
Chief Construction Inspector, Public Improvement Construction
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Job overview
The Chief Construction Inspector oversees public improvement construction involving company facilities on municipal or agency projects. The role includes supervising field personnel, reviewing documentation and project costs, coordinating with agencies, contractors, and internal stakeholders, and applying construction safety, environmental, permitting, and company requirements. The selected candidate must be willing to report to multiple company locations and construction sites and serve in an emergency response assignment.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Full job description
Required Education/Experience
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Bachelor's Degree and 2 years of full-time business/field construction experience or
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Associate's Degree and 4 years of full-time business/field construction experience or
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High School Diploma/GED and 5 years of full-time business/field construction experience.
Preferred Education/Experience
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Architecture and 2 years of busines full-time/field construction experience.
Relevant Work Experience
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Demonstrated ability to supervise field personnel, review field documentation, and oversee construction activities involving company facilities on municipal or agency projects. Required
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Knowledge of Public Improvement construction, utility interference work, company facilities, and electric, gas, steam, or transmission operations. Required
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Working knowledge of eFAR/eDAR, MAXIMO/CworX, invoice tracking, field documentation, and payment support processes. Required
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Ability to interface effectively with municipal agencies, contractors, internal operating groups, engineering, estimating, FP&A, and other stakeholders. Required
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Strong leadership, communication, documentation, problem-solving, planning, and decision-making skills. Required
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Knowledge of applicable construction safety, environmental, Code 753, permitting, and company procedural requirements. Required
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Ability to review project scope, layouts, contractor invoices, field quantities, supporting documentation, accruals, appropriations, and RAP funding needs. Required
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Knowledge of contract administration, invoice resolution, construction inspection, cost control, and field change documentation. Required
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Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and preferred knowledge of MAXIMO/CworX, eFAR/eDAR, PIITS, project tracking systems, ProjectWise, AutoCAD, MicroStation, Microsoft Project, Primavera, and/or Oracle Work Management System. Preferred
Licenses and Certifications
- Driver's License Required
Physical Demands
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Ability to work in inclement weather and adverse conditions (i.e., excessive heat, cold, noise, confined spaces)
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Stand, walk, lift, climb, bend, kneel, stoop, and/or reach for the duration of the workday
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Use personal vehicle(s), and be able to transport, store, and secure company laptops and other job-related equipment in vehicle. Acknowledge that reimbursement for use of personal vehicle is available through the company mileage procedure
Additional Physical Demands
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The selected candidate will be assigned a System Emergency Assignment (i.e., an emergency response role) and will be expected to work non-business hours during emergencies, which may include nights, weekends, and holidays.
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The selected candidate will be assigned a System Emergency Assignment (i.e., an emergency response role) and will be expected to work non-business hours during emergencies, which may include nights, weekends, and holidays.
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Must be willing and able to report to multiple company locations and construction sites, including reassignment to alternate locations based on operational and business requirements.
EEO Statement:
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison), Orange & Rockland Utilities (O&R), and Consolidated Edison Transmission (CET) are equal opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of the individual’s actual or perceived disability, protected veteran status, race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship, domestic violence victim status, or any other actual or perceived status protected by law.
Technical Difficulty Statement:
For technical issues, please contact us at [email protected]
How this job compares
Set against the 755 open Construction Inspector jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$76–115K/yr123 salary ranges
- New York median$35–55/hr40 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 82 open Construction Inspector jobs in New York and 755 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Construction Inspector postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 503 postings).
- Education
- 85 of the 755 open Construction Inspector jobs (11%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 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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