Career Opportunities

Career opportunities abound for our TXST CIM graduates.  Explore some of the possibilities below!

100% Job Placement for our TXST CIM Graduates

2nd Highest Paying Starting Salaries

of any degree program on the Texas State campus

17 States

TXST CIM alumni are working in 17 states around the U.S.

Trillion One Trillion Dollar Industry Worldwide*

for the cement and concrete industry in 2021

Logistics Specialist

Schedules and dispatches workers and work crews, equipment and service vehicles for conveyance of materials, freight (both import and export) or passengers and/or normal installation, service or emergency repairs rendered outside the place of business.


Construction Superintendent

Oversees the operations of a construction site from planning to operation. Works in the field daily scheduling and supervising all activities, ensuring the safety and compliance of the site.


Operations Manager

Manages all production operations. Providers overall leadership and direction to those responsible for production, sanitation, distribution logistics and maintenance operations.


Safety Manager

Provides safety services and assesses risk to the health and safety of employees and the environment, ensures compliance with regulations, analyzes trends and regulatory environments and reviews safety statistics. Employers include quarries, concrete producers or cement companies and contractors.


Human Resources Manager

Recruits, screens, interviews and places employees, Handles employee relations, payroll, benefits and training. Plans, directs and coordinates the administrative functions of an organization.


Marketing Manager

Develops and manages marketing strategy, public relations, branding, digital and communications programs.

Laboratory Researcher

Participates in a variety of research or analytical laborartory support activities for a testing or research program. Requires knowledge of laboratory methods, practices, procedures, policies, regulations, laboratory materials and equipment.


Sales Representative

Maintain outstanding customer service, generates sales, merchandising and safeguards company assets. Initiates new sales by relationship development and seeking additional products and services through knowledge of market. Employers include concrete producers or material suppliers, contractors, equipment or software companies.


Field/ Technical Services Manager

Monitors and assures the quality of constituent materials and concrete mixes. Assigns field/ service staff to a wide variety of duties in the field, laboratory and office as required.


Estimator

Estimates work required for project by gathering proposals, blueprints, specifications and related documents.


Environmental Specialist

Ensures environmental compliance, develops sustainability programs and ensures compliance with hazardous material regulations. Develops and maintains systems identifying location of hazardous materials; runs hazardous material training programs.


Industry niches and employers are varied and include concrete producers; contractors; cement manufacturers; precast, pipe and block producers; precast/ prestress producers; materials and equipment suppliers; software companies and associations.

Project Manager

Budgets, coordinates, oversees and plans construction projects from start to finish.


Quality Control/ Quality Assurance Manager

Assures products or materials meet standards and don't deviate from specifications. Work environment and job duties can vary. Employers include concrete producers engineering firms and testing agencies.


Entrepreneur

Plans and directs company operations. Creates policies, sets goals and meets with potential investors and clients. Entrepreneurs involved with daily tasks also hire staff and prepare work schedules.


Plant Manager/ Plant Superintendent

Manage the daily operations of the plant including meeting production goals, motivating employees, fostering teamwork and ensures daily productivity and safety objectives.


Financial and Accounting Manager

Trains and supervises accounting staff in the maintenance of financial accounts and preparation of financial reports and performs related duties.


Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) Manager

Assists project teams and implements technology like Building Information Modeling (BIM) and virtual design and construction methodologies.


“Advancing The Concrete Industry By Degrees.”

 

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