Quality Control Technician - Concrete & Aggregates

Hanson Quarry Products Europe Limited; Ellistown; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

enhanced maternity and parental leave

neonatal care

adoption support

access to our Employee Assistance Prog

trained mental health first aiders

discounted private medical benefits

Job summary

Heidelberg Materials UK is seeking a proactive Quality Control Technician to join our team. You will carry out sampling, testing, and specification checks on Concrete, Asphalt and Aggregate products, ensuring compliance with standards while supporting improvements across plants and customer sites.

This hands-on role emphasises safety, quality and practical problem-solving, with opportunities to develop technical knowledge and contribute to safer, more efficient processes within our construction

Qualifications

• Strong commitment to health, safety and quality.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Good communication and problem-solving skills.
• Practical, hands-on approach to work.
• Confidence to raise quality concerns.
• Ability to work independently while coordinating with teams across sites.
• Strong organisational skills to manage priorities across different sites.

Responsibilities

• Carry out sampling, field testing and specimen preparation for Concrete, Asphalt and Aggregate products.
• Ensure testing meets relevant British/European standards and company procedures.
• Conduct concrete sampling, testing and preparation of specimens.
• Carry out asphalt and aggregate sampling and testing.
• Support plant and customer-site investigations.
• Investigate product and quality issues and feed back to technical/operational teams.
• Review water demand in ready-mixed concrete and plant moisture content testing.
• Review site practices and identify improvement opportunities.
• Investigate truck delivery practices and potential delivery-related issues.
• Review variations in product consistency and identify potential causes.
• Raise Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs) and Near Hits where appropriate.
• Support safe transportation of test specimens and flag unsafe practices.

Skills

Health & safety

Attention to detail

Communication

Problem solving

Hands-on

Independent working

Organisational skills

Cross-site collaboration

Job description

Heidelberg Materials UK is seeking a proactive Quality Control Technician to join our team. You will carry out sampling, testing, and specification checks on Concrete, Asphalt and Aggregate products, ensuring compliance with standards while supporting improvements across plants and customer sites.

This hands-on role emphasises safety, quality and practical problem-solving, with opportunities to develop technical knowledge and contribute to safer, more efficient processes within our construction