Team Leader - Rock Testing

Fugro Roadware

Wallingford

On-site

GBP 45,000 - 65,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Fugro is seeking a Team Leader - Rock Testing in Wallingford, Oxfordshire. This on-site role runs 37.5 hours per week within a geotechnical laboratory.

You will lead a dedicated team to deliver high-quality rock testing data, ensure safety, and support customers in understanding ground conditions for their projects. You will drive lab processes, review data, and maintain standards while coaching staff to improve testing methods and efficiency.

Qualifications

Practical experience in geotechnical rock testing and data review.
Experience leading a small technical team with coaching.
Relevant degree or equivalent professional experience.
Strong attention to safety, quality and detail.
Knowledge of rock-testing standards and software tools.

Responsibilities

Lead and support a laboratory team, fostering an inclusive culture.
Plan rock-testing activities, workloads and equipment to deliver accurate results.
Act as technical lead for rock testing and guide stakeholders.
Oversee data review, validation and reporting to meet specs and data integrity.
Ensure safety, quality and accreditation compliance, including audits and calibration.
Collaborate with project managers to ensure timely, within-budget testing.
Coach team members and identify process improvements.

Skills

Geotechnical rock testing

Team leadership

Safety & quality

Data interpretation

Communication skills

Education

Engineering Geology / Civil / Geotech degree

Tools

Rock testing standards

LIMS knowledge

MS 365 / Excel

Job description

Job Description

Location : Wallingford, Oxfordshire

Working pattern : On-site laboratory role, 37.5 hours per week

Do you have a passion for rock testing and enjoy helping people perform at their best? As our Team Leader - Rock Testing, you will lead the safe, efficient and high-quality delivery of testing services within Fugro's geotechnical laboratory in Wallingford. You will combine technical expertise with supportive leadership, helping your team produce reliable geotechnical data that enables our customers to understand the ground and make confident decisions about their projects. Reporting to the Deputy Laboratory Operations Manager, you will play an important role in developing our rock-testing capability, improving laboratory processes and maintaining excellent standards of safety, quality and customer service.

Your role and responsibilities:

Lead and support a dedicated team of laboratory professionals, creating an inclusive environment in which everyone is encouraged to contribute, develop and take ownership of their work.
Plan and coordinate rock-testing activities, workloads, resources and equipment to deliver accurate results safely, efficiently and on time.
Act as the technical lead for rock testing, providing guidance to colleagues, project managers, customers and other stakeholders.
Oversee technical data review, validation and reporting, ensuring that laboratory outputs meet customer specifications and data-integrity requirements.
Maintain compliance with relevant safety, quality and accreditation requirements, including supporting audits, equipment maintenance and calibration.
Work closely with project managers to ensure testing programmes are delivered to the required quality, timescale, budget and specification.
Coach and develop team members while identifying opportunities to improve testing methods, operational efficiency, laboratory capability and customer satisfaction.

What you'll need to thrive in this role

Essential:

Practical experience in geotechnical soil or rock testing, with the technical knowledge required to review, interpret and validate laboratory data.
Experience leading, supervising or coordinating a small technical team, with an inclusive and supportive approach to coaching and development.
A degree in Engineering Geology, Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
Strong communication, numerical and organisational skills, with careful attention to safety, quality and detail.

Preferred:

Knowledge of relevant rock-testing and logging standards, professional membership or progress towards chartership, and experience using Microsoft 365, Excel or a Laboratory Information Management System.

About Us

Who we are

Do you want to join our Geo-data revolution? Fugro's global reach and unique know-how will put the world at your fingertips. Our love of exploration and technical expertise help us to provide our clients with invaluable insights. We source and make sense of the most relevant Geo-data for their needs, so they can design, build and operate their assets more safely, sustainably and efficiently. But we're always looking for new talent to take the next step with us. For bright minds who enjoy meaningful work and want to push our pioneering spirit further. For individuals who can take the initiative but work well within a team.

What we offer

Fugro provides a positive work environment as well as projects that will satisfy the most curious minds. We also offer great opportunities to stretch and develop yourself. By giving you the freedom to grow faster, we think you'll be able to do what you do best, better. Which should help us to find fresh ways to get to know the earth better. We encourage you to be yourself at Fugro. So, bring your energy and enthusiasm, your keen eye and can-do attitude. But bring your questions and opinions too. Because to be the world's leading Geo-data specialist, we need the strength in depth that comes from a diverse, driven team.

Our view on diversity, equity and inclusion

At Fugro, our people are our superpower. Their variety of viewpoints, experiences, knowledge and talents give us collective strength. Distinctive beliefs and diverse backgrounds are therefore welcome, but discrimination, harassment, inappropriate behaviour and unfair treatment are not. Everybody is to be well-supported and treated fairly. And everyone must be valued and have their voice heard. Crucially, we believe that getting this right brings a sense of belonging, of safety and acceptance, that makes us feel more connected to Fugro's purpose 'together we create a safe and liveable world' - and to each other.

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