Finding Non-traditional Inspectors to Meet Workforce Challenges

Monday, October 30, 2023

11:45am – 12:45pm EDT

Location: National Harbor 2

CE: 1

Guyton Durnin, PE, CCM

Construction Manager/Project Manager
HDR Engineering
Berkeley, CA
Keith G. Reynolds

Senior Project Manager
West County Wastewater, California
Shay Sorouri, Ph.D.

Wastewater and resource Recovery Consultant
HDR Engineering

When an inspector on the West County Wastewater Clean and Green Project needed extended leave, the team filled the void with a non-traditional candidate to meet the quality and performance requirements. In this session, discuss how training and mentoring inspectors from non-traditional backgrounds can help teams retain expertise, bring new perspectives, and develop a more diverse and inclusive workforce to help fulfill inspection requirements. Hear the team's lessons learned and brainstorm new ideas to meet this critical challenge.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this presentation, the attendee will be able to identify promising new employees on a non-traditional path to being inspectors.
Upon completion of this presentation, the attendee will be able to increase workforce diversity and inclusivity while at the same time increasing project success.
Upon completion of this presentation, the attendee will be able to plan how to transfer knowledge from senior staff to reduce impacts from retirement.
Upon completion of this presentation, the attendee will be able to increase younger staff skill through direct construction experience.