Pape-Dawson
Senior Construction Representative - Water/Wastewater
Austin, TX · San Antonio - Sonterra
Get past the screening software and onto a recruiter's desk
hirly rewrites your resume for this job — matching the keywords and skills in the posting, moving your most relevant experience to the top, and writing a cover letter to fit. About 30 seconds.
- Keywords matched to this posting
- Fit score before you apply
- Cover letter included
Apply from your AI assistant
Connect hirly to Claude and ask it to apply to this job. hirly tailors your resume, fills the employer’s form and asks before sending. ChatGPT: manual setup today.
Some employer sites stop an application at a CAPTCHA or sign-in and hand it back with a link. Applying needs a paid plan. Works with any assistant that supports MCP.
hirly's read of this role
- Seniority
- Senior
- Country
- US
- Work mode
- On-site / unstated
- First seen by hirly
- 13 Oct 2026
Derived automatically from the posting. Upload your resume above to see how the role scores against it.
the posting
Job Description:
Overview
The Senior Construction Representative is responsible for providing construction observation, inspection, documentation, and contract compliance support for water, wastewater, and municipal infrastructure projects. The position serves as the owner's on-site representative, monitoring construction activities to verify compliance with plans, specifications, permits, safety requirements, approved submittals, and contract documents.
Treatment plant construction experience is a required qualification for this position. The ideal candidate will possess significant experience supporting the construction, expansion, rehabilitation, startup, and commissioning of water and wastewater treatment facilities. Candidates whose experience is primarily limited to pipelines, utility installation, roadway construction, site development, or other horizontal infrastructure projects may not be a strong fit for this role.
Resposibilities
- Perform field inspections and construction observations on water, wastewater, and municipal infrastructure projects.
- Monitor contractor activities for compliance with plans, specifications, permits, approved submittals, shop drawings, and contract requirements.
- Observe and document construction means and methods for compliance with project requirements.
- Identify and document deficiencies, non-conforming work, contract discrepancies, safety concerns, and potential risks.
- Verify quantities of installed work and assist with measurement and payment documentation.
- Monitor construction progress and report schedule impacts, delays, and potential claims issues.
- Observe material deliveries, equipment installation, testing activities, startup procedures, and commissioning operations.
- Witness testing, inspections, and acceptance procedures required by project specifications.
- Support substantial completion, final acceptance, and project closeout activities.
Qualifications
- Minimum ten (10) years of construction inspection, construction observation, resident project representative, or related field experience on water, wastewater, utility, or public infrastructure projects.
- Minimum five (5) years of direct construction inspection, construction observation, resident project representative, startup support, or commissioning support experience on water and/or wastewater treatment plant projects.
- At least fifty percent (50%) of the candidate's overall construction inspection experience must be associated with water treatment plants, wastewater treatment plants, pump stations, lift stations, process facilities, or treatment process improvements.
- NICET Certification (preferred)
- APWA-CPII Certification (preferred)
- TCEQ Water Operator License
- TCEQ Wastewater Operator License
- OSHA 30-Hour Construction Safety Certification
If you need an accommodation or assistance with completing your application due to a disability or special need, please contact our team at Recruiting@pape-dawson.com or call (210) 375-9000.
EEO Statement:
All qualified applicants for Pape-Dawson Engineers will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Listed on hirly, a job board. hirly is not the employer: Pape-Dawson is hiring for this role.
Similar jobs
- Construction Representative IIIHntb · Rocky Hill, CT (Hartford)First seen 19d ago
- Construction RepresentativeChevron · Pasadena, Texas, United States of AmericaFirst seen 4d ago
- Construction Representative/InspectorFreese · Raleigh, North CarolinaFirst seen 5d ago
- Construction Representative, TransmissionEversource · Berlin, CTFirst seen 6d ago
- Distribution Construction Representative (DCR)Think Power Solutions LLC · Dallas, TXFirst seen 8d ago
Browse similar roles
Want this one?
Upload your resume and hirly rewrites it for this job and writes the cover letter — in about thirty seconds, before you sign up.
Tailor my resume for this job