Materials Lab Technician — Precision Testing, Certification

Construction Material Testing; Kearney (NE); On-site; USD 34,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Construction Material Testing seeks a Laboratory Technician to convert field samples into the numbers used for Proctor curves, sieve analyses, Atterberg limits, moisture contents and compressive strength breaks. You will operate within a documented AASHTO R18 quality system with calibrated equipment and accountability for every result released from the lab.

Responsibilities include performing ASTM tests (D698, D1557, D2216, D4318, C136, C39), maintaining calibration and quality records, logging

Qualifications

• Careful hands, clean documentation habits, mechanical aptitude.
• Prior lab or CMT experience a plus, not required — we train.
• Comfortable with repetitive precision work done right every time.

Responsibilities

• Perform ASTM tests (D698, D1557, D2216, D4318, C136, and C39).
• Maintain calibration, standardization, and quality records.
• Log samples and preserve chain of custody.
• Break cylinders and report strength results same day.
• Support proficiency sample programs and accreditation assessments.

Skills

Attention to detail

Documentation skills

Mechanical aptitude

Job description

Construction Material Testing seeks a Laboratory Technician to convert field samples into the numbers used for Proctor curves, sieve analyses, Atterberg limits, moisture contents and compressive strength breaks. You will operate within a documented AASHTO R18 quality system with calibrated equipment and accountability for every result released from the lab.

Responsibilities include performing ASTM tests (D698, D1557, D2216, D4318, C136, C39), maintaining calibration and quality records, logging