Rob Champlin has been with Mid-States Concrete Industries for a total of 23 years and has worked for all three generations of Harkers. He has been a foreman for 11 years total.

Rob’s career path through Mid-States is somewhat of a history lesson. He started in PermaBand doing screeded rails before moving to beams and columns, when they were still cast outside. After that he transferred to Flexicore, but left the company for a bit after that. When he returned, Rob spent one year in Wet Cast before transferring to the yard where it took him only one-and-a-half years to become foreman. Rob even had the opportunity to train current President Hagen Harker when he was starting out, as well as the third generation of Harkers - both Charles and William.

What Rob enjoys most about his work is the team he works with, as well as the tasks and challenges of the work. He finds it satisfying to face the challenge of completing all the work that needs to be done every day.

While the cold days outside can be a challenge for Rob, he still wouldn’t want to do anything else. He truly loves his work. He is also very proud of working for the same company his father, Bob Champlin, worked for. Rob credits Bob with teaching him much of what he knows, and helping put Mid-States on the map.

And family means so much to Rob. Every day after work he spends the afternoons with his five grandchildren.