Director of Material Testing & Special Inspections at Hirani Engineering & Land Surveying, PC

About Company

Our company, based in Hicksville, New York, was formed in 1991. The company provides civil and structural engineering, land surveying, construction inspection/management, site safety, and special inspection services. The firm’s market sectors include transportation (highway, bridge, and rail infrastructure); building and facility projects inclusive of schools and colleges, medical care, housing, wastewater treatment, commercial and site development; and municipal engineering. Our company has been successful in building an excellent reputation of professional service and experience with all of our clients. We place great emphasis on client communication, quality, meeting project deadlines, and innovative problem-solving. 

Technical Responsibilities:

• Duties can include traveling to various project sites on a daily basis, monitoring construction operations, and using applicable field-testing procedures and equipment to perform required field inspections and testing, as well as all related testing as required by the project and client to determine conformance with project plans and specifications.
• Preparation of daily field reports, communication of deficiencies observed in the field to project managers, contractors, and /or client representatives, and the interpretation of project – related drawings and documents.
• Possesses strong supervisory and technical skills, effective time-management skills, strong computer skills, excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to interpret plans and specifications.
• Possesses a thorough knowledge of construction processes.
• Responsive to Client and other KSE Manager/ needs, and all other duties as assigned.

Physical Responsibilities:

• Handle, inspect, and /or feel materials and/or equipment relevant to the job.
• Communicate with colleagues, supervisors, and clients using company email and telephone systems.

Requirements:

• 8+ years in inspecting construction work in the city of NY, varied in size and complexity.
• Professional Engineer, New York
• Familiarity with concrete sampling and testing as per requirements of ACI 318 & section 1704.4 of the NYC building code.

• ACI Concrete Construction Special Inspector
• ICC Structural Masonry Special Inspector
• ICC Structural Steel and Bolting Special Inspector 
• PE or RA license
• NICET Level 2