# Market evidence report — bridge-inspector

Source: **47 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 47), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-09.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 33 | 70 % |
| senior | 7 | 15 % |
| junior | 5 | 11 % |
| lead | 2 | 4 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microstation | 14 | 30 % |
| 2 | AutoCAD | 13 | 28 % |
| 3 | Microsoft Office | 11 | 23 % |
| 4 | Microsoft Word | 7 | 15 % |
| 5 | Microsoft Excel | 5 | 11 % |
| 6 | Microsoft PowerPoint | 4 | 9 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bridge inspection | 33 | 70 % |
| 2 | structural engineering | 11 | 23 % |
| 3 | construction inspection | 9 | 19 % |
| 4 | report preparation | 7 | 15 % |
| 5 | technical writing | 6 | 13 % |
| 6 | quality control | 5 | 11 % |
| 7 | structural analysis | 5 | 11 % |
| 8 | data collection | 4 | 9 % |
| 9 | field work | 4 | 9 % |
| 10 | infrastructure design | 4 | 9 % |
| 11 | load rating analysis | 4 | 9 % |
| 12 | structural inspection | 4 | 9 % |
| 13 | bridge construction inspection | 3 | 6 % |
| 14 | materials testing | 3 | 6 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fhwa approved training | 4 | 9 % |
| 2 | national bridge inspection standards (NBIS) | 4 | 9 % |
| 3 | AASHTO standards | 3 | 6 % |
| 4 | pennDOT certification | 3 | 6 % |
| 5 | sprat certification | 3 | 6 % |

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bridge inspection | 7 | 15 % |
| 2 | bridge inspection planning | 5 | 11 % |
| 3 | construction oversight | 4 | 9 % |
| 4 | inspection report preparation | 4 | 9 % |
| 5 | team supervision | 4 | 9 % |
| 6 | tunnel inspection | 4 | 9 % |
| 7 | cost proposal support | 3 | 6 % |
| 8 | documentation | 3 | 6 % |
| 9 | field inspection | 3 | 6 % |
| 10 | inspection preparation | 3 | 6 % |
| 11 | inspection team leadership | 3 | 6 % |
| 12 | plan development | 3 | 6 % |
| 13 | project documentation | 3 | 6 % |
| 14 | team leadership | 3 | 6 % |
| 15 | training entry-level engineers | 3 | 6 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 47 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

### US (us)

47 ads.

**Top hard skills:**

- bridge inspection — 70 % (33 ads)
- structural engineering — 23 % (11 ads)
- construction inspection — 19 % (9 ads)
- report preparation — 15 % (7 ads)
- technical writing — 13 % (6 ads)
- quality control — 11 % (5 ads)
- structural analysis — 11 % (5 ads)
- data collection — 9 % (4 ads)
- field work — 9 % (4 ads)
- infrastructure design — 9 % (4 ads)

**Top tools:**

- Microstation — 30 % (14 ads)
- AutoCAD — 28 % (13 ads)
- Microsoft Office — 23 % (11 ads)
- Microsoft Word — 15 % (7 ads)
- Microsoft Excel — 11 % (5 ads)
- Microsoft PowerPoint — 9 % (4 ads)
- CAD software — 4 % (2 ads)
- DOT Bridge Inspection Management System — 4 % (2 ads)

**Seniority:** mid 70 % · senior 15 % · junior 11 % · lead 4 %

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.


## Job title variants in the market

| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Assistant Team Leader, Bridge Inspection | 3 |
| Bridge Inspection Team Leader | 3 |
| Bridge Inspector | 3 |
| Bridge Inspector Team Leader | 2 |
| Entry Level Bridge Inspector/Diver | 2 |
| Senior Bridge Inspector (Culpeper District) | 2 |
| Assistant Team Lead- Bridge Inspections | 1 |
| Assistant Team Leader Trainee - Bridge Inspection | 1 |
| Bridge & Structural Inspector Civil Engineer (Hiring Immediately) | 1 |
| Bridge Construction Inspector | 1 |
| Bridge Engineer (Inspection) at Michael Baker International Linthicum Heights, MD | 1 |
| Bridge Inspection Supervisor | 1 |
| Bridge Inspection Team Lead - Field Engineer | 1 |
| Bridge Inspection Team Leader ( Meriden, CT) | 1 |
| Bridge Inspection Team Leader, Senior Structural Engineer | 1 |
| Bridge Inspector -- Team lead | 1 |
| Bridge Inspector (Transportation Construction Inspector) | 1 |
| Bridge Inspector/Diver Lead | 1 |
| Construction Inspector - Bridge & Highway - Maryland DOT | 1 |
| Construction Inspector - Bridge, Tunnel, Aeronautical | 1 |
| Highway & Bridge Construction Inspector (Field) | 1 |
| Highway & Bridge Inspector | 1 |
| In Service Bridge Inspector | 1 |
| NBIS Bridge Inspector Team Lead | 1 |
| NJ TURNPIKE BRIDGE INSPECTOR | 1 |

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.