Concrete and masonry inventory specialist job description
A concrete and masonry inventory specialist keeps rebar, mesh, bagged mix, block, brick, stone and sealers counted and ordered ahead of the pour and wall schedule. They log what each job takes and brings back, keep leftover brick and stone labeled for repairs, and protect the products that can't freeze.
By the HireBus team · Updated · Pay data: BLS, May 2025
Median pay, structure and exterior contractors · BLS, May 2025
Annual pay: 10th percentile $35,430, middle half $42,300 to $57,600, 90th percentile $71,170. Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
Reports to
Warehouse Manager or Operations Manager
Department
Operations
Schedule
Weekdays 8 to 5, longer in peak months · Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with extra hours in busy pour months and short trips to sites and suppliers
Responsible for maintaining accurate records of concrete and masonry materials inventory to ensure efficient supply chain operations and minimal project interruptions. Supports the operations team by proactively ordering supplies and tracking material usage to optimize cost-efficiency and project timelines.
2. Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Logs incoming and outgoing materials with precision to maintain real-time inventory accuracy.
Orders supplies and coordinates with vendors to ensure timely delivery of concrete and masonry materials.
Tracks material usage, monitors stock levels, and alerts management to potential shortages or surpluses.
Collaborates with project managers and field teams to verify material requirements and resolve discrepancies.
3. Key Tasks / Daily Activities
Review and update inventory logs for all concrete and masonry supplies each morning.
Place orders for materials based on usage trends and upcoming project schedules.
Conduct periodic physical counts and reconcile with digital records to ensure consistency.
Communicate with suppliers and transportation teams regarding order statuses and delivery schedules.
Report daily usage and stock levels to the Operations Manager for ongoing cost control and planning.
4. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Inventory Accuracy Rate: 99% accuracy in logging and tracking material usage.
Order Fulfillment Timeliness: 95% of orders delivered on or before scheduled dates.
Stock-Out Incidents: Less than 3% occurrences per quarter.
Material Waste Reduction: Achieve a reduction in material waste by at least 10% annually.
5. Required Qualifications and Skills
High school diploma or equivalent; an Associate’s Degree in Business or Supply Chain Management is a plus.
Minimum of 2 years of experience in inventory management or supply chain coordination in a related field.
Proficient in using inventory management software and Microsoft Office applications.
Strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
6. Preferred Experience
Experience working in the concrete and masonry or construction industry.
Background in home services or facility maintenance environments.
Familiarity with logistical processes and vendor management in dynamic work environments.
Demonstrated ability to work independently under pressure while meeting strict deadlines.
7. Physical Requirements
Ability to lift and carry up to 50 lbs.
Frequent standing, walking, and bending during inventory inspections.
Exposure to variable temperatures in warehouse and outdoor loading areas.
Occasional climbing of ladders or stairs when accessing high storage areas.
8. Work Environment and Schedule
Full-time position with standard operating hours from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
Occasional extended hours may be required during peak project periods.
Work is performed in a warehouse, loading dock, and on-site project locations.
Minimal travel between job sites and supplier/vendor locations as needed.
9. Compensation and Benefits
Hourly rate ranging from $18 to $25 per hour depending on experience and qualifications.
Eligibility for performance-based bonuses tied to inventory accuracy and cost savings.
Comprehensive benefits package including Health, Dental, and Vision insurance.
Participation in a 401(k) plan, paid time off, and other fringe benefits.
10. Company Culture and Overview
We foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment that values innovation and continuous improvement.
Our team is committed to delivering exceptional service and quality results in the home services industry.
We invest in our employees through professional development and career advancement opportunities.
Join us and be part of a company that celebrates teamwork, integrity, and a customer-first mindset.
11. How to Apply
If you meet the above criteria and want to be part of a growth-oriented company focused on customer satisfaction, please send your resume to [INSERT EMAIL HERE] or apply online at [INSERT WEBSITE LINK HERE].
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Ready-mix comes straight from the plant, so it never sits on a shelf. Nearly everything around it does: steel, bagged mix, block, brick, stone and the liquids that cure and seal a slab.
Brick from one run, leftovers kept by run
The Brick Industry Association says it's best to buy all of a job's brick from the same production run, since color typically shifts a little between runs. So the specialist orders a wall's full count at once and asks the yard to ship one run. Whatever comes back gets labeled with the job, product, color and run. When that house needs a repair years later, the match is already on the shelf. Source: Brick Industry Association Technical Note 9B: Selection of brick.
Some liquids can't freeze
Curing compounds, water-based sealers and admixtures can carry storage limits on their data sheets. W. R. Meadows' sheet for its 1150-Clear water-based curing compound is one example: keep it from freezing, and for best results use it within a year of manufacture when stored indoors between 40 and 90 degrees. The specialist reads each product's storage line, moves those pails into heated space before the first frost, and uses the oldest first. Source: W. R. Meadows: 1150-Clear curing compound data sheet, July 2026 (example).
Steel counted the way crews use it
Rebar arrives as straight sticks by bar size, plus bent corner bars and dowels, and mesh comes in sheets or rolls. Count each by size and length, not by weight alone, and keep chairs sorted by height, because chairs that are too short leave steel sitting low in the slab. Offcuts long enough for dowels go in their own rack. Short scraps go to the scrap bin and get logged against the job.
Pallets and unopened returns
Block, brick, stone and bagged mix arrive on pallets. Ask each yard whether it charges for pallets and how it credits the ones you send back, and ask the same about full, unopened bags and cubes of block. Then track them like stock: how many went to each job, how many came back, and when the credit posted. A stack of pallets behind the shop can be a bill nobody has noticed.
How much concrete and masonry inventory specialists make
The closest BLS group for concrete and masonry inventory specialists is shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks. Shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks who work for foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors earned a median of $23.76 an hour ($49,410 a year) in May 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s above the $45,260 median for shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks in all industries. About 950 of the 816,870 shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks in that survey work for structure and exterior contractors.
The hourly rate in the template comes with a bonus when counts hold up and spending drops. The hourly range starts in the lowest quarter for inventory clerks in this BLS industry group and ends a little past their median. Pay the savings part of the bonus only in months when no crew waited on stock.
Structure and exterior contractors
$49,410$49,410 median Middle half $42,300–$57,600 10th–90th $35,430–$71,170
All industries
$45,260$45,260 median Middle half $38,200–$51,570 10th–90th $34,650–$62,190
$20k$30k$40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
10th–90th percentileMiddle halfMedianAnnual pay, May 2025. Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.
Annual pay by percentile
Group
10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
Structure and exterior contractors
$35,430
$42,300
$49,410
$57,600
$71,170
All industries
$34,650
$38,200
$45,260
$51,570
$62,190
BLS doesn’t publish pay for concrete and masonry contractors on their own. These figures cover foundation, structure and building exterior contractors, which include them. Post a real range for your market in the ad.
The pay line in the template above is an example from our Role Blueprint. Set yours from these figures and what local companies pay.
Skills to hire for, and what you can teach
Hire for these
Counts rebar by size and length and catches a wrong size on a bundle tag
Keeps brick, block and stone straight by product, color and run
Orders ahead of the coming weeks' pours and walls, not only from last week's usage
Moves heavy bags and cubes with a pallet jack or cart rather than by hand
Never lets the system's count fall a day behind the yard
Teach these on the job
Your block, brick and stone yards and their pallet rules
Your color, release and sealer product codes
The bar sizes, bends and chair heights your crews use
Your inventory software and job codes
Winter storage for products that can't freeze
Stock lives in inventory software or the materials screens of your job system, kept current from a scanner or tablet in the yard. The rest of the kit is plain: a tape for steel lengths, a paint marker for job numbers, and printed tags for brick and stone that come back from jobs.
Concrete and masonry inventory specialist interview questions
Two of the 6 questions we'd ask, and what a strong answer sounds like. Ask every candidate the same questions, and rate each answer on your own before you compare notes.
Situational · Wrong product delivered
A crew calls from a stamped patio job: the color release on the truck doesn't match what the customer picked. What do you do?
A strong answer: Checks the selection record, tells the crew not to use it, gets the right product sent fast, tells the project manager, and finds where the error started.
Behavioral · Cutting waste
Tell me about a time you cut waste on bagged materials, rebar or forming supplies.
A strong answer: Names the waste, the cause, such as damp storage or overordering, the change, and the result.
Set these after one full pour season, since stock swings hard between spring and winter. Read stock-outs by product, so a steel problem doesn't hide behind a sealer problem.
Inventory Accuracy Rate
Weekly spot counts of rebar by size, bagged mix and block against the system, plus a full count after the last outdoor pour of the year. Log each gap and its cause.
Order Fulfillment Timeliness
Deliveries that beat the pour or wall date they were ordered for, read from the supplier's tickets. Tag each late one: ordered too late, or the supplier slipped.
Stock-Out Incidents
Times a crew or job waited on something that should have been in stock, such as chairs, tie wire, mortar mix or sealer, logged with the job and the crew hours lost.
Material Waste Reduction
Value of stock thrown out each quarter: bags gone hard, frozen pails, broken block and steel too short to use. Set this quarter's total next to last year's for the same months.
Career path
Laborer / helperLearns bar sizes, block types and mixes by loading them for crews.
Inventory specialistCounts, orders and stores steel, block, brick, bagged mix and sealers.
Warehouse managerTakes charge of the yard, its machines, deliveries and staff.
DispatcherA side step into booking crews, plants and pumps for each pour day.
Does the inventory specialist order the ready-mix?
Usually not. Ready-mix is booked pour by pour on the operations manager's plan, because it depends on that day's crews, pump and weather. The specialist handles what waits on a shelf or in the yard. They still need to see the pour schedule, since a week of foundation walls calls for chairs, tie wire, form ties and curing compound on hand before the first truck.
How much does a concrete and masonry inventory specialist make?
Shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks who work for foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors earned a median of $23.76 an hour ($49,410 a year) in May 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The middle half earned between $42,300 and $57,600 a year. Pay also depends on your local market, experience and overtime.
Who keeps the stamp mats and color charts?
Decide it once and write it down. Stamp mats, texture skins and color charts are tools, not stock, but they go missing the same way. One setup that works: the specialist checks mats out to a crew by pattern, checks them back in clean, and reports damaged ones to the warehouse manager. Sales needs current color charts too, so the specialist reorders them when a maker changes its colors.
What's a fair hiring test for a concrete and masonry inventory specialist?
Hand finalists a week of the pour and wall schedule and a rough count of what is in the yard. Ask what they would order, and when, for two foundation walls, a stamped patio and a block seat wall. Listen for questions about bar sizes, chair heights, block sizes and colors before any totals, and for a flag on the special brick or sealer that needs lead time.
What happens to stock over the winter?
In cold markets, outdoor pours slow and the shelves should thin out with them. Run sealer and color down through the fall instead of reordering, and do a full count once the last outdoor pour is in. Then build the spring order from the signed backlog, with long-lead items, such as a special brick or stone color, ordered first.
