T&D Site Quality Specialist

Location: Akron, OH
Employment Type: Contract to Hire
Project Coverage: Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, and New Jersey

We are seeking a Transmission & Distribution (T&D) Site Quality Specialist for a contract-to-hire opportunity with our client in Akron, OH. This field-based role supports transmission line structural steel and concrete foundation inspection, repair, and restoration projects across a six-state region.

The Site Quality Specialist will observe field activities, review project documentation, communicate quality and safety concerns, and coordinate with contractors and project stakeholders. This opportunity is well suited for someone with a background in quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC), utility construction, or civil/structural inspection who enjoys working independently and supporting multiple field crews.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide field observation and coordination support for crews performing lattice tower steel and concrete foundation inspection, repair, and restoration.

• Document site conditions, access constraints, equipment conditions, work progress, and observed conformance with client-approved procedures, specifications, engineering requirements, and quality standards.

• Prepare and maintain field reports, photographs, and other required project documentation.

• Review documentation for completeness and consistency with project requirements.

• Identify and document observed deficiencies or nonconforming work, and communicate concerns and potential corrective actions to authorized project representatives for review and direction.

• Serve as a field liaison among contractors, client leadership, engineering, environmental, and property/access stakeholders.

• Identify and escalate safety hazards, imminent danger conditions, and significant nonconformance according to project protocols. Exercise stop-work authority only when expressly authorized by project procedures.

• Communicate field conditions, progress, concerns, and required actions through approved project channels.

• Travel among assigned crews, transmission lines, substations, and project locations throughout OH, PA, WV, MD, VA, and NJ.

• Support pilot program development and evolving project needs within the approved scope of work.

Ideal Qualifications

• Strong background in QA/QC, field observation, construction support, or inspection.

• Experience with concrete foundations, structural steel, and/or lattice transmission structures.

• Experience with transmission line or substation construction, maintenance, inspection, and right-of-way restoration preferred. Comparable civil/structural construction or inspection experience will also be considered.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to maintain clear, accurate field documentation.

• Experience using Microsoft Office Suite and GIS applications.

• Strong situational awareness and the ability to recognize and appropriately escalate hazards in energized transmission corridors and substations.

• Ability to work effectively with contractors, client representatives, and technical and field stakeholders.

• Ability to work independently, support multiple crews and priorities, and adapt to evolving program requirements.

• Ability to travel throughout the assigned project region.

Role Scope

This position provides field observation, documentation, coordination, and issue escalation. Contractor supervision, construction means and methods, and contractor safety programs remain the responsibility of the contractors. Final engineering acceptance, formal quality approval, and changes to scope, schedule, or contractual commitments remain with authorized project representatives.