Laboratory Technician

FM Conway Ltd; Wellingborough; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career and professional development

23 days holiday plus bank holidays

Life assurance

Enhanced maternity pay

Access to shopping discounts

Health and wellbeing benefits

Job summary

FM Conway Ltd in Wellingborough is seeking a Laboratory Technician to join their Aggregate and Asphalt Technical team. This full-time role involves supporting quality control programs to ensure high standards in production. Candidates should have experience in aggregate and asphalt testing, strong interpersonal and computer skills.

Benefits include career development, 23 days holiday, life assurance, and health and wellbeing support. Join a company recognized for its commitment to inclusive culture and employee wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Experience in quality control programs and ISO 9001/FPC standards.
• Ability to maintain accurate testing records and reports.
• Skills in monitoring and trend analysis.

Responsibilities

• Support and monitor quality control programs.
• Maintain and ensure adherence to ISO 9001/FPC standards.
• Produce accurate reports for clients.

Skills

Previous experience in aggregate and asphalt testing

Excellent interpersonal skills

Strong computer and administrative abilities

Flexible approach

Capacity to work independently and as part of a team

Job description

FM Conway is currently seeking a Laboratory Technician to join our Aggregate and Asphalt Technical team based at our Wellingborough site. As our Laboratory Technician, you will contribute to the profitability of the business by supporting and monitoring the quality control programme across the department, helping to ensure the highest standards are maintained throughout the production process. This is a full time, permanent role based in Wellingborough.

Be Part of Something New

With over 15 years’experience producing high-quality asphalt, FM Conwayoperatesseven successful asphalt plants across the South of England and is now expanding into the Midlands with our eighth site in Wellingborough. The successful Lead Fitter will join a brand-new team and will be crucial to setting up the new plant, helping to establish engineering standards, site performance and operational success from the very beginning.

Joining ahead of the plant opening in 2027, you will initially work across our existing Southeast sites, receiving full training and structured induction support to understand our operations, systems and engineering standards.

By the time the new plant opens, you will be fully prepared to lead from day one and play a major role in establishing a successful new production site.

To learn more about our new plant, please visit Wellingborough - FM Conway

The duties of the Laboratory Technician role will include:

• Learning and using both the laboratory information management system and asphalt plant operating system to assist with maintaining recipes
• Providing support to the technical management team
• Monitoring and maintaining trend analysis to ensure the plant operates efficiently
• Ensuring ISO 9001 / FPC quality standards are always complied with
• Maintaining accurate records of test results, observations and remarks
• Producing accurate and factual reports for both internal and external clients
• Reporting incidents in a correct and timely manner
• Ensuring work is carried out safely and in line with FMC SHEQ policies

What skills and experience do you need?

We are looking for candidates with previous experience in aggregate and asphalt testing. You should have excellent interpersonal skills and hold a full UK driving licence. Strong computer and administrative abilities are essential, along with a flexible approach and the capacity to work both independently and as part of a team.

What benefits will you receive?

As our Laboratory Technician, we offer a range of fantastic benefits including career and professional development, 23 days holiday plus bank holidays, life assurance, enhanced maternity pay, opportunities for internal and external training, and access to a wide range of shopping discounts through our Rewarding Great People platform. We also provide a range of health and wellbeing benefits including 24-hour advice lines and support from our in-house mental health first aiders.

A brief introduction to FM Conway and our Aggregate and Asphalt Division

FM Conway is a business of families with over 60 years’ experience in creating sustainable and innovative transportation solutions. We pride ourselves on our core values of Care, Innovation, Integrity and Excellence. The heart of FM Conway has, and always will be, its people, and we are always looking for talented individuals to join our family.

Our Aggregate and Asphalt division manufactures a range of high-quality products tailored to meet customer needs. We recycle highways arisings at our static crushing, washing and grading plants, with Recycled Asphalt Product (RAP) used in our local plants to supply construction sites across London and Southern England. You will be joining a thriving team committed to our vision and continued investment in our self-delivery model.

So, if you would like to join our family as our Laboratory Technician for our new Wellingborough site, please click ‘apply’ today.

Closing Date: 30/07/2026

FM Conway is an award-winning equal opportunities employer. We recognise that our workforce should reflect our diverse communities and we are proudly committed to creating an inclusive culture in which we celebrate and value individuals from all walks of life. EDI-Strategy

At our heart we are a business that recognises and embraces individuality, so if you are excited about this role but you are unsure if you meet all of the criteria, we encourage you to apply anyway as you may still be the right candidate for this or another role we are recruiting for.

We believe in people, not algorithms. That’s why every application is personally reviewed by a member of our Recruitment Team - never by AI.

We look forward to receiving your application!