Job Description
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General Summary A Ready Mix Driver is responsible for transporting freshly mixed concrete from the batching plant to construction sites. This Project offers On the Job Training Program (OJT)
Essential Job Accountabilities - Driving: Operate a ready-mix concrete truck, ensuring safe transport of concrete to various job sites.
- Communication: Maintain communication contact with the dispatch base for efficient routing.
- Maintenance: Clean, inspect, and perform minor repairs on the vehicle if needed.
- Safety: Observe all safety regulations and maintain superior public relations while on duty.
- Customer Service: Provide quality customer during deliveries. This role is crucial in our industry, ensuring timely and safe delivery of concrete for various projects.
- Maintain the equipment according to the standards set in place by the company and manufacturer's specifications.
- Other duties include loading the truck with ready mix concrete, driving the concrete to the job site and helping unload the mixed concrete.
Work Experience - Valid commercial drivers license (CDL) with clean driving record.
- Previous experience operating a cement truck or similar (heavy equipment preferred).
- Knowledge of concrete mixing an pouring techniques is a plus.
- Strong communication and teamwork skills.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities - Knowledge with DOT regulations.
- Ability to navigate uneven and rough terrain safely.
- Ability to recognize hazardous conditions.
- Ability to work, day, swing, and night shifts (occasionally extended hours).
- Ability to work in constant exposure to outside elements, in all weather conditions.
- Ability to work in safety sensitive construction setting, including exposure to moving machinery and heavy equipment.
- Ability to work collaboratively with a team in a fast-paced and complex environment.
- Ability to squat, crawl, and work in awkward positions/confined spaces.
Physical Demands - Physical dexterity, stamina, and excellent hand-eye coordination with ability to: grasp, assemble, and lift objects, stand, sit, and walk for extended periods over uneven surfaces, squat, bend, climb ladders onto equipment or other objects, and potentially lie down.
- Lifting, pushing, pulling of heavy items weighing up to 50 lbs. or more.
Additional Requirements/Skills - Comply, understand, and support corporate safety initiatives to ensure a safe work environment.
- Ability and willingness to abide by Granite's Code of Conduct daily.
About Granite Construction Granite Construction Incorporated is a member of the S&P 400 Index and is the parent company of Granite Construction Company, one of the nation's largest heavy civil contractors and construction materials producers. Granite Construction is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities, and a Drug Free Workplace. For additional information on applicant/employee rights please click here.
About Granite Construction Incorporated Granite Construction Incorporated is a member of the S&P 400 Index and is the parent company of Granite Construction Company, one of the nation's largest heavy civil contractors and construction materials producers. Granite is a Drug-Free Workplace and Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.
For additional information on applicant/employee rights please click here.
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