Ready Mix Concrete Driver - Auburn Concrete
Auburn, ME 04210
About the Job
Job Description:
Primarily responsible for your own safety and the safe operation of your assigned vehicle in the transportation of ready mixed concrete from a batch plant to customer job sites. Is also responsible for inspecting, servicing and cleaning the truck. Timely and accurate completion of necessary paperwork is expected. Must further be able to read driving maps and follow
driving directions.
driving directions.
- Maintain daily vehicle inspections and reports (time sheets, miles, hours, etc) assuring that each vehicle is safe and well maintained
- Deliver quality product to the best of the Driver’s ability (Includes mixing load, adding chemicals, etc)
- Be able to estimate consistency in slump values
- Notify the Dispatcher of job site information and conditions (i.e., delays, test results, etc)
- Maintain the appearance of the mixer truck
- Load, unload and secure as needed
- Maintain radio contact with dispatch for scheduling changes
- Wash down truck to clean off excess concrete on truck and mixer before returning
- Prepare, receive and provide appropriate documentation
- Maintain the highest standard of safety and quality in all aspects of the job
- Other duties as assigned by supervisor (including but not limited to general maintenance and yard work)
Qualifications:
- Current/valid Maine driver’s license (CDL-Class B)
- Satisfactory driving and criminal records
- Must pass a pre-employment and random drug screens
- Ability to speak, understand, read and write English
- Minimum age of 18 with driving school cert. 21 with two years driving experience.
Pay & Benefits:
- Competitive pay for the market served (Hourly with overtime paid after 40hrs)
- Health Insurance – Affordable and flexible with ability to add dependents at your own cost
- Accidental Life & STD, Dental & Vision insurance – Voluntary insurances available to full-time employees at their own cost
- 401(k) Savings Plan – Pre-tax savings plan features $1 for $1 company match up to 5%
- Paid Holidays – 6 paid holidays each year; New Years, Memorial, 4th of July, Labor, Thanksgiving & Christmas
- Paid Vacation – 80 hours of PTO accrued weekly
While this is just a summary of some of our benefits, details of these and others will be discussed with you if you are offered employment with Auburn Concrete.
Tasks Associated with Concrete Mixer Truck Driver
As stated on the opposite side a Concrete Mixer Truck Driver’s primary responsibility is to safely transport ready mixed concrete from a batch plant to customer job sites. As part of that responsibility the driver must possess the ability to perform the following:
- Climb ladder to check load (before adding water)
- Climb step to fill water tank
- Climb ladder to add admixtures; Calcium Chloride (50lb bags), Super (Approx 35lb pail), etc.
- Attach extension chutes; lug three chutes each weighing approximately 30lb to rear of truck at attach
- Safely navigate “off road” job sites (residential foundations, commercial flatwork, etc) - particularly backing up
- Fill waste concrete blocks with “waste” concrete without assistance or supervision
- Strip and reset waste concrete block forms when time permits (waiting to get loaded in a.m.)
- Grease trucks (training provided upon request)
- Enter mixer drum (with supervision) to perform cleaning and/or maintenance
- Fueling truck up every night (without exception)
- Knowledge of roadways in Central, Coastal and Southern Maine with ability to take and understand directions
Normal Working Hours:
6:00am to 5:00pm Monday through Friday
6:00am to Noon Saturday (April through November)
You must be able to work flexible hours since customers routinely require product delivery before and after normal business hours.
“Saturday Schedules” will be provided in March each year establishing two Saturday teams and assigning a single team to each Saturday. You are expected to work every other Saturday at a minimum. As was previously mentioned it is important to understand it may be necessary to call in all drivers on a particularly busy Saturday.
Source : Auburn Concrete