Quality Control Technician

Salary: $54,400 - $68,000 Annually

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.

• 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 are required
• Valid driver’s license required
• 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 is 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 55pounds frequently
• Lift up to 100 pounds occasionally

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