Quality Control Specialist; Shift

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Ash Grove family of companies is one of North America's leading cement manufacturers, with a legacy of innovation and excellence dating back to 1882. The company operates 12 world-class cement plants and a vast network of 41 terminals across the United States and Canada. Renowned for its forward-thinking approach, Ash Grove combines technical expertise, robust safety standards, and empowered talent to deliver high performance and better serve our customers.

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• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Retirement Plan
• Paid Vacation, Paid Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
• Disability Pay
• Life Insurance
• Growth Opportunities and more!

• Under general supervision and according to established polices and procedures, performs physical testing for the plant as needed and maintains physical testing equipment in the lab. Conducts laboratory tests to ensure that products meet specifications (i.e., ASTM, AASHTO). Complies with all applicable safety and environmental policies and procedures. All employees at the Leamington plant are responsible for working safely. Employees are fully expected to engage in our See Stop Do culture following all safety procedures and proactively stopping the job and reporting unsafe conditions, hazards or concerns.
• Promote and follow all plant safety guidelines.
• Understand, evaluate, and monitor hazards that may exist in laboratory.
• Perform regularly scheduled sampling and analyses as established by the laboratory, which include but are not limited to, the following tests: CO2 analysis by Eltra, fineness of coal, raw meal, kiln feed, and cement; coal ash percentage, x-ray analysis of raw materials, raw meal, kiln feed, clinker, cement, and other process samples by fused bead and/or pressed pellet; free lime of clinker and cement, loss on ignition of tower meal sample and cement.
• Monitor and change process/quality parameters (i.e. separator speed, weigh feeder settings, etc.) to keep raw meal, kiln feed, clinker, and cement within the aims established by the Quality Manager, as needed.
• Inform the Shift Supervisor of any out of specification samples or problems, as needed.
• Maintain a high level of communication between the production and quality department.
  • Assist the production department in emergency situations, as needed.
• Maintain a clean work area and assist in other housekeeping responsibilities.
• Perform breaks on cement cubes on day shifts on weekends and holidays, as needed.
• Prepares samples as needed for chemical and physical testing.
• Operates, cross checks and performs minor repairs to laboratory equipment.
• Maintains laboratory inventory of chemical solutions.
  • Maintains logs and quality analysis reports as specified.
• This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed. Employee will be required to follow all instructions of his/her supervisor and to perform other work assignments related to plant operations as requested

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. The employee will be required to follow all job instructions of his/her supervisor and to perform other work assignments related to plant operations that are not inconsistent with the current labor contract, past practices, or safety policies.

• Minimum HS Diploma or Equivalent.
• 1 yr…