CivilMechanical Inspector

Role: Civil Inspector - Battery Storage
Duration: 14 months
Hours: 40 - 60 per week
Location: St. Johns ON (Thorold ON)
Start Date: September/October 2026

Role Overview

The Civil Inspector will provide oversight for the construction of projects civil components in accordance with plan specifications and departmental guidelines to ensure that requirements regarding schedule cost and quality are met. This is a temporary assignment with full benefits.

Main Accountabilities:

• Provide support to the Quality Assurance Inspector to ensure that public road improvements private access roads crane pads wind turbine foundations collection systems switchyards substations transmission lines and lay down yards are built in accordance with the projects civil design documents
• Provide oversight to ensure that the execution of work is in compliance with approved contracts
• Monitor the execution and implementation of the project schedule
• Develop effective relationships with contractors suppliers landowners and the local community
• Maintain a thorough understanding of all project documents
• Review plans and procedures periodically and institute changes when necessary
• Develop and foster a spirit of project team effort
• Ensure that contractors abide by their own QA/QC plans
• Provide support in reviewing all contractor-supplied QA/QC documentation for completeness
• Identify critical issues and make recommendations to the Project Manager
• Review and comment on contractors schedules
• Provide assistance to the project team in meeting the overall project objectives
• Oversee contractors civil construction installation and commissioning work
• Prepare daily reports outlining progress of the work
• Ensure that the companys safety quality schedule and cost objectives are achieved
• Provide input regarding the project design process
• Maintain effective lines of communication with all company personnel responsible for the project along with all general contractors and sub-contractors
• Support development of the civil construction portions of BOP contracts and exhibits
• Additional duties as required

Minimum Requirements:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• 5 years in the power industry
• Thorough knowledge of civil engineering mathematics civil construction road construction standards and foundations codes
• Proficient with MS Suite (Word Excel Outlook)

Behavioral Requirements:

• Ability to comprehend all construction documents including blueprints and drawings
• Ability to exhibit a professional demeanor to customers and other employees
• Visual acuity including sufficient depth perception color recognition and field of vision necessary to perform visual inspections work with small parts and take accurate measurements
• Strong problem-solving statistical and analytical skills
• Verbal and written communication and presentation skills
• Ability to be self-motivated

• Sitting/Standing/Flexibility: Ability to stand and sit for 8 or more hours when in an office environment
• Walking: Ability to walk .5 to 2 miles per day including across unpaved and rough surfaces when on project sites.
• Speech/Reading: Ability to speak read and write English proficiently and deliver a variety of instructions furnished in written verbal diagram or scheduled form
• Lifting: Ability to lift items weighing up to 10 pounds
• Vision/Hearing: Ability to understand a variety of instructions furnished in written verbal diagram or schedule form