Quality Control Specialist (Shift)

Job ID: 529743

Reports to: Quality Manager

About the role

Ash Grove family of companies is one of North America's leading cement manufacturers, with a legacy of innovation and excellence dating back to 1882. The company operates 12 world-class cement plants and a vast network of 41 terminals across the United States and Canada. Renowned for its forward-thinking approach, Ash Grove combines technical expertise, robust safety standards, and empowered talent to deliver high performance and better serve our customers. At Ash Grove, we stand together to reinvent the way our world is built.

Responsibilities

• Perform physical testing for the plant as needed and maintain physical testing equipment in the lab.
• Conduct laboratory tests to ensure that products meet specifications (i.e., ASTM, AASHTO).
• Comply with all applicable safety and environmental policies and procedures.
• Engage in the See Stop Do culture: follow safety procedures, proactively stop the job and report unsafe conditions, hazards or concerns.
• Promote and follow all plant safety guidelines.
• Understand, evaluate, and monitor hazards that may exist in the laboratory.
• Perform regularly scheduled sampling and analyses as established by the laboratory, including but not limited to: CO2 analysis by Eltra, fineness of coal, raw meal, kiln feed, and cement; coal ash percentage, x-ray analysis of raw materials, raw meal, kiln feed, clinker, cement, and other process samples by fused bead and/or pressed pellet; free lime of clinker and cement, loss on ignition of tower meal sample and cement.
• Monitor and change process/quality parameters (e.g., separator speed, weigh feeder settings) to keep raw meal, kiln feed, clinker, and cement within the aims established by the Quality Manager, as needed.
• Inform the Shift Supervisor of any out‑of‑specification samples or problems, as needed.
• Maintain a high level of communication between the production and quality departments.
• Assist the production department in emergency situations, as needed.
• Maintain a clean work area and assist in other housekeeping responsibilities.
• Perform breaks on cement cubes on day shifts on weekends and holidays, as needed.
• Prepare samples as needed for chemical and physical testing.
• Operate, cross‑check and perform minor repairs to laboratory equipment.
• Maintain laboratory inventory of chemical solutions.
• Maintain logs and quality analysis reports as specified.

Requirements

• Minimum HS Diploma or Equivalent.
• 1 year experience preferred performing relevant tests in a cement laboratory environment.
• Proficient in English written and verbal communication skills.
• Understand