Maintenance Contractor Inspector

The Maintenance Contracts Inspector performs skilled multi-trade inspection work, overseeing the installation, repair, modification, testing, calibration, and operation of multi-disciplined systems to endure compliance with facility and equipment maintenance and service contracts.

Essential Functions

- Inspects work performed under a wide variety of maintenance contracts and services, including electrical fire alarm services and inspections; flow meter preventive maintenance, calibration and repair services; generator preventive maintenance and repair services, HVAC services, mechanical services, plumbing services, sprinkler system preventive maintenance, installation, repairs and services, switchgear preventive maintenance repairs and thermography services

- Performs inspections to ensure compliance with material, workmanship, and safety standards

- Monitors contractor work for completion and quality

- Prints and distributes work orders to team members

- Inspects new and existing facilities, ensuring correction of deficiencies, maintaining current and accurate records, and providing technical advice, guidance, and assistance when required

- Works independently, exercising sound technical judgment and discretion in making decisions

- Performs customer interviews and inspections of new and existing systems for a variety of contracts and installations to ensure conformance with safety and WSSC Water requirements; makes recommendations for changes and/or improvements

- Investigates complaints of unsafe conditions, orders repair of discovered defects, and ensures code violations are corrected

- Inspects systems following fires or other natural disasters; develops the scope of work required to restore such systems to safe operating condition

- Assists the Section Manager in writing multiple contract specifications; conducts reference and performance checks on newly awarded contracts

- Determines validity of contractor cost estimates under provisions of the agreement; reviews invoices, authorizes payments, and discusses discrepancies with contractor

- Monitors the performance of contractors; approves routine design changes as require

- Verifies existence of plans and specifications for proposed projects and prepares plans and specifications for contractors, if required

- Contacts equipment suppliers to obtain delivery dates, replacement parts, and warranty replacements, and to discuss design deficiencies

- Apprises supervisor of problems encountered during installation; recommends ways to improve contractor workmanship

- Provides advice and guidance on the installation of equipment and preparing as-built drawings; obtains equipment manuals

- Prepares reports for and receives general supervision from the assigned Facility Services Division’s Section Manager

- Reviews or prepares as-built drawings

- Performs or serves as witness to testing

- Drives a vehicle to conduct WSSC Water business

Other Functions

- Serves as the Acting Section Manager in their absence or in the field of operations

- Performs related duties as required

Work Environment And Physical Demands

Business casual office setting and facility services buildings

Required Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

- Working knowledge of the methods and practices involved in constructing, installing, maintaining, and operating a variety of equipment and appliances

- Working knowledge of potential defects and faults in a variety of systems, appliances and equipment, standard testing devices, and effective corrective measures

- Working knowledge of the requirements of local and national codes and standards

- Knowledge of the function and servicing of electrical, mechanical, or plumbing equipment

- Ability to detect and locate defective installations and to determine the state of projects and installation

- Ability to prepare and work from various project specifications and blueprints, drawings, and diagrams

- Good interpersonal communication skills on inspection and regulatory matters

- Ability to use estimating programs to provide the Project Manager with material and labor costs involved in various projects

- Ability to recommend project corrections to ensure compliance with codes

Minimum Education, Experience Requirements

- High School diploma or equivalent

- 5 years of journeyman level work experience in the following trades: HVAC, Plumbing and Electrical, with Construction experience.