Soil Laboratory Technician/manager

6 hours ago


Durban, South Africa Dlamindlovu Consulting Engineers and Project Managers Full time

Job description

**Summary**

Laboratory technicians are responsible for performing asphalt, concrete, and aggregate testing in accordance with published South African standards and DOWL laboratory policies and procedures. Laboratory technicians are also responsible for record-keeping, test reporting, invoicing, and other administrative duties associated with the laboratory operation. Technicians will assist less experienced Materials Testing Technicians in performing laboratory testing, calibrations, and maintenance of equipment.

**Essential Duties and Responsibilities **include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

1. Perform data entry, record keeping, invoicing, test reporting, and other administrative duties.

3. Perform testing in the laboratory on construction materials to include modified Proctors, sieve analyses, plasticity index tests, soil classification, and other soil, asphalt, and concrete test processing.

4. Work in the concrete room prepping and performing tests on concrete cylinders, cores, masonry block, and prisms for compressive strength testing.

5. Break cylinders, prisms, and cubes of concrete and masonry.

6. Perform maintenance and calibrations on laboratory and field equipment.

7. Perform calculations of test data and ability to train junior staff

8. Performing testing, maintenance, and calibrations in the laboratory.

9. Data back-checking and corrections.

**Qualifications & Experience**

N Dip: Civil engineering

5 year, Soil/concrete/asphalt testing laboratory experience

**Certificates, Licenses, Registrations**

Must have a valid driver’s license and a good driving record.

Must have Microsoft Excel experience.

Professional registration with ECSA will be advantageous


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