Lead Quality Control Technician

We are looking for a QUALITY CONTROL TECHNICIAN to join our team. This location can report to Grand Junction, CO, Moab, UT or Durango, CO. As a Quality Control Technician with Quikrete Heavy Construction Materials you will be responsible for ensuring quality control of batching, mixing, and delivering high-quality ready-mixed concrete that meets project specifications and customer expectations. This role requires travel to monitor quality standards and perform testing.

• Competitive wages.
• Opportunities for overtime.
• Company provided benefits:
  Medical, Dental, Vision, Company paid life and disability benefits, paid vacation, and 401K.

• Perform QC tests (air content, slump/workability, coarseness/sandiness, yield, set time, water-cement ratio, strength).
• Investigate potential quality deficiencies through evaluating available data and observing in-place concrete characteristics and environmental factors.
• Determine QC coverage priorities and communicate project specific testing needs with available staff
• Evaluate mix strength performance using key performance indicators to make necessary mix adjustments to maintain adequate overdesign.
• Maintain required documentation, certifications and mix data for annual and biannual submittals to CDOT/UDOT and other governing bodies having authority.
• Review project specifications and general structural notes to recommend appropriate mix designs for the required applications. Create Submittals as needed based on those recommendations
• Coordinate trial batching in anticipation of high priority or technical concrete placements.
• Depending on need they will spend roughly 50-75% of their time at the batch plant or in the field performing testing and assessing mix designs in their plastic state.
• Sample and test raw materials for specification compliance.
• Record and communicate test results to dispatch, batch personnel, and customers.
• Troubleshoot fresh and hardened concrete to identify quality issues.

• Bachelor Degree (B.A.) preferred.
• A minimum of 1-3years of QC experience within a construction, industrial, or manufacturing environment.
• Good organizational and math skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Each day brings new challenges, and we make sure you are prepared for it all. Our dedication to continual improvement and hands-on training ensures you are ready for the many new experiences and challenges that you will face.

• A friendly and team-oriented work environment, with a supportive management team.
• Hands-on training for our employees and opportunities for advancement.
• A company dedicated to continuous improvement.
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