
Bridge Inspection Team Leader
Chattanooga, TNFull-timePosted 2w agoStill listed today
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Volkert is seeking an experienced Bridge Inspection Team Leader to support its Gulf Region in Brentwood, Chattanooga, or Knoxville, Tennessee. The role involves leading field inspection teams, coordinating bridge and culvert inspections, and reviewing reports and structural analysis data. Candidates need a high school diploma or equivalent, bridge inspection experience, NBIS Team Leader service, and specified training. The position requires 50% local in-state travel.
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Are we the road to your future?
We are currently searching for an experienced Bridge Inspection Team Leader to support our Gulf Region located in Brentwood, Chattanooga, or Knoxville, TN.
To be considered for this position, applicants must have, at minimum, a high school diploma or equivalent.
What you’ll be doing:
- Performing on-site safety inspections of bridges and culverts
- Leading a team of inspectors in the field during inspections
- Scheduling and coordinating inspections, personnel, vendors, stakeholders, maintenance of traffic
- Operating access equipment and other equipment to perform inspections
- Reviewing and updating bridge inspection reports
- Developing repair recommendations
- Reviewing structural analysis data
What you need to have:
- The successful candidate will have experience in conducting field inspections and preparing inspection reports. Candidates should possess a strong working knowledge of NBIS and have advanced writing and communication skills.
- NHI Safety Inspection of In-Service Bridges course with Refresher Training within the last 5 years
- Minimum of 5+ years of experience in bridge inspections with a minimum of 1 year service as a qualified NBIS Team Leader
- 50% Local In-State Travel required
- Strong writing and communication skills
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screening to ensure a safe and productive work environment. Volkert adheres to federal guidelines, which may include testing for substances such as marijuana. Please note that federal regulations may differ from state-specific guidelines
- Valid driver’s license and a satisfactory motor vehicle report (MVR)
Bonus points if you have:
- Knowledge of TDOT's bridge inspection process
- NHI Fracture Critical Inpsection Techniques for Steel Bridges and Inspection and Maintenance of Ancillary Highway Structures Courses
Why Volkert? Volkert is employee owned and a Top 100 design firm, committed to providing clients with creative solutions for sustainability, including improvements to infrastructure, the environment, and natural resources. Founded in 1925, Volkert is celebrating a century of serving our employees, clients, partners, and communities.
Key Benefits:
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- Medical, Dental, & Vision
- 401(k) retirement savings plan + employer matching
- Paid Time Off (PTO) and holidays
- Employer-Paid Life/AD&D insurance
- Employer-Paid short-term disability and long-term disability
- Wellness incentives
- Student Debt Retirement Match
- Additional voluntary benefits
The words from our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Thomas A. Hand, PE, capture best how you can make an impact while working for Volkert.
“For a century, Volkert has done meaningful work that improves our infrastructure and quality of life throughout our communities. We are proud of our one-hundred-year legacy and humbled by the opportunities ahead of us as we look forward to our next century of service. With our commitment to employee ownership and sustainable growth, you can build a career here that really makes a difference.” – Thomas A. Hand, PE, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
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How this job compares
Set against the 6,748 open Team Lead jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$105–169K/yr1,941 salary ranges
- US median$20–24/hr1,314 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 231 open Team Lead jobs in Tennessee and 6,748 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Tennessee
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Team Lead postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (3,365 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 2,190 of the 6,748 open Team Lead jobs (32%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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