Transportation Engineering Technician III (61036844)
Pickens County, SCFull-time$54–90K/yrPosted 1 day agoStill listed today
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Job overview
Performs and oversees inspection work on road and bridge projects, ensuring compliance with SCDOT rules, specifications, plans, and quality standards. The technician submits project reports and diaries, supports project closeout and materials certification, monitors traffic control, and trains fellow employees in inspection areas and office procedures for which the position is certified. The role may involve occasional travel, extended driving and walking, and work in varied weather and terrain.
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Full job description
Performs and/or oversees inspection work in all specialized areas on complex, intermediate and small road and bridge projects on primary and secondary routes. Ensures that all work is performed in accordance with all South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) rules, regulations and policies stated in the SCDOT Human Resources Manual, SCDOT Standard Specifications, SCDOT Construction Manual, SCDOT Standard Drawings for Road Construction and Contract Special Provisions. Responsible for completing and submitting reports, notes and daily diaries to supervisor within required time limits. Performs interoffice audits of all assigned construction projects to ensure compliance with Director of Construction quality standards. Assists with various project closeout duties. This includes, but is not limited to, helping to prepare final construction plans, assisting with project materials certification and ensuring completion of final punch list - all within the required time frame. Monitors traffic control on assigned projects to ensure the traffic control plan is being followed according to approved plans. Trains fellow employees in certified and non-certified inspection areas and office procedures in which this position is certified. Performs other related duties as assigned. A high school diploma and two (2) years of progressively responsible engineering technician related experience; or an approved acceptableequivalence.
The physical demands for the essential functions of this position involve sitting or standing at a desk for extended periods of time. This position may require occasional travel. This position may require bending, stooping, reaching, twisting, climbing, balancing, and kneeling. This position required driving and walking for extended periods, treading rough and uneven terrain, working in close proximity to motoring traffic, and natural environmental hazards. Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs. May be required to work outside of normal work schedule, especially during inclement weather and/or other departmental-related emergencies. This position may be exposed to outside environment in all weather conditions and noise.
How this job compares
Set against the 774 open Construction Inspector jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$54–90K/yr
- US median$76–115K/yr133 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $72K, is 24% below the US median midpoint ($95K) — in the lowest quarter of Construction Inspector salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 18 open Construction Inspector jobs in South Carolina and 774 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- 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 535 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 438 of the 774 open Construction Inspector jobs (57%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 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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