Technical Assistant

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Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc.

Posted 3 months ago

Full Time

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

In Person

Smart Summary

Responsibilities

Perform onsite inspections and documentation for highway, bridge, and infrastructure projects to ensure quality and safety. Verify that construction activities comply with plans, specifications, and legal codes.

Qualifications

You will assist with onsite construction inspection and documentation, ensuring compliance with plans, specifications, and safety regulations. You have experience reviewing and interpreting construction plans, site layouts, and specifications, and are capable of gathering and maintaining project records using relevant systems.

Must Have Skills for ATS

PennDOT ECMS

Job Description

Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson is a dynamic, 100% employee-owned consulting firm of more than 2,800 professionals that provides a full range of multi-disciplined engineering, architecture, information technology, and related services to public agencies and private clients throughout the United States. JMT, is currently ranked #45 on Engineering News-Record’s list of the Top 500 Design Firms.

JMT’s Philadelphia Construction Management team is seeking a Technical Assistant for construction inspections of highway, bridge, and other infrastructure projects within the Southeastern Pennsylvania region. The successful candidate will apply standard inspection procedures to construction activities on behalf of our clients (primarily PennDOT, PA Turnpike and other local agencies) for structural quality, general safety and conformance to plans, specifications and codes. 

Immigration sponsorship or support (e.g. H1B, F-1 CPT/OPT/STEM OPT) is not available for this position, except for qualified candidates eligible for the TN visa classification.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

  • Assist client and inspection team with onsite inspection and documentation of construction activities
  • Review and interpret plans, site layouts, specifications and construction methods to ensure compliance to legal requirements and safety regulations.
  • Measure dimensions and verify level, alignment, and elevation of structures, fixtures, grades and/or pavement to ensure compliance to plans and codes.
  • Makes field notes and computations
  • Gathers and maintains record documents (using PennDOT ECMS and other systems)

Additional Functions and Responsibilities

  • Witness routine sampling and tests on concrete, soils and other materials
  • Perform other related duties as assigned

J

Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc.

Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson is an employee owned, multi-disciplined firm offering a full array of planning, design, and construction phase consulting services for infrastructure projects throughout the United States and its territories since 1971. Our client base consists of federal, state, and local government agencies as well as many private institutions, commercial, and industrial clients. We provide complete solutions for the following markets: Buildings & Facilities Federal Programs Transportation Utilities JMT’s staff consists of engineers, architects, planners, environmental specialists, and construction professionals who are involved in every phase of project development to ensure the success of every project. We provide a wide variety of services which encompass: Architecture & Interior Design Condition Assessment & Inspection Design Environmental & Sustainable Solutions Information Technology Planning Program & Construction Management Surveys & Mapping Our approach to projects is to use our imagination to envision all the possibilities, use innovation in all the solutions developed, attain involvement of all stakeholders, and produce projects that have immediate impact, making a definitive difference to all users. JMT is an ISO 9001: 2015 certified firm and is currently ranked No. 50 on Engineering News-Record's list of "The Top 500 Design Firms"​. Please visit us at www.jmt.com. Looking to join JMT? Visit us at www.jmt.com/careers for opportunities.
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