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Build Your Life with a Concrete Career! Active Producer Member Job Postings

Concrete Ontario wants to assist Active (Producer) Members in bringing attention to career postings or upcoming career fairs within their company. This page facilitates contact between Active (Producer) Member employers and career seekers, career changers, students or anyone who is interested in pursuing a rewarding career in ready-mixed concrete. Build Your Life with a Concrete Career!

Licensed Truck and Heavy Equipment Technician (310T)

Reporting to the Maintenance Supervisor, the 310T Truck and Coach Technician will ensure all routine and non routine vehicle and equipment inspections, repairs and maintenance are successfully completed.

Company: The Miller Group Region / Location(s): Ontario Closing Date: 31/03/2024 [email protected] Apply By Phone (647) 207-5915

Hamilton Ontario – Ready Mix Truck Driver

Are you ready to contribute to and enjoy a rewarding Concrete Delivery Professional career with this industry-leading team? Check out the full job description attached for position details, what’s required (and what’s not!), responsibilities, rewards and WHY you should choose LAFARGE CONCRETE.

RMX DRIVER Job Posting - Hamilton Company: Lafarge Canada Inc Region / Location(s): Hamilton Ontario Closing Date: 31/03/2024 [email protected] Apply By Phone (289) 440-2753

Ready-Mix Plant Maintenance Worker

Tomlinson Ready Mix is seeking to hire a Plant Maintenance Labourer for our plant in Stittsville, just outside of Ottawa, ON.

This position will require working Monday – Friday from 7:00AM to 5:00PM. This person may also be required to work nights and weekends depending on required repairs.

Company: R.W. Tomlinson Limited Region / Location(s): Ottawa, ON Closing Date: 01/03/2024 [email protected] Apply By Phone (613) 690-3042

310T & 421A Truck Mechanics/Apprentices

Duties & Responsibilities include:
Perform inspections, diagnostic tests, troubleshooting and general vehicle repair
Perform preventative maintenance services and maintenance related work as required
Conduct safety checks on vehicles and equipment
Perform service calls for emergency breakdowns

Company: Innocon Region / Location(s): GTA - Downtown Closing Date: 30/03/2024 [email protected]

Ready Mix Truck Driver

Duties:
Perform pre-trip inspections and other health and safety procedures
Deliver and unload concrete to customer sites
Be professional with customers/contractors
Operate trucks in a safe and consistent manner

Company: Canada Building Materials - CBM Region / Location(s): GTA Closing Date: 01/01/2024 [email protected]

#WomenAreWelcome & Loving their @Concrete_Careers

“Concrete is a fascinating business because it is a live product. It’s tough but the people here are the best coworkers anyone could ask for. It’s an industry that thrives on teamwork and I think that’s why we love it. I hope to see more women join us in the future because it’s a place to grow and challenge yourself.”

Emma Paulson Emma Portable Operations Manager, Miller Concrete

“I started on September 12, 2012, as a Ready-Mix Driver. In 2014 I became a Plant Operator, in 2016 I joined the Quality Control team as a Technical Services Representative and lastly in 2018 I took on the role of Driver/Production Supervisor for the Waterford, Tillsonburg, Aylmer, and London locations. I enjoy coming to work everyday and being part of an ever growing/changing industry.”

kristinhill2 Kristin Driver/Production Supervisor, Dufferin Concrete a division of CRH Canada

“Being part of an all female-led team to organize and run driver job fairs. While we had other supervisors there to help be part of the process with screening and interviewing, it was an event where women were all the initial faces to be seen in such a predominantly male environment!”

1201652984512217.fP7t09OIojSFnxIYQ8pr_height640 Alanna Metro Region Scheduler, Dufferin Concrete

“The moment that has meant the most to me in this industry was when I became the first female sales rep for CBM. It was a groundbreaking forward-thinking decision that CBM made to put a woman on the road selling concrete. The concrete industry was predominately men and I was faced with the challenge of changing the mindset of women in concrete. The challenge was accepted!”

1201652984512221.tp7Ob9W6zqI9cNM3tKuu_height640 Cathy Sales Rep, St. Marys CBM

“I’m happy to have continuous support from my Foreman and Manager, it goes a long way! Working for Tomlinson made me realize how much I enjoy working in construction.”

1201652984512223.G9nU9ClDkCOhql1Qd6zH_height640 Mckenzie Driver, Tomlinson Ready Mix

“I’ve really enjoyed all the positive interactions I’ve had with crews and Ready-Mix drivers. The company I work for has been great at making me feel welcome in the concrete industry. This is what I see myself doing for the rest of my work life!”

1201652984512219.ygBH4VJWyT6HJZ1Uj0TN_height640 Cassidy Dispatch & Quality Control, Lavis Concrete

“I thought it would be a big transition from being a stay-at-home mom to becoming a working mom. However, I do want to say that I  am truly blessed to be working such a great and supportive team that has made me feel so welcome and successful in their working family, and honestly, I look forward to each and every working day.”

1201652984512225.bO3K7aZ1PlzdHkdO0iVw_height640 Nichole Customer Service Rep, Dufferin Concrete

“Samantha Joined our Health & Safety Team and immediately got to work ensuring we improved the health and safety for all our Ready-Mix drivers. We joined the WSIB’s Safety Group Program and when we were chosen for the WSIB audit we passed with the perfect score!”

samantha-headshot Samantha Health & Safety Coordinator, The Sarjeant Company LTD

“Contributing to the building of a safety culture with a third party aggregate hauler, over a period of 15yrs at one of our mining operations in Northern Ontario. The building of this safety culture as a team resulted in the significant contribution to the site’s safety record, leading to zero to lost time incidents.”

trisha-headshot Trisha Operations Speciallist - Northern oNTARIO, Lafarge Canada Inc.

Build Your Life - Become a Concrete Delivery Professional (CDP)

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Benefits

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Essential, Local
& Home Every Night

Construction & Concrete is essential. Ready-mix concrete has a shelf-life of approximately 2 hours, meaning it must be delivered locally. This means you get to do essential work locally in your community. CDPs can expect to be home every night allowing for a crucial work/life balance!

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Great Pay & Benefits

Full time day shift schedules, health insurance plans, paid vacations, safety bonuses, and retirement plans are some of the benefits offered in the industry. As seniority levels are achieved, the rewards are drastically increased.

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Pride in Project Completion

CDPs help to build cities and can feel a proud sense of accomplishment as projects are completed. Being part of a project from beginning to the end is a memorable experience and few are able to say “I helped to build that”. It is wonderfully Rewarding work building your community and being Part of Local & Exciting Projects.

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More than a Driver

Starting off as a CDP, one will quickly evolve into a product expert. Concrete is a very unique and versatile product and dealing with its many performance characteristics every day will help to mould drivers into technical staff. The on-site experience is invaluable for a company and CDPs are at the forefront of ensuring a quality product. As a Concrete Delivery Professional, you are a respected, valued, and critical part of your plant team.

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No Crazy Quotas

Are you driving in an industry with intense daily delivery expectations? CDPs deliver on average 3 to 6 loads per full working day with a nice balance of time at the plant, at job sites, and behind the wheel.

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An Industry That Cares

The ready-mixed concrete industry cares about Safety, People, Community & The Planet and actively takes action to contribute to all of these. #SafetyMatters #CampOoch

Learn more in the Frequently Asked Questions.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • How much will I be paid? Will I get over time? What are the benefits?

    Concrete Delivery Professionals make a great living in Ontario.

    Not only are base rates very competitive, the TOTAL COMPENSATION packages are often extremely attractive.

    Many hiring producers are committed to support their teams both in planning for now and planning for the future. There are great benefit packages available that include medical, dental, pension, retirement savings top ups, and others.

    Full-time Concrete Deliver Professionals earn a very good living. Base pay and hours typically increase with seniority, and there is steady overtime available. This is before considerations for the true financial value of the great benefits offered by many hiring producers including medical, pension, retirement savings, vacation pay, training, and other benefits, considered in the “Total Comp Wage”* examples below.

    Base Hourly rates and Total Compensation packages vary by geography and by hiring producer, but here’s some general ideas to help you understand what might be available to you when you choose to #BuildYourLife with a rewarding career as a Concrete Deliver Professional:

    Geography Base Wage Total Comp Wage*
    Major urban
    (Toronto, Ottawa)
    $27 – $31 / hour Up to $45 / hour
    Suburban
    (Barrie, KW, London, Kingston)
    $25 – $31 / hour Up to $45 / hour
    Rural Varies by location – ask hiring producer Varies by location – ask hiring producer

    Overtime rules vary by producer. Some examples may be:

    • OT over 44 hours
    • Bonus for hours on Sundays
  • What is the process for obtaining an AZ or DZ license in the province of Ontario?

    The step-by-step process to obtain your AZ or DZ license is detailed here:

    https://drivetest.ca/licences/drivers-licences-commercial.html

    And scroll down to the section: Process for Obtaining a Commercial Vehicle Driver’s License.

    Of special note – remember the “Z” to be able to drive a ready-mixed concrete truck.

    When you book – you may book your Z endorsement on the same day as your commercial road test by selecting a combination test (i.e., AZ, DZ, etc.).

  • What companies employ drivers?

    The ready-mixed concrete industry is a dynamic vibrant industry in all corners of Ontario.

    In fact, the career of driving a ready-mixed concrete truck gives you a skill set that you could get employment almost anywhere in the province.

    Locations of Concrete Ontario member plants can be easily seen here: https://www.rmcao.org/active-members/

    All of these companies employ drivers. To see who’s hiring, you can look on:

    a. Concrete Ontario’s career board: https://www.rmcao.org/careers/

    b. Individual member company’s websites.

    c. Give the plant a call. Concrete is a growing and dynamic place to work and many companies are looking for the next great CDP addition to their teams.

  • What about the Concrete Industry makes it “An Industry that Cares”?

    The Concrete Industry is truly an industry that cares. Among other things, our members care about Safety, about Community, and about the Planet.

    #SafetyMatters –

    The Ontario Construction and Concrete Industries are very committed to safety. In fact the Concrete Ontario Association and its members truly believe that #SafetyMatters and the job isn’t done until all employees make it home safely every night. This means committed to your safety as a Concrete Delivery Professional and committed to the safety of other construction professionals and public around you. There are great details on this in the FAQ “What are the safety standards in the industry?”

    The Concrete industry also provides leadership on safety through the construction industry through its voice at Concrete Ontario. Examples of Concrete-industry driven safety best practices can be found here: https://www.rmcao.org/publications/safety/ and also www.passtruckssafely.ca

    #Camp Ooch & community-giving –
    Childhood cancer changes lives. So does camp. Camp Ooch & Camp Trillium (merged in 2020) is a privately funded charity that brings laughter and joy to kids and families affected by childhood cancer. Year-round community, in-hospital and overnight camp programs deliver fun, friendship and a sense of community at any stage of a childhood cancer journey.
    The ready-mixed concrete industry has been supporting Camp Oochigeas for over 37 years, with an incredible $820,000 donated over that time.

    Even through the intense times of CoVID, our members have risen to the challenge and put community first. Whether it was continued support of Camp Oochigeas, donations of N95 masks to their local hospitals, supporting locations for CoVID vaccination clinics, extra donations to the food banks to those in need, or continued support of the MANY local charities to whom individual members offer support each and every year, don’t hesitate to ask your hiring producer member how they support their local community. They all will have great inspiring stories to tell.

    #ConcreteFuture –

    The Global Cement & Concrete industries have made transparent commitments to NetZero concrete by 2050. While other heavy or building material industries may be avoiding and/or denying this topic, we’re proud to be part of not only a global industry that has a committed path to a better planet, but also a Canadian Cement & Concrete industry who additionally has made a notable 2030 ambition for reduction of CO2 as well. We’re proud of our industry. Transparent. Committed. Resilient. Sustainable.

  • Why should I take the risk and switch jobs?

    On top of the attractive compensation described in another FAQ answer, being a Concrete Delivery Professional comes with some pretty great intangible benefits that are all about how you feel going home at the end of a rewarding day’s work:

    • Direct involvement with the major construction projects in your community ~ it’s a pretty great sense of pride to be involved with building important, landmark projects around you
    • Learning, Growing, Never getting bored ~ allows for the expansion of your technical knowledge regarding construction and provides you with additional skills outside of driving a commercial motor vehicle
    • The ability to positively interact and support the efforts of the local contractors in your community
    • You work and collaborate with a great plant team every day
    • Driving is typically limited to a 60-minute driving radius around the concrete plant out of which you are working.
    • You have a healthy balance of time behind the wheel, at the plant, and at construction sites.
    • Home every night
    • No need to own your own equipment – takes a ton of risk & worry off your shoulders
    • No unrealistic or unsafe delivery quotas ~ this industry has best practices and policies that put safety first cause #SafetyMatters
  • What is the work life balance?

    Ready-mix concrete has a shelf-life of approximately 2 hours, meaning it must be delivered locally. Concrete Delivery Professionals can expect to be home every night allowing for a crucial work/life balance. Hours in the “busy season” can be long – but bring with them opportunities for great earnings. Winter seasons – pending levels of construction activity – can be lighter, with many Concrete Delivery Professionals choosing this as a good time to take vacation time.

    Speak to your hiring producer about this topic if of importance. Some producers have policies around closing for certain holidays / long weekends / etc to support work-life balance for their employees.

  • What sort of physical requirements are involved in being a Concrete Delivery Professional day-to-day?

    Day-to-Day you might expect some and/or all of the following physical requirements. Please note that there is some variation based on hiring producer’s expectations, policies, and equipment:

    • Getting in and out of the cab of your vehicle unassisted both at your home plant as well as on site / delivery locations
    • Climbing up the ladder to the hopper on your truck to inspect and maintain concrete loads, and washing out after
    • Each concrete truck has up to 3 additional concrete chutes that can extend the concrete placement range of the vehicle. These chutes weigh approximately 20 kg each
    • Conduct daily circle checks of the mechanical and electrical systems on your truck to ensure safe use.
    • Accessing various types of construction sites. While site conditions can vary from paved surfaces to native soil conditions on rural sites, the construction sites must be stable enough to safely support a heavy construction vehicle and be properly graded to avoid tripping hazards as you work around the concrete truck.
  • What license is required to drive a ready-mixed concrete truck in the province of Ontario?

    In Ontario an AZ or DZ license is required to operate a ready-mixed concrete truck.

    According to DriveTest from the Ontario Government (https://drivetest.ca/licences/drivers-licences-commercial.html):

    • Class A: Any truck/tractor-trailer or combination of motor vehicle and towed vehicles where the towed vehicles exceed a total gross weight of 4,600 kilograms. Class A license holders may also drive vehicles in Classes D, G, and A with condition (R). A Class A license does not permit you to drive a bus carrying passengers, a motorcycle, or a moped.
    • Class D: Any truck or motor vehicle combination exceeding 11,000 kg, provided the towed vehicle is not over 4,600 kg. Class D license holders may also drive a vehicle in Class G. A Class D license does not permit you to drive a bus carrying passengers, a motorcycle, or a moped.
    • Z Endorsement: A Z air brake endorsement is required on a driver’s license to operate any air-brake-equipped motor vehicle. The Z endorsement can be combined with any of the class A, B, C, D, E, F, or G licenses.

Training & Development Opportunities

Concrete Ontario offers certification training courses, webinars and educational courses. All courses are led by experts and are tailored to meet the needs of the industry.

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