Materials Lab Technician Apprentice (Level 3)

Tiro; Coventry; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 20,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension Scheme

CPD opportunities

Job summary

Geotechnics is a Coventry-based geotechnical engineering company offering a Level 3 Materials Technician apprenticeship. You will work in the laboratory, perform soil testing, and gain hands-on experience under supervision, developing practical and technical skills through a structured training programme.

Over 20 months you’ll combine day‑to‑day lab work with online and in‑person training, spend time on off‑the‑job learning, and work toward professional recognition such as RSciTech while

Qualifications

• Undertaking a varied schedule of laboratory test preparation and testing procedures on soils.
• Accurately completing test sheets with all necessary data before they are released for calculation.
• Cleaning testing equipment and tools after each test and ensuring calibration markings are intact and valid.
• Booking in, logging and cataloguing samples as they arrive into the stores.
• Returning samples from the laboratory to the stores, re-cataloguing and disposing of samples in accordance with the required procedures.
• Complying with relevant health and safety regulations and helping to promote a strong safety culture within the laboratory team.
• Participating in and completing the relevant training programme and carrying out other relevant duties as required by your line manager.

Responsibilities

• Undertaking a varied schedule of laboratory test preparation and testing procedures on soils to the required standards.
• Accurately completing test sheets with all necessary data before they are released for calculation.
• Cleaning testing equipment and tools after each test and ensuring calibration markings are intact and valid.
• Booking in, systematically logging and cataloguing samples as they arrive into the stores. Receiving sample schedules from the laboratory and/or engineers and retrieving the required samples for laboratory testing.
• Sorting and arranging the delivery of samples for subcontract testing, including specialist concrete design, BRE and asbestos screen testing.
• Returning samples from the laboratory to the stores, re-cataloguing and disposing of samples in accordance with the required procedures.
• Building and maintaining good relationships with others in the Laboratory.
• Complying with relevant health and safety regulations and helping to promote a strong safety culture within the laboratory team.
• Participating in and completing the relevant training programme and carrying out other relevant duties as required by your line manager.

Job description

Geotechnics is a Coventry-based geotechnical engineering company offering a Level 3 Materials Technician apprenticeship. You will work in the laboratory, perform soil testing, and gain hands-on experience under supervision, developing practical and technical skills through a structured training programme.

Over 20 months you’ll combine day‑to‑day lab work with online and in‑person training, spend time on off‑the‑job learning, and work toward professional recognition such as RSciTech while