Job Summary The Cement Technical Services Representative provides quality technical service functions to CalPortland's customer base in Southern California, Arizona, and Southern Nevada. 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, were 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. Thats 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 $80K - $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 in CA, AZ, and NV
Education Bachelor's degree preferred
Requirements/Qualifications - 7-10 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.