In-Situ Testing Technician

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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SOCOTEC UK & Ireland

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1001 - 5000 employees

🏗️ Construction

💼 Consulting

Construction • Consulting

SOCOTEC UK & Ireland is a network of industry experts providing testing, inspection, certification and consultancy services across the full asset lifecycle for buildings and infrastructure. Their services include asbestos management, building control and regulations consultancy, materials testing, geotechnical and structural monitoring, environmental monitoring and consultancy (including water and air quality), fire safety engineering and testing, occupational hygiene, sustainability and compliance advisory, and expert witness/forensic support. SOCOTEC serves clients in construction, infrastructure, property, utilities and related sectors across the UK and Ireland.

📋 Description

• 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 equipment from various testing platforms • Conduct cone penetration testing using piezocones and associated devices to UKAS standards • Perform pressuremeter testing using SBP, HPD, and CPM equipment • Use CPT software to produce soil data, site records, and test data • Organise mobilisation and demobilisation of sites and testing equipment • Calibrate and maintain testing equipment, including on-site fault finding • Collect data from groundwater, gas monitoring, and ground displacement instrumentation • Collect water and gas samples from borehole installations • Act as Technician on large sites, prepare core samples, and assist Logging Engineers • Interpret and report testing results • Maintain accurate field records • Deliver and collect consumables, samples, and equipment to and from sites • Follow company and site-specific health and safety requirements

🎯 Requirements

• Reliable, flexible, and driven • Able to work proactively and independently while also being a strong team player • Good management skills • Strong understanding of and experience in the geotechnical/in-situ testing industry • Experience operating cone penetration equipment from a variety of testing platforms to SOCOTEC standards • Ability to use CPT software to provide soil data, site records, and test data • Ability to organise mobilisation and demobilisation of sites and testing equipment • Ability to work in accordance with company and site-specific Health and Safety rules • Ability to calibrate and maintain testing equipment and proactively find faults on site • Understanding of pressuremeter testing techniques • Knowledge of borehole permeability tests • Experience/data collection for groundwater and gas monitoring instrumentation • Experience/data collection for ground displacement instrumentation • Ability to collect water and gas samples from on-site borehole installations • Ability to prepare core samples and assist Logging Engineers • Ability to keep accurate field records • Willingness/ability to deliver and collect consumables, samples, and equipment to and from site

🏖️ Benefits

• 25 days holiday, with the option to buy more • Electric car scheme (where applicable) • Employee recognition programmes • Family-friendly support • Exclusive retail discounts • Employee assistance programmes • Enhanced company pension • Comprehensive training, mentorship, and development programs • Flexible work arrangements: office-based, remote, or hybrid • Opportunities across local, national, or global projects • Career development opportunities across multiple disciplines

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