Technical Services Field Testing Technician

Job ID: 528506

Texas Materials, A CRH company, is a leading supplier of aggregates, asphalt, ready mixed concrete, and paving and construction services in Texas.

Our focus is to provide quality products and reliable customer service with a safety-first mindset.

We consider our employees our greatest strength and we make it our priority to invest in their development and well-being.

When you work for Texas Materials, you are helping to support and build the infrastructure of Texas.

Position Overview

Provide inspection, testing services, and documentation for ready-mix plant facilities.

Develop and maintain relationships with key customers, facility managers, DOT personnel, and State, County, and Municipal personnel.

Develop and maintain relationships with material suppliers.

The Technical Services Field Testing Technician will assist the company in elevating the customers' perception and general quality of our mix designs, eliminating lost loads, generating backup data necessary for mix optimization and overseeing the inspection process of DOT jobs.

Key Responsibilities (Essential Duties and Functions)

• Promote a safety attitude, contribute to the safe operation of the department, and maintain a safe, clean work area.

• Use accepted methods to inspect, sample, and test materials for quality control.

• Sample and test mixtures to comply with contract specifications and quality control tolerance.

• Follow quality control plans and guidelines assigned.

• Responsible for ensuring the proper mix design, scale weights and water demand of mix designs at batch plants.

• Performs physical tests on ready-mix concrete at the plant, such as slump, entrained air, unit weight, yield, time of setting, and compressive strength.

• At the point of delivery, spot checks sample physical properties as above and discusses necessary adjustments in batch weights with the Manager, plus observes workability, finish ability, and contractor's use or misuse of the product.

• Performs on-site surveys of fleets and facilities producing products to be able to identify delivery problems and recommend solutions.

• Performs physical tests on ready-mix concrete aggregates, such as gradations, decants, sand equivalency, specific gravity and density, and absorption.

• Monitor and test process functions and materials daily to ensure our products meet or exceed the requirements of the appropriate agency or customer.

• Prepare and record accurate information; maintain test results database.

/ Keeps a written daily log of activities and observations.

• Obtain required certifications in a timely manner.

• Maintain all laboratory equipment, keeping track of all certification paperwork on lab scales and other equipment that requires annual re-certification.

• Follow directions of manager as to daily tasks and expectations for each specific duty.

• Ensure a safe work environment in compliance with all safety policies and procedures using th...