Contract Services Inspector

**Contract Services Inspector (Seasonal)**:
**Job ID**:

- 234700

**Posting status**:

- Open

**Organization**:

- Ministry of Transportation

**Division**:

- Operations Division, Central Operations

**City**:

- Whitby

**Position(s) language**:

- English

**Job term**:

- 1 Temporary - Seasonal, duration up to 42 weeks

**Job code**:

- 12931 - Senior Tech Transport Construction

**Salary**:

- $1,124.14 - $1,361.46 Per week*
*Indicates the salary listed as per the OPSEU Collective Agreement.
- Has your career led to the development of expertise in highway maintenance and construction? Why not take the next step and become part of our skilled and dynamic team with the Ministry of Transportation.
- Carry out field investigations and inspections to ensure quantity, quality and compliance with contract requirements including environmental and safety components;
- Assist with monitoring and ensure compliance with contract requirements, review of extra work, contract drawings and documents and claims;
- Liaise with contractors, property owners, internal staff, and the general public to address issues and complaints;
- Perform clerical and administrative work such as correspondence, instruction notices, payment calculations, material usage, equipment work hours and highway inventory reports.

NOTE: These positions may require extensive travel, out of town and overnight work.

**What you bring to the team**:
**Mandatory requirements**:
**Technical Knowledge**:

- Proven experience and practical knowledge of highway construction and/or maintenance practices including inspection, material sampling and testing, surveying, inspection and patrolling, to ensure oversight of contractor operations.
- Knowledge of highway construction standards and specifications, practices and principles to carry out construction related activities.
- Ability to interpret contract drawings and documents and identify the nature of non-compliance and work defects.

**Essential Skills**:

- Well-developed oral and interpersonal skills to deal with contractors, colleagues and the general public.
- Good mathematical skills to conduct payment calculations and assessments, and conduct field surveys.
- Proven analytical, negotiation, and problem solving skills to assist with the assessment of construction-related issues
- Good written skills to maintain accurate records such as inspector diaries.
- Well-developed organizational and planning skills to carry out contract related activities.
- Good working knowledge of computers to perform clerical and administrative work such as correspondence, instruction notices, payment calculations, payment reports, contract payment assessment, and applicable reports and forms.

**How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility**: We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.

Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's _Human Rights Code_ and the _Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005._ We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact us.

Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:

- diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
- accessibility
- Anti-Racism Policy

**Additional information**:

- Thursday, October 2, 2025 11:59 pm EDT

**Position details**:

- 1 English Temporary - Seasonal, duration up to 42 weeks, 440 Hopkins St, Whitby, Central Region

**Compensation group**:

- Ontario Public Service Employees Union

**Work hours**:

- Schedule 4

**Category**:

- Inspections and Investigations

**Posted on**:

- Wednesday, September 17, 2025

**Note**:

- The information that you provide for the purpose of this competition and the results from this competition may be used to fill other positions. These positions may be of various tenures, including short-term assignments. Your information and the results from this competition will be retained for the purpose of filling vacancies in accordance with the applicable collective agreement or policy provisions.
- T-MT-234700/25

**How to apply**:

- Your cover letter and resume combined should not exceed five (5) pages. For tips and tools on how to write a concise cover letter and resume, review the Writing a Cover Letter and Resume: Tips, Tools and Resources.
- Customize your cover letter and resume to the qualifications listed on the job ad. Using concrete examples, you must show how you demonstrated the requirements for this j