Description:
Civil Laboratory Technicians - Napier & Gisborne, New Zealand
About Us:
Our Laboratories are responsible for testing civil engineering materials such as aggregates, soils, concrete, and bituminous materials to support our clients' manufacturing and construction activities.
Our laboratory teams are made up of people from a range of backgrounds. That diversity ensures a culture of collaboration, innovation and success. We are looking for people to join WSP who have a passion for civil engineering laboratory testing and want to pursue a career in this vital industry.
The Opportunities:
Our Napier and Gisborne Laboratories are looking for Civil Engineering Laboratory Technicians to join their teams, from Assistants with no previous experience through to experienced Laboratory Technicians. Full training will be provided if you don't have previous lab experience. You will be able to make a significant contribution towards supporting the Cyclone Gabrielle Recovery efforts in the Hawkes Bay and Tairawhiti regions.
You will be required to conduct hands-on testing of civil engineering materials, such as concrete, soils, bitumen, and aggregates to NZ and International Standards. These roles will involve a variety of projects working in the laboratory or out in the field. There will be the occasional night shift work with these roles.
About You:
- An interest in or previous experience working in a civil engineering laboratory
- Previous experience working in construction, roading, or farming industries preferred, if no previous civil laboratory experience
- A good level of fitness and strength, as these roles can be physically demanding and require heavy lifting of testing materials (up to 30kg)
- Holds a current clean driver's license.
- Willing to travel as and when required for work
Why Us?
WSP NZ has proudly earned its place among the top five employers to work for in Aotearoa New Zealand, as recognised in Randstad's latest employer survey. In addition, WSP has been listed as one of TIME's 2023 top 100 companies globally for employees. We contribute to complex and exciting projects addressing critical environmental and infrastructure challenges and have a solid pipeline of work across multiple disciplines.
Our benefits package is highly competitive and includes the following:
- Comprehensive medical insurance
- Additional unspecified sick leave
- Progressive parental leave policy
- Option to purchase up to 4 additional weeks of annual leave
- Reimbursement of up to 2 annual professional memberships
- Community day
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Multiple discounted products and services, and more.
We will review applications as they come in, so if this opportunity sounds like you, don't wait to apply!
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