Specialist In-Situ Testing Technician

SOCOTEC UK & Ireland

About The Position

SOCOTEC’s Infrastructure team provides technical services for construction and civil engineering projects across the UK, including construction materials testing, foundations and pile testing, structures and pavement assessment, and geotechnical and structural monitoring. The Specialist In-Situ Testing Technician will join the Geotechnical team and work on varied projects throughout the country. The role involves field testing, monitoring, equipment care, data collection and reporting. The successful candidate will balance independent, proactive work with effective teamwork and will help deliver testing to company, site and UKAS standards.

Requirements

Be reliable, flexible and driven.
Be able to work proactively and independently while also being a strong team player.
Have good management skills.
Have a strong understanding of and experience in the industry.

Responsibilities

Work within a small field testing team to develop skills and competency in specialist in-situ testing and monitoring techniques.
Lead investigations using cone penetration testing equipment across a variety of testing platforms, in accordance with SOCOTEC standards.
Use CPT software to produce soil data, site records and test data in a timely manner.
Organise mobilisation and demobilisation of sites and testing equipment.
Carry out work in accordance with company and site-specific health and safety rules.
Calibrate and maintain testing equipment daily, and proactively identify equipment defects while on site.
Perform cone penetration testing using piezocones and associated devices from a variety of platforms to UKAS standards.
Develop an understanding of pressuremeter testing techniques, including self-boring pressure meter, high pressure dilatometer and cone pressure meter testing.
Carry out borehole permeability tests.
Collect data from groundwater and gas monitoring instrumentation, including standpipes, vibrating wire, pneumatic and hydraulic piezometers, and diver-type pressure transducers or loggers.
Collect data from ground displacement instrumentation, including inclinometers, extensometers and hydrostatic profile gauges.
Collect water and gas samples from on-site borehole installations.
Act as a technician on large sites, prepare core samples and assist Logging Engineers.
Keep accurate field records of work performed.
Deliver and collect consumables, samples and equipment to and from sites.
Interpret and report testing results.