Ready Mix Drivers (Concrete Delivery Professionals)

Summary

Manatts Concrete Delivery Professionals (CDPs) are committed to safely doing everything we do better than anyone else. Manatts CDPs act as the standard bearer for Manatts values mission purpose and vision. Manatts CDPs are accountable for the customer experiencecreating and maintaining positive relationships with customers meeting the quality and service expectations of our customers to the smallest details and ensuring Manatts Ready Mix is the first choice for our customers and potential customers. Manatts CDPs are accountable for the performance and operation of the ready-mix truck including its condition and cleanliness.

Essential Responsibilities

The requirements represent the knowledge skill and/or ability required to fulfill position expectations. This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other duties as needed to meet the organizations ongoing needs. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Additional or other duties may be assigned.

• Serves as a standard bearer for Manatts mission to safely do everything we do better than anyone else and purpose of building legacies through standards of excellence.
• Promotes lives and exemplifies Manatts values: Family Excellence and Human Potential.
• Supports adheres to and vocalizes company safety standards and policies ensuring they and everyone they interact with goes home in the same condition they came to work.
• Participates in clear and regular two-way communications with everyone at facility or projects associated with facility including jobsite safety conditions and directions.
• Supports assists and encourages teammates at the plant jobsite and elsewhere to create a safe and enjoyable workplace.
• Supports and assists customers including at jobsites to create the best possible customer experience and ensure Manatts is the supplier of choice.

• Ensures he/she is using his/her time efficiently and effectively.
• Ensures he/she is using his/her supervisors dispatch and managements time appropriately.
• Ensures he/she is using his/her peers time appropriately.
• Ensures assigned equipment meets company efficiency safety and excellence standards.
• Ensures proper servicing and maintenance for assigned equipment using pre and post trip inspections through coordination with management shop maintenance personnel and Operations to uphold Manatts standards.
• Ensures ready mix truck is in compliance with state and federal regulations including maintenance of pre and post trip inspection reports drum certification and current registration and insurance card and performs preventative maintenance service and minor repairs on truck.
• Positions truck to receive materials that may include course and fine aggregates cement chemical admixtures and water.
• Understands proper ticket information such as: mix product load size targeted slump and route/jobsite directions.
• Visually inspects every load to ensure the quality adheres to Manatts standard of excellence and maintains accountability for desired characteristics of hydraulic concrete until delivery completed.
• Assembles and disassembles chutes.
• Safely positions chutes and controls the discharge process into various concrete placement units such as: wheelbarrow conveyer pump or direct pour into designated form.
• Ensures that all documentation has been properly noted including on a tablet or such other program as necessary such as water adjustments test results customer signature and any procedures used that could jeopardize the quality of Manatts product.
• Safely cleans mixer drum hopper and chutes including post-delivery by using handheld scraper onboard water and water hose to ensure the truck always represents a high standard of excellence. Cleans inside of mixer drum as needed to prevent excessive build-up of hardened concrete.
• Operates in a safe manner and abides with traffic laws rules and regulations of State and Federal Departments of Transportation laws governing hazardous materials and placards Occupational Safety and Health Administration rules and regulations and company rules/safety directives.
• Operates loader and other ready-mix equipment as needed.

• Commits to continuous personal improvements on the path towards being best self.
• Listens and coordinates with team members and available resources to ensure all can be their best self analyzes and resolves work obstacles and assists in solving problems.
• Participates with management to set and adhere to personal goals in line with Manatts core values.
• Assists and encourages all team members on their journey of continuous growth.
• Open minded and willingness to adapt to the technological changes in an evolving industry.
• Provides customer feedback and their own personal observations of the delivery process in a constructive manner with the goal of improving the customer experience.
• Positively represents and promotes Manatts at jobsites and elsewhere to customers potential customers and potential team members.
• All other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three years customer service-related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Knowledge Skills and Ability

• Mechanical inclined to learn functions of ready-mix truck components including electrical pneumatics compressed air water systems and computerized mixer controls.

Language Skills

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules batching and dispatching programs operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or team members.

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to add subtract multiply and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers common fractions and decimals. Ability to compute rate ratio and percentages to develop and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written oral or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Certificates Licenses Registrations

• Valid Class A or B CDL with airbrakes endorsement. Current IDOT Physical required.

Other Qualifications

• Acceptable driving record

• Excellent work ethic.

• Ability to work seasonally. Typically April - November but could be called in during the winter for work as weather allows.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to listen. The employee frequently is required to stand; use hands to finger handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to walk; sit; climb or balance; and stoop kneel crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 60 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision distance vision peripheral vision depth perception and ability to adjust focus.