizens. A major commerce center, Charlotte hosts several of the nation's largest banks and technology companies.

Also known as the Queen City, Charlotte is home to the Carolina Panthers, the Charlotte Hornets and the NASCAR Hall of Fame. We work hard to ensure that the community will be a winning city for everyone - a truly remarkable place to live, work, learn and play. Join us in helping to keep our City thriving, ensuring upward mobility and advancement in the workplace.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Inspects construction in the field with occasional office work as needed.
• Monitors construction to ensure compliance with plans and specifications as well as CLTWater standards.
• Prepares accurate as-built drawings and sketches.
• Serves as point of contact with the contractor; interprets construction plans, specifications, standard details, and the current CLTWater Design Manual; and takes notes on activities performed by contractor.
• Identifies and rejects defective work or substandard materials; informs contractor of deficiencies in the work; and directs necessary corrective action.
• Directs and witnesses required testing for the type of construction being inspected.
• Handles required paperwork, including pre-construction photos, preparation and distribution of flyers and door hangers, daily reports, erosion control forms and reports, testing forms, reports, etc.
• Serves as field liaison with customers and the general public regarding the construction project; responds to inquiries and complaints in a timely manner; and works to resolve conflicts to a satisfactory conclusion.
• Conducts final inspection; prepares the punch list; ensures that deficient items are corrected; assists in the preparation of the record drawings; and conducts warranty inspections.
• Operates a surveying level, checks elevations and grades, and measures quantities and materials in the field to verify the contractor's monthly pay requests.
• Measures quantities and materials in the field to verify the contractor's monthly pay requests.
• Ensures that state and local ordinance requirements regarding installation and materials are met.
• Provides support for related budgets as needed.
• Performs other related job duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of technical writing skills.
• Knowledge of water distribution and sewer collection systems.
• Skill in working with Microsoft Office products, such as Excel and Word.
• Ability to use project scheduling software.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering plans.
• Basic to intermediate math skills

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Requires a high school diploma
• Three (3) years of relevant construction experience
• An associate degree in Engineering, or related field, is preferred

Licenses, Certifications or Registrations:

• Requires a valid driver's license.
• Obtain and maintain a City's Driver's Permit.
• Desires certifications in traffic safety, contractor safety, confined space, erosion control, trenching, and excavation.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The work is light work and requires applying 10 pounds of force frequently exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally to move objects. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required: climbing, manual dexterity, perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels, walking on uneven surfaces, discriminating among sounds mental acuity, speaking, standing, stooping, talking, visual acuity in expressing ideas by spoken word and shouting to be heard above ambient noise, and walking.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Work is performed in an environment with heavy equipment and machinery that could result in bodily harm to co-workers or others.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

The City's Background Check Policy requires background checks to be conducted on final internal or external candidate(s) applying for any position with the City of Charlotte. The type of information that will be collected as part of a background check includes, but is not limited to: reference checks, social security verification, education verification, criminal conviction record check, and, if applicable, a credit history check, sex offender registry and motor vehicle records check.

Background checks must be in compliance with all federal and state statutes, such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The checks must be consistent with the guidelines set forth by these laws requiring organizations to obtain a candidate's written authorization before obtaining a criminal background report, motor vehicle records check or credit report; and to properly store and dispose of information derived from such reports.

Final candidates must pass a pre-employment drug-screening test and physical examination. During the selection process, candidates may be asked to take a skills test, and/or participate in other assessments.

The City of Charlotte is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

HOW TO APPLY

Apply online.

Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job.

You are welcome to visit the City of Charlotte Human Resources Department lobby where we have workstations available. Our office is located at 700 East 4th Street, Suite 200, Charlotte, NC 28202. Our hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (EST), excluding official City holidays.

For questions about your application or the hiring process, please email ....

The City of Charlotte is committed to making our services and programs accessible to all. Upon request, auxiliary aids, written materials in alternate formats, language access, and other reasonable accommodations or modifications will be provided. To make a request, please fill out the Innovation & Technology ADA request form or call ....

BENEFITS

The City of Charlotte provides a comprehensive benefits package to all employees.

Click here to learn more about the City of Charlotte's benefits.

The City of Charlotte is a drug and alcohol-free workplace.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

The City's Background Check Policy requires background checks to be conducted on final internal or external candidate(s) applying for any position with the City of Charlotte. The type of information that will be collected as part of a background check includes, but is not limited to: reference checks, social security verification, education verification, criminal conviction record check, and, if applicable, a credit history check, sex offender registry and motor vehicle records check.

Background checks must be in compliance with all federal and state statutes, such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The checks must be consistent with the guidelines set forth by these laws requiring organizations to obtain a candidate's written authorization before obtaining a criminal background report, motor vehicle records check or credit report; and to properly store and dispose of information derived from such reports.

Final candidates must pass a pre-employment drug-screening test and physical examination. During the selection process, candidates may be asked to take a skills test, and/or participate in other assessments.

The City of Charlotte is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation, political affiliation or on the basis of actual or perceived gender as expressed through dress, appearance, or behavior.

Our culture is to serve the community honorably.

HOW TO APPLY

Apply online.

Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job.

You are welcome to visit the City of Charlotte Human Resources Department lobby, where self-service application kiosks are available. They are located in our office at 700 East 4th Street, Suite 200, Charlotte, NC 28202. We are open Monday through Friday, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (EST), excluding official City holidays.

For questions about your application or the hiring process, please email ....

The City of Charlotte is committed to making our services and programs accessible to all. Upon request, auxiliary aids, written materials in alternate formats, language access, and other reasonable accommodations or modifications will be provided. To make a request, please fill out the Innovation & Technology ADA request form or call ....

BENEEFITS

The City of Charlotte provides a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees.

Click here to learn more about the City of Charlotte's benefits.

The City of Charlotte is a drug and alcohol-free workplace.