Fordyce Concrete Co., a CRH company, has provided ready mixed concrete to the Kansas City area construction market since 1961. Our sales and management staffs collectively offer more than a century of experience. Fordyce Concrete is a union producer. With safety first, our priority is to attract, develop and retain talented employees through a culture of high performance, career building opportunities based on mutual commitment and a balanced, high quality of life.
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SUMMARY
Under general supervision and according to established policies and procedures, operates a ready-mix truck to deliver and pour concrete for customers at specified job sites. Complies with all applicable safety laws, DOT regulations, environmental laws, and other applicable laws and regulations.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- Operates a ready-mix truck by inspecting load slump, complying with Quality Control requests, driving truck to specified customer job sites, adjusting chutes, and unloading concrete from the truck in a timely manner.
- Notifies dispatcher of job status on a regular basis while away from the batch plant.
- Assists customers as needed at the job site to provide quality customer service.
- Performs daily inspection of truck prior to delivering concrete to customer job sites. Checks oil level, fuel level, tire pressure, etc. and notifies mechanic of any needed repairs. Fills the truck with fuel at the end of the shift, and cleans truck during any spare time in the shift.
- Accurately completes delivery tickets and any other required documentation. Utilizes best practices on transporting and transferring COD funds.Operates truck in a safe manner and wears required safety equipment so as to prevent accidents and comply with safety laws and regulations. Attends safety meetings as required.REQUIRED MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES
Previous driving experience with heavy mobile equipment preferred, but not required. Must maintain a valid commercial driver’s license to operate a ready-mix truck.Ability to drive and operate a ready-mix truck in a safe manner and in compliance with Department of Transportation rules and regulations. Ability to perform job responsibilities independently. Knowledge of and ability to comply with safety laws and regulations regarding the operation of a ready-mix truck. Ability to read a map and/or understand directions to customer job sites. Ability to read and understand warning labels, instructions, signs, etc. Ability to inspect fuel level, oil level and tire pressure of a ready-mix truck in an efficient and effective manner. Must be able to complete delivery tickets for customer jobs. Ability to safely and effectively operate all functions of a ready-mix truck including, but not limited to, manual transmission, brakes, clutch, gas pedal, chute, drum, truck radio and related equipment.
Work requires repetitively operation of a manual transmission, clutch, brakes and gas pedal; reading a map and understanding directions to job sites, lifting a 45 to 55 -pound chute on the ready-mix truck; climbing up onto the driver’s seat and climbing down to the ground; climbing up the truck ladder to rinse off hopper and inspect load slump and climbing down to the ground; and bending and reaching to check oil levels, fuel levels and tire pressures.