Quality Control Technician

Quality Control Technician

Salary: $51,000 – $64,000 annually

Summary: The Quality Control Technician will implement and comply with quality assurance methods and procedures to ensure products and materials are produced in accordance with specifications in a safe and efficient manner.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Quality Control Analysis:
  • Conduct tests and inspect concrete to evaluate quality or conformance to specifications
  • Sample and evaluate quality of materials related to concrete
  • Monitor equipment operation to ensure that concrete is within tolerance
  • Record inspection or test data, such as slump, air content, unit weight, temperature, or moisture content
  • Input test data into company quality control software
  • Test hardened concrete for compressive strength
  • Input strength results into company quality control software
  • Analyze, evaluate, and resolve customer concerns involving specific conditions, situations, quantities, and other influences associated with product
  • Manage and maintain quality control software for assigned area
• Production and processing:
  • Perform aggregates and batch plants tests including aggregate gradation and moisture tests for State and spec projects as required
• Communication
  
  Skills:
  
  
  • Provide information to supervisors, co-workers, and contractors via phone, e‑mail or in person
  • Effectively communicate with dispatch office to successfully ship and test concrete
• Global Responsibilities:
  • Regular attendance and physical presence at work is an essential function of this position
  • This job may require additional duties not listed above and the employee may be asked to perform those duties to meet business needs

Qualifications:

• Education/Specialized Knowledge/Professional
  
  Certifications:
  
  
  • High School Diploma or equivalent required
  • Bachelor’s degree in related field preferred
  • ACI Level 1, NICET Certified or NRMCA Short Course completion on aggregates or concrete are required
  • Valid driver’s license required
  • IDOT PCC Level I or WDOT PCCTEC I certification(s) or higher are preferred (IL South, IL North, and WI region only)
  • Knowledge of raw materials, production processes and quality control are preferred
• Experience: Experience in related field preferred
• Skills/Abilities:
  • Able to read, write, and speak English preferred
  • Able to operate a smart phone/device
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
• Working Conditions:
  • Operation within a fast‑paced environment
  • Exposed to moving mechanical parts, vehicles, heavy construction equipment, toxic or caustic chemicals, and outside weather conditions
  • Noise level is usually moderate, but can be high and requires personal hearing protection on occasion at job sites, plants and laboratories
  • Must be able to work through stressful situations while maintaining professionalism and composure
  • Local travel required
• Physical Requirements:
  • Regularly required to talk or hear; frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms
  • Occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl
  • Must be able to stand and move about job sites with uneven and unpaved ground while managing concrete delivery onsite
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus
  • Must be able to frequently bend in order to obtain samples from stockpiles or ground, climb ladders with buckets of admixtures, and push wheelbarrows of concrete
  • Must be able to operate buttons, levers, and other controls located on various equipment
  • Must be able to work long and flexible hours as necessary
  • Must be able to maneuver in and around our plants, yards and jobsites as necessary
  • Lift/Carry up to 55 pounds frequently
  • Lift up to 100 pounds occasionally

Benefits Information:

At Ozinga, we care about the well‑being of our team members both in and out of the workplace. That’s why we’re proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, financial security, and overall quality of life.

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance – Protecting your health and providing peace of mind.
• Retirement Plan Options – Helping you build a secure future.
• Voluntary…