At 85, Divine Engineering owner Jared Hills not slowing down

Jared Hills hasn’t worked anywhere except Divine Engineering since hiring on as a newly-minted University of Iowa graduate in 1959 — and he’s not about to stop now.

Mr. Hills, who has owned the Cedar Rapids-based designer and manufacturer of heavy-duty chain conveyor systems since founder Howard Divine died in 1973, still comes into work almost daily. In fact, if you…