BATCH PLANT OPERATOR

Knife River - Northern California Aggregate; The Homestead (CA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Knife River is hiring to support concrete operations in California. You will be producing and batching concrete, dispatching trucks, handling daily customer orders, and maintaining material inventories at the plant.

You’ll also handle reporting, maintenance scheduling, and issue resolution while upholding safety and a people‑first culture. The role requires a high school diploma or GED, a valid California driver’s license, and willingness to work overtime and weekends.

Qualifications

• Requires a high school diploma or GED.
• Must possess and maintain a valid California driver’s license.
• Must be available to work overtime and weekends.
• Regular attendance required.
• Excellent communication with customers and company personnel.
• Extensive knowledge of the surrounding area and company products.
• Ability to increase skills and efficiency.
• Ability to read and interpret maps.
• Perform mathematical functions for billing, volumes, quantities.
• Ability to do basic arithmetic and graph interpretation.
• Computer skills to enter orders into software.

Responsibilities

• Produce and batch in-spec concrete for area projects.
• Dispatch daily trucks for safe and timely delivery of concrete.
• Manage phones to assist concrete customers with daily orders.
• Maintain sufficient inventory of raw material to meet plant needs.
• Complete daily reporting and paperwork accurately and timely.
• Manage the preventative maintenance schedule and perform minor repairs.
• Help resolve quality or customer issues.
• Address or elevate personnel issues.
• Promote a people‑first and safe working environment.

Skills

Customer communication

Area knowledge

Map reading

Billing calculations

Basic math

Order entry software

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Order entry software

Job description

At Knife River, we take care of our team because we know it's our people who make us successful. We are one of the 10 largest construction materials producers/contractors in the Country, and we are a PEOPLE-first company. Our team members are the key to our success, and we are committed to giving them the tools, training, and time to do their jobs productively and safely each day. Our goal is to build strong teams that, in turn, build strong communities. We are also a publicly traded company on the NYSE with the ticker symbol KNF and part of the S&P MidCap 400 index.

Major Job Responsibilities

• Produce and batch in-spec concrete for area projects.
• Dispatch daily trucks for safe and timely delivery of concrete.
• Manage phones to assist concrete customers with daily orders.
• Maintain sufficient inventory of raw material to meet plant needs.
• Complete daily reporting and paperwork accurately and timely.
• Manage the preventative maintenance schedule and perform minor repairs as needed.
• Help resolve quality or customer issues.
• Address or elevate personnel issues.
• Promote a people‑first and safe working environment.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires a high school diploma or GED.
• Must possess and maintain a valid California driver’s license and qualify under KRC Safety Fleet Policy.
• Must be available to work overtime and weekends.
• Regular attendance required.
• Communicate efficiently with customers and company personnel.
• Extensive knowledge of the surrounding area and of the company products.
• Ability to take initiative to increase the quality of one’s skills to become more efficient.
• Ability to read and interpret maps.
• Perform mathematical functions pertaining to billing, volumes, quantities, etc.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute ratio, percentage, draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Computer skills to enter orders into software.

Knife River is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status or any other protected category under applicable state/federal law.

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