Materials Technician

Fm Conway; Lower Halstock Leigh; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

23 days holiday plus bank holidays

Life assurance

Company pension

Training opportunities

Discount platform

Health & wellbeing benefits

Mental health support

Job summary

FM Conway is seeking a Materials Technician to join our Aggregate and Asphalt team at the Gravesend, Kent laboratory. You will perform routine quality control testing in both lab and field settings, ensuring timely, accurate reporting to clients and management.

A full UK driving licence is required, with a strong emphasis on compliance and teamwork. The role offers permanent, full-time employment with opportunities for professional development and training within a supportive environment that

Qualifications

• Solid experience in aggregate and asphalt testing.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-motivated and able to work effectively as part of a team.
• Full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Performing all routine quality control testing and inspections, both in the laboratory and the field
• Ensuring that any testing and inspections are carried out at the correct frequencies, to the correct standards and completed in a timely manner
• Maintaining the highest standards throughout the entire process, ensuring that accurate and factual reports can be issued to both internal and external clients by the Laboratory Manager
• Complying with UKAS and ISO 9001 processes and ensuring ongoing compliance is maintained
• Recording all test results, observations and remarks accurately and ensuring records are kept up to date
• Reporting all incidences in the correct and timely manner

Skills

Aggregate testing

Asphalt testing

Communication skills

Teamwork

MS Word

MS Excel

Driving licence

Job description

Materials Technician

Are you ready to take the next step in your career within laboratory testing? FM Conway is seeking a Materials Technician to join our Aggregate and Asphalt team. In this role, you will play a key part in upholding the highest quality standards across our products, helping to ensure our customers continue to receive the very best service and results. This is a permanent, full-time position based at our laboratory in Gravesend, Kent.

Duties

• Performing all routine quality control testing and inspections, both in the laboratory and the field
• Ensuring that any testing and inspections are carried out at the correct frequencies, to the correct standards and completed in a timely manner
• Maintaining the highest standards throughout the entire process, ensuring that accurate and factual reports can be issued to both internal and external clients by the Laboratory Manager
• Complying with UKAS and ISO 9001 processes and ensuring ongoing compliance is maintained
• Recording all test results, observations and remarks accurately and ensuring records are kept up to date
• Reporting all incidences in the correct and timely manner

Skills and Experience

• Solid experience in aggregate and asphalt testing
• A good understanding of Microsoft Word and Excel
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Self-motivated and able to work effectively as part of a team
• A full UK driving licence

Benefits

• Career and professional development
• 23 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Life assurance
• Company pension
• Opportunities for internal and external training
• Access to a wide range of shopping discounts through our Rewarding Great People platform
• Health and well-being benefits including 24-hour advice lines
• Access and support from our in-house mental health first aiders

About FM Conway

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