Ready Mix Batch Operator Jobs in Kansas (NOW HIRING)

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Hess Services, Inc. is seeking a dependable Ready Mix Driver to safely deliver concrete to job sites while maintaining high standards of quality and customer service. This role is critical to keeping projects on schedule and ensuring safe, efficient deliveries. If you take pride in safe driving, attention to detail, and want steady work with opportunities to grow, this is the role for you.

We believe great work starts with taking care of our people. Hess Services offers a strong total rewards package, including:

• Company-paid health and dental insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Stable, full-time employment
• Room for growth and advancement within a growing organization

Job Purpose: The primary responsibility of this position is to ensure the timely and accurate delivery of concrete to our customer's satisfaction. The Ready-Mix driver will operate equipment in conjunction with delivery during the process of loading and discharging concrete. This position also serves as a quality insurance technician who has the ability to adjust the product to meet customer needs and ensure high quality of product upon delivery. The Ready-Mix driver will have a high level of customer service to fulfill needs for the customers and a salesman to continue to generate business.

Essential Functions include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

1. Inspects the Ready-Mix truck pre and post-delivery and documents any irregularities, dysfunctional parts and systems and reports issues to the correct personnel.
2. Communicates and collaborates with the Concrete Plant Operator to receive delivery and route instructions for customer deliveries.
3. Safely and accurately loads the Ready-Mix truck with correct materials for customer delivery. Ensures continued quality of materials between deliveries.
4. Effectively fills the water tank on the Ready-Mix truck when needed.
5. Ensures timely delivery of materials to customer location and inspects job site for any discrepancies with past delivered products.
6. Efficiently works with customers on site and obtains vehicle access for unloading of products.
7. Inspects and maintains cleanliness of Ready-Mix truck. Removes and disposes of any leaked material on trucks in the appropriate designated area.
8. Assists with regular cleaning of Batch Plant and maintains cleanliness of all designated areas.
9. Operates machine loader and safely loads materials into truck to prepare for delivery.
10. Perform additional duties as needed.

Requirements

Qualifications and Requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. High school diploma or equivalent required.
2. Valid CDL Class A or B license and clean driving history required.
3. Must be able to effectively communicate writing and or verbal to customers and co-workers.
4. Ability to read, interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
5. Experience accurately reading and recording measurements using calipers, micrometers, and other measuring tools including a tape measure.
6. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
7. Able to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization. Must be able to read, write and speak English.
8. Must be able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
9. Ability to manage time effectively and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines.
10. Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
11. Ability to use hand and power tools.
12. Strong skills in Microsoft Office products.
13. Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times.

Physical Demands and Work Environment: The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, bend, kneel, climb stairs and walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds for men or 30 pounds for women. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Subject to heights.
2. The work environment is usually a shop or outdoor setting with frequent exposure to outside elements. The employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, caustic chemicals and vibration. Additionally, may be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, and high precarious places. The noise level in the work environment is frequently moderate to high.
3. Must comply with PPE and safety policies and procedures.

Hess Services, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Hess Services, Inc. is a drug-free workplace. Employment may be contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen and compliance with company substance abuse policies.

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