AutoReqId: 20676BR
Pay Class: Salaried Exempt
Minimum Pay Rate: $69,710.00
Maximum Pay Rate: $95,855.00
Department: Sales
Line of Business: Cement Sales
Position Type: Full-Time
Job Posting:
Heidelberg Materials is seeking a Technical Sales Trainee to join our team in Nazareth, PA. This is an excellent opportunity to join an industry leader in a sustainable business and apply the skills you have learned in the classroom to a heavy manufacturing environment.
Heidelberg Materials provides the materials to build our future. Our future is sustainable. Our future is digital. And it goes beyond cement, aggregates and ready-mixed concrete. Heidelberg Materials North America, previously known as Lehigh Hanson, operates more than 450 locations with approximately 9,000 employees in the U.S. and Canada.
We have a long-standing program for recent college graduates that will build the foundation for your career in our organization.
WHAT YOU'LL GET TO DO:
- Provide laboratory technical and engineering support to customers, sales representatives, contractors, and architects
- Run regular and advanced tests on concrete.
- Learn to run tests on Iso thermal calorimeter and Thermogravimetric analyzer
- Learn concrete petrography
- Provide support and laboratory assistance with customer complaint investigations and the development of new or improved products
- Actively participates in projects related to cement production and cement plant QC, raw materials, intermediate products, alternative materials, fuels, and additives - including plan of action development, execution, and report generation. Focus areas will be sustainable technology and plant optimization.
- Support customers in the development and optimization of mix designs
- Ownership of the competitive cement testing activities. Report results of competitive cement testing program to all stakeholders.
- Ensure compliance with all health, safety, and environmental regulations, and with company policies and procedure
- Oversee lab maintenance and upkeep. Schedule equipment calibration.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
- Bachelor’s degree in Geology, Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering or related field.
- Knowledge of concrete products and design knowledge of cement-based products.
- Knowledge of civil engineering.
- Demonstrated experience in customer relations.
- Solid computer skills including MS Office products.
- Ability to think analytically and solid math skills to perform the analysis
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- This job requires individual to walk distances, lift up to 94 pounds, walking on rough surfaces, sitting and standing on a regular basis
- Proven communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
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Employer Statement: Equal Opportunity Employer - Minority / Female / Veteran / Disabled