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Field Inspection Technician
Independent contractor inspection work across Texas, dispatched job by job at a flat rate per completed inspection.
- Engagement
- Independent contractor, per completed inspection
- Location
- Field work, across all 254 Texas counties
- Compensation
- Flat rate per completed inspection, agreed per service line
About the role
The seat, in plain terms
Technicians go to properties across Texas and collect the evidence a reviewing engineer needs: measurements, photographs keyed to locations, and the specific observations the written protocol for that service calls for. It is precise work and it is deliberately not decision making. What you record is what the engineer reads, and the quality of the record is the quality of the opinion built on it.
The work is genuinely varied because the state is. A roof in Amarillo, a manufactured home foundation in the valley, a windstorm sequence on the coast where the inspection has to happen before the work is covered up. Each has its own protocol and you are certified on it before you are dispatched on it.
What makes somebody good at this is reliability and thoroughness rather than engineering knowledge. Backgrounds that transfer well include roofing, general construction, home inspection, insurance adjusting, the skilled trades, and the military. What does not transfer is a habit of filling gaps with assumptions: recording that a condition could not be observed is worth more than a guess about it.
What you will do
The work itself
Stated as tasks rather than as a mission, because this is the part that decides whether the seat is a fit.
- Travel to properties in the counties you have chosen to serve and carry out the documented inspection procedure for that service line.
- Capture measurements and photographs keyed to locations, in the order the protocol specifies, so the reviewing engineer can see what you saw.
- Record what could not be observed, plainly, rather than leaving a gap or filling it with an assumption.
- Upload the evidence from the property rather than reconstructing it later.
- Complete protocol certification before a first assignment on any service line, and re-certify when a protocol changes.
- Accept or decline each dispatched job. There is no obligation either way and no penalty for declining.
What we look for
Required
- A reliable vehicle, and a willingness to drive to the far edge of the counties you claim.
- Comfort on a ladder and around a roof, worked safely and never past what conditions allow.
- Thorough documentation, including recording what could not be observed rather than leaving a gap.
- Protocol certification before a first assignment on any service line.
- A smartphone capable of capturing and uploading photographs in the field.
What we look for
Preferred
- An FAA Part 107 remote pilot certificate. Aerial imagery is how a steep or brittle roof gets inspected without damaging it.
- General liability insurance already in place.
- Existing inspection credentials, whether home inspection, roofing, or adjusting.
- Coverage of a rural county group where technician density is thin, which is most of the state.
How you will work
The engagement, stated before the offer
Stated here rather than at the offer, because this is the part people usually find out about last.
This is independent contractor work, stated up front rather than discovered at the offer. Jobs are dispatched and you accept or decline each one, with no obligation either way and no penalty for declining.
Pay is a flat rate per completed inspection, agreed per service line before you take an assignment on it. What you earn on a job is known when you accept it rather than worked out afterward.
You control the manner and means of the work within the requirements of the written protocol, you supply your own vehicle and equipment, and you are responsible for your own taxes, insurance, and business expenses.
Protocol certification comes before the first assignment. It is not a hurdle for its own sake: central review only works if the record is consistent, and an uncertified inspection is a wasted trip for you and an unreviewable file for the engineer.
Compensation
How pay is structured
How pay is structured. Figures are settled in the offer conversation rather than published, because the commitment they attach to is agreed at the same time.
- A flat rate per completed inspection, agreed per service line before you take an assignment on it. What you earn on a job is known when you accept it rather than worked out afterward.
- Rates differ by service line, because the work differs. A windstorm sequence on the coast is not a roof condition report in a suburb, and paying the same for both would be paying the wrong amount for one of them.
- There is no minimum volume, no exclusivity, and no penalty for declining a job.
- As an independent contractor you supply your own vehicle and equipment and are responsible for your own taxes, insurance, and business expenses. That is stated here rather than at the offer.
Growth
What this seat is intended to become
Written as intent rather than as a promise, because a firm at launch cannot promise a path and should not pretend to.
- The intent is that technicians who certify on more protocols see more of the dispatch, because more of it is work they are qualified to take.
- Rural county groups are where technician density is thinnest, so a technician covering one is worth more to the firm than a technician in a metro, and the intent is for the rate structure to reflect that as volume allows.
- The firm intends to support Part 107 certification for technicians who want it, because aerial imagery is how a steep or brittle roof gets inspected without damaging it. That support is an intent rather than a current programme.
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