Materials Technician

Travail Employment Group; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary + overtime

Medicash plan

Subsidised gym membership

Lunch and holidays

Job summary

Travail Employment Group is seeking a Materials Technician to work field-based across South Yorkshire with a Doncaster operation. Permanent role with typical earnings around £34k DOE, including paid overtime and allowances.

You will conduct on-site sampling and in-situ testing of soils, concrete, asphalt and aggregates for live construction sites, liaising with managers and clients to report data. The position requires a graduate technician or a lab technician transitioning to site work, with

Qualifications

• Graduate or lab technician with experience testing soils, concrete, aggregate or asphalt.
• Must have full UK driving licence and strong client-facing communication skills.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Soil testing

Site testing

Test data recording

Education

Geotechnical or laboratory technician background

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.

Please apply if:

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