Join Metroparks Toledo as a Construction Inspector and put your construction inspection experience to work on the Riverwalk and Vistula Meadows. You’ll help ensure that construction meets plans, specifications, and quality standards while supporting our conservation mission and our “Clean, Safe, and Natural” promise. This is a temporary, full-time, non-exempt position through December 2028.

A day in the life

Your day will take you between active construction sites and the office, checking materials and workmanship, interpreting plans and specifications, and working with contractors to address needed corrections. You’ll document construction and inspection activities, track material quantities and project progress to support payment reviews, and record changes for as-built plans. Along the way, you’ll encourage safe work practices, address site hazards, and keep the Construction Engineer informed of compliance concerns – all while helping to deliver our 20th Metropark in our centennial year.

Why you’ll love working at Metroparks

• Make a lasting impact by building the future of Toledo and Lucas County’s parks and public spaces.
• Work with a small, close-knit team of professionals committed to creating an exceptional park district.
• Expand your professional network and expertise while working locally.
• Competitive pay, health care, retirement, and time off. Explore our benefits here.
• Student loan forgiveness opportunities through Public Student Loan Forgiveness program.

You'll love this job if

• You want to use your construction inspection experience to create lasting improvements to parks and public spaces.
• You enjoy hands-on fieldwork, moving among job sites, and working outdoors over uneven terrain in changing weather.
• You have an eye for detail and enjoy checking materials and workmanship against construction plans and specifications.
• You take pride in clear, accurate records.
• You communicate clearly, work constructively with contractors and project teams, and address compliance issues with firmness and tact.

Job Summary

Advance Metroparks Toledo’s core conservation mission by overseeing construction projects and contractor’s work to create the Riverwalk. 

Duties and Responsibilities

• Oversee construction projects and contractor’s work to achieve completion of projects on schedule, within budget, with quality workmanship that conforms to plans and specifications.
• Inspects materials and construction means and methods used in a variety of projects to ensure compliance with plans and specifications.
• Interprets plans and specifications and provides instructions to contractors to make necessary corrections and adjustments.
• Maintains daily log of construction and inspection activities and compares progress reports for use as a basis for partial payments to contractors. Records quantities of materials received and used during specified periods.
• Prepares sketches of construction installations that deviate from plans and records such changes for incorporation on “as build” plans.
• Inform supervisor of contractors who fail to comply with specifications and instructions.
• Encourages safe work practices and resolves any site hazards that may occur.
• Coordinate with internal teams and external consultants to develop, review, and execute project designs. 
• Travel between multiple job sites and simultaneously manage workloads of individual projects
• Other duties as assigned.

Equipment Used

• General office equipment and field equipment
• Software & Apps: Microsoft365, Bluebeam Revu, Construction Management software
• Park vehicles, including utility vehicles and trucks

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

• Schedule: 40-hour workweek that may require work in the evenings, weekends, and/or holidays
• Home Work Location: Glass City Metropark with regular visitation of active construction sites throughout the district in all weather conditions
• May require business use of personal vehicle to travel between Metroparks locations.
• Limited (<10%) travel outside Lucas County. 
• Requires occasional lifting and carrying of up to 50 pounds; ability to walk and work outdoors over uneven terrain in all types of weather including extreme heat and cold to inspect construction sites.

Job Requirements

1. Must be 18 years of age and possess a valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record.
2. Education: Associate’s degree in civil engineering technology or related field or equivalent experience. 
3. Experience: At least 5 years of experience in construction inspection. 
4. Certifications: Must obtain the following certifications and fulfill re-qualification and recertification requirements:
5. First Aid/CPR within 1 year 
6. OSHA 30 hour within 1 year 
7. ODOT Construction Inspection Prequalification or completion of Training Program through Ohio LTAP within 3 months.

Alternates to the position requirements may be made as Metroparks finds appropriate and acceptable.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Demonstrated appreciation for enhancing quality of life and conserving the region’s natural resources through clean, safe and natural parks and open spaces.  

Knowledge

• Demonstrated proficiency of various construction methods and materials, their characteristics, installation procedures, tolerances, and techniques. 
• General methods and materials used in civil sitework and building construction. 
• Mathematics and ability to perform general geometric area and volume calculations.
• Ability to read and interpret construction plans and specifications.
• Knowledge of ODOT local let construction administration process, construction and materials specifications, construction standards drawings, NEPA compliance, and complete project delivery.
• Understanding of PERRP and OSHA compliance requirements.  

Skills

• Strong technical skills; ability to read technical specs, submittals, architecture and engineering drawings, surveys.
• In depth computer skills to use software noted above.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills. Ability to speak and write clearly, graphically, concisely and persuasively with ability to communicate one-on-one or in group settings in a way that inspires confidence and motivates engagement with the Metroparks.
• Problem Solving skills; ability to conduct fact-based root cause analysis and apply continuous improvement methodologies. Ability to gather, organize and evaluate data; formulate recommendations and develop successful strategies.

Abilities

• Evaluation of field construction and maintenance situations and making sound decisions.
• Enforcing regulations and contract requirements with firmness and tact.
• Ability to discern relevant issues and effectively report them.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective professional relationships with all stakeholders, including contractors, employees and the general public.

Metroparks Toledo is an Equal Opportunity Employer.