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Inspection Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 23+ inspection jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and compressed weeks—for a better work-life balance. 10 new this week. Hiring companies include Applus+, L3Harris Technologies, and Parsons Corporation.

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9-day fortnights 11
compressed weeks 4
generous PTO 5

Updated August 19, 2026

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AUT Operator

3mo

Applus+ · Remote · Netherlands

56 · GoodGenerous PTO€3,300 – €4,600/mo

Senior QA/QC Engineer

NEW

18h

Parsons Corporation · Hybrid · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

70 · Great9 Day FortnightPro · early access

Fire & Life Safety Engineer/Inspector

NEW

Parsons Corporation · Hybrid · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

70 · Great9 Day Fortnight

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Aircraft Structures (ALSE/LSS)

NEW

L3Harris Technologies · Onsite · Cold Lake, Canada

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight$91k – $141kPro · early access

Building Inspector II

NEW

City of Pasadena · Onsite · Pasadena, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$85k – $106kPro · early access

ENGINEERING TESTING TECHNICIAN

NEW

Los Angeles County Public Works · Hybrid · Los Angeles, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week$67k – $86kPro · early access

QA/QC Manager

Parsons Corporation · Hybrid · Little Rock, USA

70 · Great9 Day Fortnight$125k – $225k

Refining Inspector

NEW

Marathon Petroleum · Onsite · Texas City, USA

58 · Good9 Day FortnightPro · early access

Higher Agricultural Officer

Scottish Government · Hybrid · Inverurie, UK

71 · GreatCompressed Work Week

Code Enforcement Officer (Bilingual-Spanish or Vietnamese)

City of Santa Ana · Onsite · Santa Ana, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$80k – $108k

Machinist Precision Parts Beryllium

General Atomics · Onsite · San Diego, USA

58 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Code Enforcement Officer

City of Petaluma · Onsite · Petaluma, USA

58 · GoodCompressed Work Week$80k – $97k

Machinist

19d

L3Harris Technologies · Onsite · Bagotville, Canada

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight$60k – $100k

Assembly B

22d

L3Harris Technologies · Onsite · Londonderry, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight

CONTRACT MONITOR

29d

Los Angeles County Public Works · Hybrid · Los Angeles, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week$51k – $68k

Specialist III, Inspector

2mo

Phillips 66 · Onsite · Billings, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$128k – $156k

Advanced NDT Tank Team Technician

3mo

Applus+ · Onsite · Rotterdam, Netherlands

56 · GoodGenerous PTO€3,200 – €4,000/mo

Inspector IKT-2

3mo

Applus+ · Onsite · Veendam, Netherlands

56 · GoodGenerous PTO€4,200 – €5,500/mo

Assistant Resident Engineer

2mo

markThomas · Hybrid · Fresno +2 more

53 · Decent

Assistant Resident Engineer

2mo

markThomas · Hybrid · Redding, USA

53 · Decent

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Employers hiring for Inspection on this page include Applus+, L3Harris Technologies, and Parsons Corporation. Inspection roles appear most frequently in engineering, data, and platform teams at companies that have adopted a reduced-hours schedule. Each listing indicates the seniority level and whether Inspection is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Inspection roles span the full seniority range — we list 23 open roles requiring Inspection across entry-level, mid-level, senior, lead, and staff/principal positions. Senior and above tend to dominate because employers offering reduced-hours schedules often lean toward experienced individual contributors who can deliver consistently in fewer hours. Filter by level in the sidebar to narrow the list above.

Lead with measurable outcomes over time spent — Inspection hiring managers at reduced-hours companies care about delivered value, not hours worked. Highlight projects where you shipped at a steady cadence, collaborated asynchronously, or reduced engineering toil through automation or tooling. Include concrete metrics (latency improvements, adoption numbers, cost reductions) rather than vague duty descriptions. Expand listings above to see the exact framing each employer uses in their job descriptions.

For the full-pay schedules here — 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights — yes: you keep a full-time salary for a shorter week. Part-time and pro-rata roles instead scale pay to hours, and each listing makes the arrangement clear. Inspection roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers; specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and sub-specialty (e.g. backend vs frontend, infra vs ML). Individual listings above show exact bands where the employer publishes them.

Depends on the role, but Inspection candidates who also demonstrate async communication, clean documentation, and cross-functional collaboration are typically strong fits for reduced-hours employers — those companies rely on written-first communication and high-context handoffs to operate on a compressed schedule. Technical-adjacent skills vary by stack. Browse the top skills shown in the sidebar to see which tags co-occur most often with Inspection on current listings.