Cement Technical Services Representative

Job Summary

The Cement Technical Services Representative provides quality technical service functions to CalPortland's customer base in Northern California. This individual must be highly pro-active in order to maintain and/or create cement sales opportunities with contractors, state and county public works agencies, as well as customers.

Benefits

At CalPortland, we’re proud to offer a comprehensive, competitive benefits package that provides health and financial support to our most important resources: our employees. Your benefits are an important part of your overall compensation at CalPortland. That’s why we give you a wide range of benefits to choose from. All regular full time employees may enroll in a variety of health and welfare plans including medical, dental and vision plans. Other benefits include life insurance, disability coverage, employee assistance program, and retirement program. The company also has a variety of voluntary benefits for employees to choose from.

Compensation

$80-$100k + Depending on experience.

Responsibilities

Strong technical interaction with customers and potential customers, intra-company personnel, sales, and promotional and technical associations

Become familiar with cement performance and quality, both chemically and physically at each location, where cement is produced or distributed

Communicate customer problems, needs, and future opportunities effectively with sales and operations personnel

Work with various agencies on specifications

Provide technical updates and/or training to sales and operations personnel as needed

Interact with the Central Laboratory personnel to perform customer service testing such as evaluation of their raw materials with our various cements or experimental testing of products

Interact with management regarding cement quality, new products, changes in specifications, product uses, etc.

Attend quality control meetings at cement plants and provide feedback to plant on customer quality needs/comments

Travel required as needed

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Requirements/Qualifications

3-5 years of technical services experience in the cement/concrete industry and/or construction materials industry

Ability to spontaneously discuss industry, market and product knowledge in a variety of audiences

Strong formal presentation skills

Strong organizational and time management skills

Self-motivated

Ability to influence and drive decision-making as appropriate

Strong analytical skills

Team-player both internally and externally

Mid-level skill level with Microsoft Office Software, i.e., Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Clean driving record (for last five years)

Preferred:

Experience with public entities (state, county, city governments, etc.)

Background in construction and/or manufacturing of construction products

Conditions of Employment

Successful candidate must submit to post-offer pre-employment physical examination, drug/alcohol screen, and background check. Some positions require FMCSA regulated on-going drug and alcohol testing.

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