Batcher for Concrete Production

Joplin Concrete Company is seeking a skilled Batcher to join our team. As a key member of our production team, you will be responsible for ensuring the timely and efficient batching of ready mix concrete in accordance with all job specifications and mix designs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Batch orders in a timely and efficient manner, working closely with dispatch to adjust truck demand to meet proper delivery rates.
• Perform batching of ready-mix concrete, ensuring that proper design and job specifications are followed.
• Professionally work with dispatch to stay ahead of the planned schedule, ensuring seamless production and delivery.
• Responsible for plant maintenance and repair, inspecting equipment and facilities for mechanical problems and other malfunctions.
• Perform and record product testing on a scheduled basis, ensuring quality and consistency.
• Maintain a valid CDL and occasionally drive Ready-Mix or dump trucks as needed.
• Assist others in facility maintenance and safety tasks during slow or idle periods.

Requirements:

• Ability to take initiative to increase the quality of one's skills to become more efficient.
• Make good judgment calls when under pressure.
• Perform mathematical functions pertaining to billing, volumes, and quantities.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to communicate with drivers, loader operators, salesmen, mechanics, quality control technicians in an efficient manner to aid in production.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but involved written and oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to apply basic computer skills for batching concrete.
• Training or equivalent combination of education and experience that will provide the knowledge needed to perform the duties assigned with this position.
• Read, write and speak English.
• Ability to interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedures manuals.
• Write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to deal with constructive criticism to improve your job performance.
• Travel to a different Joplin Concrete plant to batch or help with production as needed.
• Work long hours including early morning, nights, and weekends.

Physical Requirements:

• Physical demand requires LIGHT level work:
  • Exert up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or
  • Up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or
  • A negligible amount of force constantly to move objects
• Constantly required to push / pull levers, turn steering wheel and press / release foot pedals while operating loader.
• Occasionally required to reach above shoulders and climb to get in / out of loader.
• Constantly required to sit while operating loader.
• Constantly required to hear sounds, and have clarity of near, far, and peripheral sight with depth perception.
• Requires balance and equilibrium when climbing ladder and on / off equipment.
• Continuously work in various weather conditions - hot, cold, wet, dry, humid, wind, etc.
• Occasionally walk / carry objects on varying terrain - paved, unpaved, dirt, rough terrain, etc.