Team Leader - Rock Testing

Fugro; Wallingford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory pension

Private medical insurance

Health cash plan

Group life assurance

Group income protection

Electric car scheme

Cycle to work

Job summary

Fugro is seeking a Team Leader - Rock Testing in Wallingford to head a geotechnical laboratory team. You will lead rock-testing activity, ensure safe, efficient delivery and high-quality data while driving process improvements and customer satisfaction.

You will coach staff, review technical data, and maintain safety, quality and accreditation standards, contributing to Fugro's Geo-data capabilities and service delivery across projects.

Qualifications

• Experience in rock testing and data interpretation in geotechnical labs.
• Proven ability to lead, supervise or coordinate a small technical team.
• Degree in Engineering Geology, Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Lead rock-testing activities, plan workloads and ensure timely, accurate results.
• Review, validate and report technical data in line with customer specs.
• Mentor and develop team members while improving testing methods and lab capability.
• Maintain safety, quality and accreditation standards and support audits.

Skills

Rock testing experience

Team leadership

Geotechnical data interpretation

Safety and quality awareness

Education

Engineering Geology

Civil Engineering

Geotechnical Engineering

Equivalent professional experience

Tools

Microsoft 365

Excel

LIMS

Job description

Job Description

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.

Location

Wallingford, Oxfordshire

Working pattern

On-site laboratory role, 37.5 hours per week

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.

Benefits of joining our team

• Extensive career & training opportunities both nationally and internationally.
• Contributory pension scheme
• Private medical insurance
• Health cash plan
• Group life assurance
• Group income protection
• Electric car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted gym membership
• Discounts platform
• The Fugro Card (pre-paid virtual visa card, which earns cash back automatically when money is spent at any participating retailers)
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Long service awards
• Fugro values awards
• Employee referral bonus scheme #LI-EJ1

Adopting an integrated approach that incorporates acquisition and analysis of Geo-data and related advice, Fugro provides solutions. With expertise in site characterisation and asset integrity, clients are supported in the safe, sustainable and efficient design, construction and operation of their assets throughout the full life cycle. Employing approximately 9000 talented people in 61 countries, Fugro serves clients around the globe, predominantly in the energy and infrastructure industries, both offshore and onshore. In 2020, revenue amounted to EUR 1.4 billion. Fugro is listed on Euronext Amsterdam.