Asphalt QC Technician

00002 Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.; Minnesota; On-site; USD 39,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. is seeking Asphalt Quality Control Technicians for its metro area asphalt plants. This full-time seasonal role is unionized under IUOE Local 49 and requires traveling between sites. Candidates with experience preferred, but training is available.

The role involves sampling and testing asphalt and aggregates, analyzing data, calibrating and maintaining equipment, and ensuring materials stay within specification. Night/weekend shifts and overtime may apply.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Valid, unrestricted driver’s license with clean driving record.
• Strong computer and organizational skills.
• Willing to travel to various plant locations on a day-to-day basis.
• Desire for hands-on work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Sampling and testing of Asphalt mixtures as well as aggregate products.
• Analyzing test data and record and report results.
• Calibrate, clean, and maintain production tools and testing equipment.
• Understanding the process of keeping materials in specification.
• Communicating with production staff and direct supervisor.

Skills

Strong computer and organizational

Willing to travel

Hands-on work

Safety awareness

Analytical thinking

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Martin Marietta is looking for applicants for Asphalt Quality Control Technicians. This position offers the opportunity to work with your hands and get outdoors. Candidates with experience are preferred, but if you are willing to learn, we are willing to teach! This is a seasonal union role, and membership in the IUOE Local 49 is required. We are looking for candidates to work at our various metro area asphalt plants.

Essential Functions

• Sampling and testing of Asphalt mixtures as well as aggregate products.
• Analyzing test data and record and report results.
• Calibrate, clean, and maintain production tools and testing equipment.
• Understanding the process of keeping materials in specification.
• Communicating with production staff and direct supervisor.

Competency

• Safety Acumen
• Communication
• Motivation
• Critical Thinking
• Analytical Skills
• Problem-Solving
• Teamwork
• Work Environment

Work Environment

This position operates 80% of the time in a laboratory environment, 20% outdoors.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to feel, or handle objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, bend, crouch or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee must frequently lift or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time seasonal position that regularly requires long hours, regularly exceeding 40+ hours per week. Night and weekend work is a possibility. Overtime and night work shift differentials apply. This job will require travel to multiple sites. There will be times when outside assignments may require periods of work in all weather conditions-heat, cold, wet, or dry. May have exposure to dust, sand, gravel, diesel exhaust, etc.

Required Education and Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Valid, unrestricted driver’s license with clean driving record
• Strong computer and organizational skills
• Willing to travel to various plant locations on a day-to-day basis
• Desire for hands on work in a fast-paced environment

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

• MNDOT Aggregate Production Certification, or ability to obtain within 12 months
• MNDOT Bituminous Plant 1 Certification, or ability to obtain within 12 months

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

We are excited to share the base salary rate for this position is $28.42 - $38.57.

Conditions and terms of employment and benefits are in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement for the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 49.

This is a safety-sensitive role and Martin Marietta will continue to require drug testing that does include testing for cannabis/THC.

Every member of our ONE Martin Marietta team is driven by our shared values of safety, integrity, excellence, community and stewardship.

We are a member of the S&P 500 Index and a leading supplier of aggregates and heavy building materials.

Through a network of operations spanning 29 states, Canada and the Bahamas, our teammates supply the foundational resources on which our communities thrive and grow.

Our Specialties business provides high-purity magnesia and dolomitic lime products used worldwide in environmental, industrial, agricultural and specialty applications.

In a world that's focused on the power of many, we believe in the power of ONE – the magic of bringing together our unique perspectives, experiences and talents to evolve a shared vision and future.

Our backgrounds may vary, but our voices come together in support of the same goals.

We want to build legacies for ourselves and our loved ones, strengthen our communities and safely and responsibly engage in work we know will make a difference.