Posted 7 days ago
Category III Inspector
@ SHM Canada Limited
Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia
Overview
SHM Canada Limited is hiring a contract Category III Inspector for a four-month term starting around the first week of November, full-time Monday to Friday with possible evening and weekend hours. The senior, generally supervisory role schedules, supervises and trains Level I and II inspectors, checks construction materials and site equipment, and reports electronically each day. The posting states pay of $30/hour for a fully qualified incumbent, plus travel allowance.
Pay:
$30 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Check in for the daily work plan and travel to sites
- Enforce health and safety protocols on site
- Supervise, train and evaluate Level I and II inspectors
- Inspect construction materials for weight and quality
- Submit daily, weekly and monthly reports electronically
Requirements summary:
- Eight years of marine or civil construction experience, or a civil construction technical diploma
- Valid NS driver's licence and clean driving abstract
- Daily access to a reliable vehicle
- Current criminal records check
- Competence reading specifications, plans and PWGSC reports
- Completed health and safety training
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Source and dates
Source type not verified · nova-scotia-works
- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-31
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-05
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-05
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Construction trades |
| Experience | 8+ years |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Hours per week | 40 |
| Schedule | day, evening |
| Travel | air: none · ground: moderate |
| Work setting | Construction site, Outdoors, Vehicle |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · computer moderate |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | Health and safety training |
| Driver’s licence | required, own vehicle |
| Background checks | criminal record, driving record |
| Education | College diploma (preferred) |
| Fields of study | Civil construction |
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SHM Canada Limited
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 1 |
This is a 4-month term, entry level position starting approximately the first week of November, with full-time hours. This is a Monday to Friday position, with potential for evening and weekend hours of work.
The Category III Inspector is a senior position and generally, but not exclusively, a supervisory position. A Category III Inspector must possess sufficient knowledge to schedule, supervise and train other inspection staff at level I and level II. A Category III Inspector must possess sufficient knowledge of equipment used at the work site and be competent to report on the functionality of the equipment.
* Check in and receive work plan for the day, travel to site(s) as needed.
* Responsible for the overall implementation of health and safety protocols.
* Provides training, ongoing coaching, performance evaluation and oversight to Level I and Level II Inspectors while they perform the following duties:
* Determine and record the weight of construction materials being delivered to site by measurement with an approved weigh scale. Alternatively, accepts the weigh slips as the material is being delivered and verifies by volume and specific gravity.
* Check construction materials being delivered for quality and maintains a daily record.
* Use their personal phone/computer/device for employment purposes and are required to be able to take pictures and prepare and submit reports electronically on a daily basis.
* Prepare, submit, and maintain accurate records, reports, gather and compile data which will be used to submit daily/weekly/monthly reports to SHM.
* Protect data from misuse by using a strong password for access to their device and taking every precaution to ensure that the company information is not disclosed to any other person or entity.
**Technical Competencies:**
· Related experience is considered an asset
· Attention to detail with numbers
· Reliable, dependable, able to work with minimum supervision
· Able to communicate effectively in English, verbally and in writing
· Must provide proof of a valid NS Driver’s License and a clean driving abstract
· Must have daily access to a reliable vehicle to travel to various work sites
· Must be willing to provide a current criminal records check
· Must have a personal phone/device and reliable internet to take pictures, record information, compile data, and submit daily reports. Must protect data from misuse by using strong password for access to the device, and take every precaution to ensure the company data remains confidential
· Must have a minimum of eight years’ experience in the marine and civil construction disciplines or has graduated from a recognized civil construction technical institution.
· Must be competent in reading and understanding both the specifications and plans, and in writing comprehensive reports as required by Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC.)
· Must be competent in interpreting field situations and conditions and responding to those changes in an unsupervised role.
· Must be capable of undertaking or overseeing the roles of a Category I or II Inspector.
Must have successfully completed the health and safety training.
Compensation is $30/hour for a fully qualified incumbent, plus $15/day in travel allowance if mileage is less than 50 km one way. If the one way mileage is greater than 50 km, $0.60./km will be paid. Temporary accommodation if distantly loacted and travelling is not practical.
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