Description
Construction Inspector & Surveyor Lead
$80,000 - $100,000 | Duluth, MN
What You'll Do:
- Lead and Coordinate: Oversee and schedule Construction Surveyor & Inspector team, providing supervision, training, and guidance to direct reports.
- Inspect and Document: Inspect construction projects (service centers, generating stations, substations, transmission, and distribution lines) and document findings to ensure compliance with contracts, specifications, and standards.
- Perform Construction Survey Tasks: Execute construction-related survey activities such as construction staking, topographical surveys, as-built documentation, and monitoring of existing structures.
- Collaborate with Teams: Work with construction managers, project managers, and/or design engineers to resolve field issues and maintain timely project completion.
- Ensure Environmental Compliance: Verify adherence to Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP) and Best Management Practices (BMP).
- Manage Office Duties: Review invoices, materials, and labor; analyze construction costs.
- Maintain Records: Keep detailed construction logs, inspection forms, and daily reports.
- Manage Equipment and Stay Current: Oversee the group's equipment fleet, update as needed, and stay informed on current methods, tools, and technologies related to the field.
What You Need:
- Education: High school diploma or equivalent PLUS two year vocational certificate in survey and civil engineering technology or equivalent.
- Licensing: Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license with the ability to obtain and maintain a DOT Medical Certificate.
- Travel: Regular travel to Minnesota Power/ALLETE facilities and project sites; after-hours and some possible extended overnight stays (typically several days to week) may be required.
- Certification: Must be certified in SWPPP, Category 2, per Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
- Experience: Eight years or more experience in construction and surveying
- Strong knowledge of surveying techniques, construction practices, and trigonometry
- Proficiency in Civil 3D/AutoCAD and Trimble Business Center
- Skills: Strong interpersonal and communication skills required to establish and maintain positive working relationships.
- Preferred: Leadership experience
- Assessment: This position may be subject to assessment of skills, job match and/or aptitude.
Contact
ALLETE, Inc.
30 W Superior St Duluth
Minnesota États-Unis
www.allete.com/
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5 Feb, 2026
