Quality Control Technician

Summary

The Quality Control Technician will implement and comply with quality assurance methods and procedures to ensure products and materials are produced in accordance with specifications in a safe and efficient manner.

Salary: $51,000 - $64,000

Monday through Friday, some Saturdays

The Quality Control Technician will implement and comply with quality assurance methods and procedures to ensure products and materials are produced in accordance with specifications in a safe and efficient manner.

• Conduct tests and inspect concrete to evaluate quality or conformance to specifications.
• Sample and evaluate quality of materials related to concrete.
• Monitor equipment operation to ensure that concrete is within tolerance.
• Record inspection or test data, such as slump, air content, unit weight, temperature, or moisture content.
• Input test data into company quality control software.
• Test hardened concrete for compressive strength.
• Input strength results into company quality control software.
• Analyze, evaluate, and resolve customer concerns involving specific conditions, situations, quantities, and other influences associated with product.
• Manage and maintain quality control software for assigned area.

• Perform aggregates and batch plants tests including aggregate gradation and moisture tests for State and spec projects as required.

• Provide information to supervisors, co-workers, and contractors via phone, e‑mail or in person.
• Effectively communicate with dispatch office to successfully ship and test concrete.

• Regular attendance and physical presence at work is an essential function of this position.
• This job may require additional duties not listed above and the employee may be asked to perform those duties to meet business needs.

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Bachelor’s degree in related field preferred.
• ACI Level 1, NICET Certified or NRMCA Short Course completion on aggregates or concrete preferred but not required.
• Valid driver’s license required.
• IDOT PCC Level II is preferred but not required (IL South, IL North, and WI region only).
• Knowledge of raw materials, production processes and quality control are preferred.

• Experience in related field preferred.

• Able to read, write, and speak English preferred.
• Able to operate a smart phone/device.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.

• Operation within a fast‑paced environment.
• Exposed to moving mechanical parts, vehicles, heavy construction equipment, toxic or caustic chemicals, and outside weather conditions.
• Noise level is usually moderate, but can be high and requires personal hearing protection on occasion at job sites, plants and laboratories.
• Must be able to work through stressful situations while maintaining professionalism and composure.
• Local travel required.

• Regularly required to talk or hear; frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• Must be able to stand and move about job sites with uneven and unpaved ground while managing concrete delivery onsite.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Must be able to frequently bend in order to obtain samples from stockpiles or ground, climb ladders with buckets of admixtures, and push wheelbarrows of concrete.
• Must be able to operate buttons, levers, and other controls located on various equipment.
• Must be able to work long and flexible hours as necessary.
• Must be able to maneuver in and around our plants, yards and jobsites as necessary.
• Lift/Carry up to 55 pounds frequently.
• Lift up to 100 pounds occasionally.

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