Company Info:

Central Iowa Ready-Mix is comprised of Concrete Supply (CSI) and Iowa State Ready Mix (ISRM). With multiple plants conveniently located throughout Western and Southwestern Iowa, the Des Moines Metro, Ames, Iowa and Omaha, Nebraska; including two portable plants for best access to job sites. Central Iowa Ready-Mix provides the best quality ready mix concrete. Utilizing newer trucks and equipment, putting safety first while hiring quality employees has helped us serve the area and grow for over 100 years. 

Job Description:

Provide customers, sales and operations staff with operational support and technical guidance through product and technical knowledge, while performing quality control duties as needed and assigned.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Daily activities can include but are not limited to…

• Visit project job sites, attend “pre-pour” meetings and attend technical and other concrete placements.
• Communicates with customers, sales, and operations to ensure internal and external customer’s needs are met.
• Provide Technical Services for customers, architects, and engineers as well as internal customers.
• Testing of Fresh Concrete properties at batch plants as required including but not limited to: Temperatures, Slumps, Airs, Unit Weights, Yield calculations, cylinders and beams.
• Adjustment of concrete mix designs at plants as needed.
• Trouble shoot problems with both plastic and hardened concrete, typically physical properties such as slump, air, work-ability, finish-ability, pump-ability, cracking, scaling, honeycombing, discoloration etc.
• Perform the duties of a CPI (Certified Plant Inspector), as well as, ACI & ASTM concrete and raw materials testing.
• Assist in training operations personnel on product quality, features and benefits
• Accurately complete all documentation and reports.

Technical and Educational Requirements:

• High school diploma, or demonstrable equivalent.
• Possess appropriate driver’s license and all applicable license endorsements. Driving record must not cause an adverse insurance risk rating or premium increase, and not have any moving violations in the previous 6-months.
• IDOT Aggregate Sampler or Aggregate Technician OR ability to obtain within one (1) year.
• IDOT PCC Technician’s 1 and 2 Certifications OR ability to obtain within one (1) year.
• ACI Field Grade I OR ability to obtain within six (6) months.
• Knowledge of the Command Alkon or similar system is greatly beneficial.
• General knowledge of the following is a plus;
  • Concrete raw-material properties and characteristics.
  • Concrete performance and properties.
  • Mix designs.
• Must have knowledge and familiarity with personal computers.
• Must accurately perform basic mathematical functions including adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, and performing area and volume computations using fractions, decimal equivalents, and whole numbers.
• Must be proficient at reading, understanding, and speaking the English language.

Must possess complete knowledge of the Company’s policies especially those pertaining to safety

Work Experience Qualifications:

• Minimum two years’ experience in construction materials testing preferred (but willing to train the appropriate individual).

Position Specific Qualifications:

• Safe work record.
• Able to communicate clearly and effectively.
• Able to engage employees, have discussions and resolve issues.
• Able to plan, coordinate, manage and follow up in all areas of responsibility.
• Work well as a team member in a team organization.
• Work effectively under time and scheduling deadlines.
• Must be flexible and respond positively to change.
• Committed to Company’s mission and goals.
• Must be professional, cooperative, positive, and courteous in manner and presentation.

 Physical Requirements: (lifting, climbing, agility, repetitions, environmental conditions, exterior or interior conditions, hand-eye coordination) 

• Must test negative on the pre-employment drug-screening test.
• Must be capable of driving vehicles in off-road conditions for extended periods.
• Does not have any allergic reactions to concrete or asphalt, its raw materials, ingredients, and additives, gasoline, diesel fuels, lubricants, solvents, or cleaning chemicals.
• Requires physical exertion, standing, walking, and/or climbing in various climates and ground conditions, including temperature extremes, rain, wind, and snow for extended lengths of time.
• Must withstand continuous exposures to wind, dust, fumes, and noxious odors.
• Must possess unrestricted mobility to twist, turn, bend, and lean in all directions, lookup, down and side to side without hesitation or discomfort.
• Except for conventional corrective aids, must possess normal eyesight, depth of perception, field of vision, normal hearing, quick reaction time, unimpaired eye-hand coordination, and manual dexterity.
• Must possess the strength, mobility, agility, and balance to ascend access ladders and steps, and to maneuver on equipment and vehicles without assistance.
• Must repetitively climb and dismount from a high vehicle cab 50-times a day.
• Must repetitively lift and carry awkwardly shaped objects weighing up to 60-pounds, 50-times a day.
• Skeletal, joint and muscle system must withstand continuous impact from driving activities. 

Conditions of Employment:

• Varied starting time, Monday through Friday with weekend and some holiday and evening work required, generally 48-52-hours per week, as required by production schedules or completion deadlines. This position is subject to Winter layoffs.
• Various plant sites as required by production schedules.
• Construction environment.
• Out-of-town assignments required.

Benefits Offered:

• Health Insurance - Two Options with Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Group Life Insurance - Lincoln Financial Group
• 401(k) Retirement Plan - Wells Fargo Financial
• Additional voluntary products are available that include, but are not limited to Dental Insurance with Delta Dental and Vision Insurance with Vision Service Plan (VSP)
• Access to our Wellness Coordinator

We are an equal opportunity employer. Qualified minorities, women, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.