Ready Mix Plant Assistant

If you're an experienced ready mix, concrete, or industrial operations professional who is ready to take on more responsibility, this could be your next step.

As a Ready Mix Plant Assistant
, you'll support the Plant Manager in the day-to-day operation of the facility, help lead employees, coordinate customer orders and dispatch, manage material inventories, and ensure ready mix concrete is produced safely and correctly.

This is a hands-on opportunity to develop your leadership skills while helping keep a busy ready mix operation running safely and efficiently.

• Full-time leadership opportunity
• Work alongside and back up the Plant Manager
• Develop skills in ready mix plant operations
• Lead, coach, and mentor employees
• Coordinate customer orders, scheduling, and dispatch
• Take an active role in plant safety
• Help manage materials and inventory
• Opportunity to grow within ready mix operations
• Lafayette-area position

• Serve as backup to the Plant Manager during their absence
• Coordinate customer orders, scheduling, and dispatching
• Record daily material usage and monitor current inventories
• Help ensure adequate supplies are available for production
• Ensure concrete is loaded properly
• Maintain the care, cleanliness, and condition of company assets at the facility
• Perform other duties assigned by management

Safety is a major part of this position.

You'll:

• Maintain applicable safety reports and logs
• Promote safe work practices throughout the facility
• Communicate, improve, and adhere to company safety policies
• Help maintain a safe work environment for employees and visitors
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Basic computer skills using Google G Suite and Microsoft Office
• Safety-oriented mindset
• Ability to lead, motivate, coach, and counsel employees
• Willingness to reside within the area of responsibility

• Previous supervisory experience
• Ready mix or concrete industry experience
• Experience with customer orders, scheduling, or dispatch
• Spanish-speaking or bilingual

The strongest candidate will be someone who is ready to move into or grow within a leadership role and isn't afraid to be hands-on.

You should be comfortable working with employees, customers, drivers, and management while balancing production, scheduling, inventory, safety, and day-to-day plant needs.

If you're organized, dependable, safety-focused, and good at working with people, this role gives you the opportunity to build valuable ready mix operations and leadership experience.

• Life Insurance Benefits - $50,000 policy for all FT employees (Company Paid)
• 401K
  - No match required, IMI puts 6% of your gross pay into your 401k
• Vision
• Tuition Assitance
  - Tuition Reimbursement Options Available