Senior Geotechnical In-Situ Testing Technician

Socotec; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Electric car scheme

Employee recognition programmes

Family-friendly support

Exclusive retail discounts

Employee assistance programmes

Enhanced company pension

Disability Confident accreditation

Job summary

SOCOTEC is hiring a Specialist In-Situ Testing Technician to join our Geotechnical team within the Infrastructure Division. You will work on CPT and pressuremeter testing, contributing to ground investigations for construction projects across the UK.

We seek a reliable, proactive professional with strong field skills, Health & Safety discipline, and the ability to work independently while supporting a collaborative team. Training and career development are emphasized.

Qualifications

• Lead CPT investigations using cone penetration equipment.
• Utilise CPT software to provide soil data and site records.
• Organise mobilisation and demobilisation of sites and equipment.
• Carry out work following Health and Safety rules on site.
• Calibrate and daily maintain testing equipment.
• Develop understanding of Pressuremeter Testing techniques.
• Borehole permeability tests.
• Data collection for groundwater and gas monitoring instrumentation.
• Data collection for ground displacement instrumentation.
• Take water and gas samples from on-site boreholes.

Responsibilities

• Develop skills in specialist in-situ testing and monitoring techniques.
• Work within a small field testing team on CPT and related tests.
• Lead pressure meter investigations using CPT equipment to SOCOTEC standards.
• Calibrate and maintain testing equipment on site.
• Interpret and report testing results.

Skills

CPT investigations

Pressuremeter testing

Site testing equipment maintenance

Health and safety compliance

Data interpretation and reporting

Mobilisation/demobilisation planning

Borehole permeability testing

Groundwater & gas data collection

Displacement instrumentation data (in­

Tools

CPT equipment

Piezocone CPT

SBP/HPD/CPM devices

CPT software

Field testing equipment calibration

Job description

SOCOTEC is hiring a Specialist In-Situ Testing Technician to join our Geotechnical team within the Infrastructure Division. You will work on CPT and pressuremeter testing, contributing to ground investigations for construction projects across the UK.

We seek a reliable, proactive professional with strong field skills, Health & Safety discipline, and the ability to work independently while supporting a collaborative team. Training and career development are emphasized.