Geotechnics Ltd
An exciting opportunity has arisen at Geotechnics' Exeter office for the right person to join the team as a Field Technician and work across the South and South West. You will be trained, coached and mentored by our team of friendly, experienced and incredibly knowledgeable engineers along a training path that will enable you to become the very best that you can be.
This is a varied role and not one day will be the same……variety is definitely the name of the game here
Field Technician role:
We are currently looking to recruit a Field Technician to aid our existing site supervisors and personnel with different site activities such as delivering site consumables, undertaking in situ testing, monitoring and labouring and to join our friendly team of site investigation specialists across the country working out of our Exeter office. There will also be time spent within our stores at the office location, managing samples and equipment, helping the engineers prepare kit for upcoming jobs and holding an inventory of consumable stock.
We work in a wide variety of sectors including utilities, industrial and commercial, highways, contaminated land redevelopment, onshore energy transmission and environmental. You will undertake a wide range of tasks including a broad spectrum of monitoring including gas, groundwater and ground movement, setting out and surveying, and will have responsibility for sampling chain of custody through our office stores and to our laboratory.
Our team members:
* Are knowledgeable about a wide range of the latest site investigation techniques, surveying and monitoring procedures, techniques and Standards.
* Are able to work with company documents for effective reporting, communication and record-keeping
* Are trained in health and safety schemes such as CSCS, SMSTS, and CDM 2015 Regulations.
We are looking for people who:
* Are enthusiastic and keen to learn
* Are looking for site based work, with periods spent within the stores
* Will be based out of our Exeter office, predominantly operating in the South West and along the South coast, but with a need from time to time to assist other regional offices
* Can work autonomously or as part of a team and take responsibility projects and equipment
* Hold a full UK driving license
* Towing and/ or forklift licenses would be a plus
Your first few days and weeks will see you introduced to the Company and the team. Early qualifications you will acquire include Health & Safety CSCS certification, this is essentially a safety passport to visit and work on all our sites.
Other early training include First Aid at Work, Defensive Driving and also how to safely operate a Cable Avoidance Tool (CAT) and Genny to avoid underground services. Additionally you will receive training in Administration, Commercial, Technical and Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality.
Who would suit this role?
Someone who loves the great outdoors, is a self-starter with a practical nature
The ideal person will be diligent, have a sense of urgency, be tenacious with a strength of purpose and above all have integrity.
They will be able to quickly build relationships with all staff.
We are fortunate to work across many sectors so it's true to say that you will be exposed to a whole myriad of different marketing opportunities to get your teeth in to.
If you think you'd be a good fit we'd love to hear from you.
WHY CHOOSE US:
Join one of the largest independent companies in our sector, and become a part of our friendly team of site investigation specialists working on exciting projects.
Geotechnics….it's been in the name since 1983. We deal with the engineering and environmental interaction between earth materials and the built environment. We work with soil, rock, groundwater and other man made materials to help ground truth and understand the site-specific engineering behaviour beneath our feet. We offer value through our research, investigation, testing, monitoring, reporting and evaluation to reduce the risks associated with the unknowns at pre-construction stage.
Our Company values (Quality, People, Integrity), ethos and vision is everything to us. Nurturing and providing a work place where everyone is involved, passionate and driven to deliver the very best quality site investigation services and data to serve the construction industry, wider community and the environment in which we operate and live.
Our vision is simple - to be the very best at what we do and to ensure the experience of working with and for us is enjoyable for one and all.
It's an exciting time for Geotechnics as we look to grow and build upon our solid foundations established some 40 years ago whilst striving to remain as committed, motivated, determined and responsive to our people as we are to our clients.
At Geotechnics we take great pride in being people focussed with integrity – our people are our most important and greatest asset and without we couldn't do all the great work we do.
We value everyone's thoughts, talents and ideas. We're excited to see what you can make happen and we look forward to working with you
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £23,809.50-£29,000.00 per year
Benefits:
* Additional leave
* Bereavement leave
* Casual dress
* Company pension
* Free parking
* Life insurance
* On-site parking
* Referral programme
* Sick pay
Ability to commute/relocate:
* Exeter EX2 7LL: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:
* GCSE or equivalent (required)
Licence/Certification:
* UK Manual Driving License (required)
Work authorisation:
* United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Exeter EX2 7LL