Materials Technician

Travail Employment Group; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime & allowances

Local South Yorkshire work

Monthly overnight stays

Company vehicle

Career progression

Medicash plan

Gym membership

Job summary

Travail Employment Group is seeking a Materials Technician for our Doncaster operation. This field-based role covers South Yorkshire and involves on-site sampling and testing of soils, concrete, asphalt and aggregates on live construction sites.

Ideal candidates are graduates or lab technicians with testing experience, able to travel, driving licence ready, and capable of working independently with accuracy and strong communication with site managers.

Qualifications

• Graduate with 1–2 years' field testing or lab experience in soils, concrete, asphalt or aggregate.
• Full UK driving licence and ability to travel across South Yorkshire.
• Strong attention to detail and data recording.

Responsibilities

• On-site sampling and in-situ testing of soils, asphalt, concrete and aggregates.
• Liaise with site managers, engineers and clients.
• Accurate recording, checking and reporting of test data.
• Work to quality systems and test procedures.

Job description

Materials Technician

Field-based across South Yorkshire | Doncaster operation

Permanent | Typically earnings of c.£34k DOE including paid overtime & allowances.

We are recruiting geotechnical graduates or lab technicians with experience testing soils, concrete, aggregate or asphalt for a field-based position working across construction sites throughout South Yorkshire.

Why apply?

• Local work across South Yorkshire
• Overnight stays typically only once per month
• Strong pipeline of secured work
• Paid overtime and allowances
• Clear opportunities to progress
• Well-equipped vehicle and support from an established team

The role:

The Construction materials testing technician, carries out on-site sampling and in-situ testing of construction materials in accordance with British and European Standards, working independently on live sites while representing the business professionally.

Typical duties include:

• On-site sampling and in-situ testing of soils, asphalt, concrete and aggregates.
• Liaising directly with site managers, engineers and clients.
• Accurate recording, checking and reporting of test data.
• Working to quality systems and test procedures.

You are a graduate technician with a year or two of experience or a lab technician wanting to move into site work, training to work independently on live construction sites.

Experience of testing soils, asphalt, concrete or ground investigations.

Have a full UK driving licence, strong client-facing communication skills.

High attention to detail and quality standards.

Benefits of the construction materials technician include:

• Base salary up to £30,000 plus an estimated £4k in overtime and allowances.
• Overtime paid after 40 hours with additional payments for weekend work and overnight stays
• Fewer overnight stays - typically once every month
• Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week (additional hours available by choice)
• 22 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Medicash plan
• Subsidised gym membership
• Long-term stability with a full order book and clear progression opportunities