Batch Plant Operator Wilsonville Concrete

Wilsonville OR

Description

Position Summary Batch plants are the production center for ready mix concrete. Batch plant operators ensure that the plant operates safely while efficiently loading trucks with concrete that meets specifications. Essential Function • Plant Operation: Operate batch plant to minimize the time required to batch each load without compromising safety. The batch plant operator is ultimately responsible for everything that happens at the plant including plant safety and making sure that each load meets specifications at the time of loading. • Material Logistics: Communicate with aggregate and cement suppliers along with dispatch as far in advance as possible to ensure that material shortages due not slow or stop work. • Plant Maintenance: Prevent unplanned outages by conducting maintenance and promptly reporting any plant deficiencies that could pose a safety hazard or risk plant downtime. • Procedural Compliance: Follow company safety, communication and compliance procedures. Procedures include, but are not limited to, incident reporting procedures, proper use of protective equipment (hard hat, safety vest, hearing protection) along with tracking and reporting on the cement/aggregate supply. Secondary Functions: • Supplemental Duties: Assist with operating a truck, yard operations, block making or dispatch as needed. Batch plant operators may also to asked to assist with compliance requirements such as collection of water samples, monitoring fuel tank use and comparable duties. • Driver Assistance: Assist drivers with loading and providing coaching to drivers to improve job performance and batching speed by improving slumping accuracy. • Tidiness: Practice excellent housekeeping with a special focus on maintaining a clean yard and office. Ensure that trip/slip and other hazards are mininied at each facility. • Communication: Communicate with both internal and external stakeholders including vendors, customers, WCP supervisor and WCP dispatcher among others. • Attendance: Maintains punctual, regular and predictable attendance. Qualifications: • Previous ready mix concrete experience such as driving a concrete mixer truck or dispatching ready mix concrete. • Sufficient math, forecasting and communication skills to manage inventory and communicate needs to prevent outages due to insufficient material availability. • Demonstrated leadership ability including giving effective performance feedback and encouragement to drivers. • Demonstrated safety record including consistent compliance with incident reporting and safety investigation procedures. • Ability to communicate effective and professionally with customers, employees and all other contacts. Job Conditions / Physical Demand: • Ability to use computer keyboard and mouse • Ability to work in confined places • Ability climb ladders and work at heights to inspect silos and facilities • Ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions • Ability to work over 40 hours per week especially during peak times • Ability to work Monday through Saturday and an occasional Sunday if requested • Ability to sit for extended periods of time • Ability to lift and/or push 20 to 40 lbs. occasionally • Must be able to hear and communicate with others including radio and phone use • Must be able to view, read and complete paperwork and view computer screen • Ability to stand, walk, climb, stoop, and kneel frequently • Must be able to write, grip levers/controls, and use radio on a regular basis • Physically able to climb plant facilities through use of ladders and gangways to access and maintain plant facilities SAFETY – The First Priority Protecting your safety and the safety of everyone around you is the most essential job duty of every WCP employee. You have the right to stop work at any time if unsafe conditions exist and have the duty to immediately report unsafe conditions or injuries. Following company safety procedures laid out in the company safety handbook and the employee handbook are requirements of every WCP position. SERVICE – A Winning Professional Team It is an essential job duty of every WCP team member to be a service-oriented and professional team-player. Our standards and policies around these values are elaborated in the employee handbook. These values mean that your contribution is not limited to the assigned responsibilities in this job description and that we expect you to perform other duties as assigned in order to serve our customers how, where and when necessary. Benefits + Pay Employer paid health insurance, retirement plan with matching contributions from the company. $26.00p/h — $30.00p/h with Ready Mix Batching experience preferred. CDL not necessary, but preferred.