Materials Technician (Trainee)

UKAS approved materials testing laboratory supplying services to the construction industry. The company is based in Coatbridge and has solid growth plans over the coming years. To help cope with the additional workload the company would like to take on a Trainee Materials Technician. The successful candidate will be given access to a company vehicle and will require to be mobile travelling to building sites across the country.  

Normal hours Mon – Fri 7.30am – 5pm. Some flexibility is required around hours to meet the on-site demands of the customers; this will be discussed at interview. Hourly rate for the role will be £12.60

Duties

This job involves traveling to building sites to carry out materials testing and then completing the testing process at the company base. A large part of the job is quality assurance testing on concrete and some testing work on soils such as ground bearing.

Duties :

Collection/sampling of construction materials for laboratory testing

Completion of worksheets, including calculations

Liaising with managers and customers on job progress

Carrying out testing procedures at base (compression testing etc)

Maintenance of equipment

Working safely

Essential requirments 

Over 21 years old

Clean driving licence

Good literacy and numeracy skills

Good attention to detail

Understanding of safe working practices needed for construction environment

Role demands working on construction sites and handling construction materials – need to be physically fit and have good flexibility

Reliable and trustworthy

Flexible approach to working hours – willingness to work overtime which may include weekend and/or night working

Good organisation skills

Good communication skills to liaise with managers and customers

Desirable Requirments 

Knowledge/previous experience of working in materials testing

There would be the opportunity to undertake training across a number of areas – CSCS card, various courses available through the Concrete Society and Institute of Asphalt Technology.