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Job Description

Overview

WSP is seeking a Field Structural Inspector for Rail Projects in Brooklyn, NY, to support the Construction Management Team and help meet client objectives. The role involves ensuring compliance and providing technical guidance during construction activities.

Responsibilities

  • Assist the Project Manager / Client Management team as directed
  • Review shop drawings and provide engineering support during construction
  • Provide technical guidance and direction to support staff, contractors, and/or vendors
  • Check designs and drawings
  • Ensure overall contract compliance via daily inspections for all rail construction
  • Prepare daily inspection reports in accordance with the project's requirements
  • Monitor sub-contractor & supplier usage to ensure pre-approval before work starts
  • Assist contractors with coordination of activities on the construction site
  • Monitor workforce and performance against the work plan
  • Complete punchlists and track completion
  • Exercise responsible decision-making regarding company funds and resources
  • Perform additional duties as deemed necessary

Requirements

  • High School Diploma
  • Minimum of 5 years of Railroad construction experience
  • Knowledge of typical Structural Steel Repairs and experience in reviewing shop drawings
  • ICC Bolting and Welding Certification
  • Ability to pass Safety Training
  • Working knowledge of applicable codes, standards, and materials
  • Working knowledge of state and federal safety and environmental guidelines and regulations
  • Proficient in basic computer skills utilizing Windows, Outlook, Word, Excel, and scheduling applications
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Valid driver’s license

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Nights / Weekend work required – 12 hours shifts
  • Relocation assistance is not available for this position
  • This position is subject to client approval and successful background check

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in New York, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $42/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $41/hr median for welding jobs in New York, NY, whose middle half runs $33–$45/hr across 30 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 57% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in New York, NY

We're tracking 47 other active welding openings in New York, NY right now, from 36 different employers. 29 of them were added in the last week. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 151 other active welding openings from 101 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in New York, or widen the search to New York.

WSP in the U.S. currently has 1 other opening live in New York, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in New York at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in New York, NY (16), Alstom (4), and Metropolitan Transportation Authority (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within New York, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are New York at $41/hr and Brooklyn at $32/hr. New York is among them.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Field Structural Inspector figures were last recalculated when this page was built.