In-Situ Testing Technician

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with a compact field testing team to enhance skills and expertise in specialized in-situ testing and monitoring methodologies.

• Lead investigations utilizing cone penetration equipment from diverse testing platforms.

• Execute cone penetration testing with piezocones and related devices in accordance with UKAS standards.

• Conduct pressuremeter testing with SBP, HPD, and CPM equipment.

• Utilize CPT software to generate soil data, site documentation, and testing records.

• Coordinate the mobilization and demobilization of testing sites and equipment.

• Calibrate and maintain testing instruments, including troubleshooting on-site issues.

• Gather data from groundwater, gas monitoring, and ground displacement instrumentation.

• Collect water and gas samples from borehole installations.

• Serve as a Technician on large sites, prepare core samples, and support Logging Engineers.

• Analyze and report testing outcomes.

• Maintain precise field documentation.

• Transport and retrieve consumables, samples, and equipment to and from testing locations.

• Adhere to company and site-specific health and safety regulations.

⛳️ Requirements

• Dependable, adaptable, and motivated individual.

• Capable of working independently and proactively while also being an effective team player.

• Strong management capabilities.

• Thorough understanding and experience within the geotechnical/in-situ testing sector.

• Proven experience operating cone penetration equipment across various testing platforms in compliance with SOCOTEC standards.

• Proficient in utilizing CPT software to generate soil data, site records, and testing documentation.

• Ability to organize the mobilization and demobilization of testing sites and equipment.

• Committed to adhering to company and site-specific health and safety protocols.

• Skilled in calibrating and maintaining testing instruments while proactively diagnosing issues on-site.

• Familiarity with pressuremeter testing methodologies.

• Knowledge of borehole permeability testing.

• Experience in data collection for groundwater and gas monitoring instrumentation.

• Experience in data collection for ground displacement instrumentation.

• Capable of collecting water and gas samples from on-site borehole installations.

• Proficient in preparing core samples and assisting Logging Engineers.

• Ability to maintain accurate field records.

• Willing to deliver and collect consumables, samples, and equipment to and from the site.

🏝️ Benefits

• 25 days of holiday, with an option to purchase additional days.

• Electric car scheme (where applicable).

• Employee recognition programs.

• Support for family-friendly policies.

• Exclusive discounts on retail purchases.

• Employee assistance programs.

• Enhanced pension plan provided by the company.

• Extensive training, mentorship, and development initiatives.

• Flexible working arrangements: office-based, remote, or hybrid.

• Opportunities for involvement in local, national, or global projects.

• Career advancement opportunities across various disciplines.