HANOVER COUNTY, Va. — After becoming a mom, Bobbie Burnette decided to leave her 14-year career in corporate America to work in the concrete industry, craving more flexibility and a career change.
Burnette now works in marketing at S.B. Cox Ready Mix in Rockville, and she says there are hundreds of jobs in concrete and other industries across Virginia that are perfect for women who aren’t looking to work on a job site but want an industry change.
“It’s not an 8 to 5,” Burnette said. “I sometimes I get here early to get on a job site, you know, we start sometimes at 4 a.m. and then I’m off early by the time they are home from school. So, it’s worked so much better with my schedule with my kids.”…