Job Description
Title: Utility Inspector
Location: San Antonio, TX
Hire Type: Contract-to-hire
Compensation: $34/hr
Benefits: As a contract employee of Sterling, you are eligible to receive a Full Employee Benefits Package that includes paid time off, paid holidays, 3 medical plans to choose from, dental & vision plans, 401(k), and an Employee Stock Ownership (ESOP) plan.
Must have Skill Set: Natural Gas Distribution
Overview:
In this role, you’ll play a critical part in ensuring the safety, quality, and compliance of natural gas distribution projects, overseeing contractors and field activities while maintaining regulatory and client standards.
This is a field-based role in the San Antonio, TX, focusing on hands-on oversight, quality control, and regulatory compliance.
· Oversee and direct pipeline and gas distribution field activities to ensure compliance with OSHA laws, Federal Safety Standards (49 C.F.R. Part 192), and client-specific policies.
· Conduct visual inspections of pipeline and poly gas main installations, ensuring compliance with industry standards and specifications.
· Review and interpret engineering drawings, codes, and construction schedules, verifying that projects meet all applicable regulations and are built as designed.
· Utilize independent judgment to determine whether federal codes and safety standards are being met and issue stop-work orders if necessary.
· Perform quality control checks on contractor work, ensuring adherence to required standards and specifications.
· Oversee excavation, backfill, boring, pipe installation, purging, gas line activation, pressure testing, and documentation.
· Maintain accurate records of work performed by contractor personnel, tracking compliance, efficiency, and safety measures.
· Conduct daily safety inspections and participate in safety briefings (tailgate meetings, JSAs) to ensure worksite safety.
· Verify contractor Operator Qualifications (OQ) for specific tasks and coordinate construction activities with landowners when needed.
· Observe, document, and report daily construction activities to both ENE and the client, ensuring transparency and accountability.
Qualifications:
· Minimum of 5 years of experience in the utility or pipeline industry.
· Prior experience with distribution main and service replacement projects, particularly installing new poly mains and services.
· Strong knowledge of gas distribution, pipeline regulations (49 C.F.R. Part 192), and utility construction methods.
· Experience reading and interpreting utility plans, blueprints, and technical drawings.
· Excellent communication and problem-solving skills to coordinate with contractors, landowners, and stakeholders.
· Physical ability to work outdoors in varying weather conditions and conduct field inspections.
· Valid driver’s license and clean driving record.
Preferred Qualifications:
· High school diploma or GED.
· Minimum of 10 years of experience in the utility or pipeline industry.
· A collaborative mindset and the ability to work effectively with diverse teams in the field.
· A passion for fieldwork and ensuring the safety and quality of every project.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | San Antonio, TX |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1969 |
| Website | http://www.sterling-engineering.com |
About Company
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.
Skills
- Blueprintsunmatched
- Boringunmatched
- Building Codesunmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Constructionunmatched
- Construction Scheduleunmatched
- Consultingunmatched
- Develop and Maintain Customersunmatched
- Distribution Servicesunmatched
- Documentationunmatched
- Driver's Licenseunmatched
- Engineering Drawingunmatched
- Excavationunmatched
- Federal Laws and Regulationsunmatched
- High School Diplomaunmatched
- Industry Standardsunmatched
- Maintain Complianceunmatched
- Natural Gasunmatched
- OSHAunmatched
- Organizational Skillsunmatched
- Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
- Project Trackingunmatched
- Project/Program Managementunmatched
- Quality Controlunmatched
- Record Keepingunmatched
- Regulationsunmatched
- Regulatory Complianceunmatched
- Safety Codesunmatched
- Safety Standardsunmatched
- Safety/Work Safetyunmatched
- Team Playerunmatched
- Technical Drawingunmatched
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