UTILITY INSPECTOR - PIPELINE & RECYCLING FACILITIES

Job Details

Full Time / Part Time: Full Time

FLSA Classification: Exempt

Business Unit: Infrastructure

Reports to: Chief Inspector

Travel Requirement: Yes

Job Description

The Utility Inspector plays a key role in ensuring the quality and compliance of construction and installation activities across produced water pipelines and associated recycling facilities. This position is responsible for inspecting various utility installations including HDPE pipelines, pond liners, facility grading, interconnect piping, and related infrastructure. The ideal candidate has a broad field inspection background and can operate across multiple scopes, ensuring adherence to environmental, safety, and technical standards.

The essential job functions include, but are not limited to

Pipeline Inspection:

• Inspect trenching, padding, pipe placement, and backfilling for HDPE and carbon steel pipelines.
• Verify pipe stringing, fusion, and tie-ins meet alignment and specification requirements.
• Monitor hydrostatic testing, pigging, and flushing operations for conformance and documentation.
• Ensure compliance with pipeline construction drawings, standards (API, ASTM, ASME), and project specifications.
• Oversite of assurance of compliance on HDD and boring process, including assuring environmental controls.
• Maintain and submit accurate daily reports, inspection checklists, and GPS tracking logs.

Recycling Facility & Pond Inspection:

• Inspect geomembrane pond liner installations, seaming, anchor trenches, and subgrade prep.
• Verify pond liner welding/fusion meets ASTM standards and project specifications.
• Monitor leak detection systems, liner testing (e.g., spark testing, vacuum box), and geotextile placement.
• Ensure civil grading, compaction, and berm integrity comply with engineering designs and environmental safeguards.
• Inspect interconnecting piping, manifold systems, and facility utility tie-ins for proper installation and support.

General Duties:

• Coordinate with field contractors, foremen, and company personnel to ensure work is completed safely and to specification.
• Communicate non-compliance issues and assist in developing corrective actions.
• Assist in compiling inspection packages and as-built documentation for project turnover.
• Support project managers and engineers with field updates, redlines, and photographic documentation.

Other duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required:

Education:

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Technical training or coursework in construction inspection, welding, or civil/environmental disciplines preferred.

Experience:

• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in utility or pipeline inspection in the oil & gas or water infrastructure sector.
• Field experience with HDPE piping systems and geomembrane pond liners required.
• Familiarity with pipeline construction standards, civil grading, and facility mechanical systems.

Certifications (Preferred):

• Liner installation or QA certification (e.g., GSI, TRI)
• OSHA 10/30-hour construction safety
• Veriforce or OQ compliance training (preferred)

Skills & Competencies:

• Strong understanding of HDPE pipe fusion, geomembrane liner installation, and civil grading practices.
• Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, P&IDs, and technical specifications.
• Detailed and organized with strong documentation and communication skills.
• Proficient in using inspection reporting tools, tablets, and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Safety-conscious and familiar with environmental protection measures and controls in sensitive or regulated areas.

Select Values and Guiding Principles

• W: Working Safe
• A: Accountability
• T: Teamwork
• E: Excellence
• R: Respect

Compensation Information
Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience.

Top Tier Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, coverage in addition to life and disability insurance plans.
• Paid Vacation Days and Paid Holidays.
• Retirement and Savings (401K) Plan with Company match.

Physical Demands and Exposures

• Requires a high degree of concentration.
• Must be willing to travel to remote locations and spend considerable time at field locations as required.
• Exposure to extreme weather, heavy equipment, and pipeline construction activities.
• Rotational schedule or extended field assignments may be required during peak construction phases.
• Ability to individually lift: Maximum 50 lbs.

Select Water Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. It is Select's policy to prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type and to afford equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any protected class, status, characteristic, or activity. All employment decisions, including decisions regarding recruitment, selection, hiring, compensation, benefits, training, advancement, discipline, discharge, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment are made without regard to any lawfully protected class, status, characteristic, or activity.

Select Water Solutions requires all employees whose jobs may involve environmental compliance to understand and comply with the U.S. Environmental Protections Agency's Clean Air Act that regulates air emissions from stationary and mobile sources. A copy of the Clean Air Act can be provided to you upon request from Human Resources.

Select Water Solutions participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, Select is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment. Select only uses E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.