Specialist In-Situ Testing Technician

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

📋 Description

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

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

• Perform pressuremeter testing with self-boring pressure meters, high-pressure dilatometers, and cone pressure meters.

• Lead pressuremeter investigations employing cone penetration equipment.

• Utilize CPT software to generate soil data, site records, and test results promptly.

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

• Conduct work in compliance with company and site-specific health and safety regulations.

• Calibrate and carry out daily maintenance of testing instruments.

• Diagnose defects in testing equipment while on-site.

• Cultivate knowledge and execute pressuremeter testing techniques alongside borehole permeability assessments.

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

• Collect water and gas samples from borehole setups.

• Function as a Technician on larger sites, preparing core samples and assisting Logging Engineers.

• Keep precise field records.

• Deliver and retrieve consumables, samples, and equipment at various sites.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience and strong comprehension of the geotechnical/in-situ testing sector.

• Strong management capabilities.

• Capacity to be proactive and independent while effectively contributing to a team.

• Competence in conducting pressuremeter investigations, primarily employing cone penetration equipment from diverse testing platforms, adhering to SOCOTEC standards.

• Familiarity or proficiency in using CPT software.

• Skill in organizing the mobilization and demobilization of sites and testing apparatus.

• Ability to adhere to company and site-specific Health and Safety guidelines.

• Proficiency in calibrating and maintaining testing instruments and proactively identifying defects on-site.

• Understanding of pressuremeter testing methodologies.

• Capability to perform borehole permeability assessments.

• Expertise in collecting groundwater and gas monitoring data using standpipes, vibrating wire, pneumatic and hydraulic piezometers, and diver-type pressure transducers/loggers.

• Proficient in collecting ground displacement instrumentation data via inclinometers, extensometers, and hydrostatic profile gauges.

• Ability to gather water and gas samples from on-site borehole installations.

• Skill in preparing core samples and assisting Logging Engineers.

• Ability to maintain accurate field records.

• Capacity to transport consumables, samples, and equipment to and from various sites.

• Willingness and ability to work across sites throughout the United Kingdom.

🏝️ Benefits

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

• Electric car scheme (where applicable).

• Employee recognition programs.

• Family-friendly support.

• Exclusive retail discounts.

• Employee assistance programs.

• Enhanced company pension.

• Comprehensive training, mentorship, and development initiatives.

• Flexible work arrangements: local, national, or global projects; office-based, remote, or hybrid.

• Disability Confident accredited employer.