Precision Materials Lab Technician

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

Job summary

Construction Material Testing in Columbia, MD seeks a Laboratory Technician to turn field samples into numbers for Proctor curves, sieve analyses, Atterberg limits, and moisture contents. You will work inside an AASHTO R18 quality system with calibrated equipment and real accountability for every result that leaves the lab.

Responsibilities include performing ASTM D698, D1557, D2216, D4318, C136, and C39 testing, maintaining calibration and records, logging samples, breaking cylinders, and

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 testing (D698, D1557, D2216, D4318, C136, 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

Mechanical aptitude

Job description

Construction Material Testing in Columbia, MD seeks a Laboratory Technician to turn field samples into numbers for Proctor curves, sieve analyses, Atterberg limits, and moisture contents. You will work inside an AASHTO R18 quality system with calibrated equipment and real accountability for every result that leaves the lab.

Responsibilities include performing ASTM D698, D1557, D2216, D4318, C136, and C39 testing, maintaining calibration and records, logging samples, breaking cylinders, and