Salary $47,736.00 - $72,508.80 Annually

Location Ames - 50010 - Story County, IA

Job Type Full-time

Agency 645 Iowa Department of Transportation

Job Number 21-02327

Closing 4/4/2021 11:59 PM Central

Point of Contact Kyle Frame - Kyle.frame@iowadot.us

Job Description

This position is for a Materials Fabrication Inspector 2 which is responsible for providing steel fabrication quality assurance inspection of steel girder bridges, bridge components, sign structures and light towers at fabrication facilities located across the United States.

Duties include:

• Provide quality assurance inspection to ensure fabrication of steel structures is being performed in accordance with applicable plans, shop drawings and specifications.
• Verify that materials used in structural steel members meet the required grades, dimensions and other requirements as outlined in the contract documents.
• Monitor the steel fabricator's quality control program, welding procedures, certified welders and ensure welding operations are completed in accordance with specified requirements.
• Monitor non-destructive testing of welds.
• Check steel coatings for proper application and proper coating thickness.
• Sample bolts, washers, nuts and other associated structural steel components for Iowa DOT lab testing in Ames Lab.

This person is required to be certified as an American Welding Society (AWS) Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) with knowledge of non-destructive testing methods and protective coatings.

Extensive overnight travel is required.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

The equivalent of five years full-time journey level experience in the design, production, construction, inspection, and/or repair of weldments fabricated to a code, standard, or specification, which includes at least two years of experience in the sampling, inspection and/or testing of materials used in construction and maintenance of highways;

OR

an equivalent combination of education and experience substituting one year (30 semester hours) of college, university, or technical school course work with an emphasis in engineering technology, engineering, physics, or the physical sciences for each year of the required experience to a maximum substitution of two years, no substitution allowed for the two years' experience in the sampling, inspection, and/or testing of materials used in the construction and maintenance of highways;

OR

an equivalent combination of experience substituting one year of full time teaching experience at a college, university, or technical school the occupational skill of welding or subjects related to welding, its application, control, materials, and processes, for each year of the required experience to a maximum substitution of two years, no substitution allowed for the two years' experience in the sampling, testing, and/or inspection of materials used in the construction and maintenance of highways.

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Additional Qualification Requirements

• All positions are required to have and maintain a minimum of a valid Class C Non-Commercial Operator's License.
• Prior to starting employment, all persons are required to have a post offer pre-employment physical verifying the physical ability to perform the duties described.
• Positions require certification for testing materials and operating specialized equipment as required by the Iowa Department of Transportation's Technical Training and Certification Program for Highway Materials and Construction; and/or other certifications as required.
• Positions must hold current and continuous certification as a Certified Welding Inspector from the American Welding Society and non-destructive testing level 1 or 2 certification from the American Society of Non- Destructive Testing.
• Positions in this classification are required to perform inspection activities on projects at out of state contractor facilities for extended periods of time.
• Employees must be able to travel extensively and to stay away from home overnight during assignments.