Materials Technician
| Posting date: | 02 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 September 2025 |
| Location: | Kent, DA11 0DY |
| Company: | FM Conway |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | ORG1531-LM1387942GraMT |
Summary
Are you ready to take the next step in your career within laboratory testing? FM Conway is seeking a Materials Technician to join our Aggregate and Asphalt team. In this role, you will play a key part in upholding the highest quality standards across our products, helping to ensure our customers continue to receive the very best service and results. This is a permanent, full-time position based at our laboratory in Gravesend, Kent.
The duties of the Materials Technician role will include:
- Performing all routine quality control testing and inspections, both in the laboratory and the field
- Ensuring that any testing and inspections are carried out at the correct frequencies, to the correct standards and completed in a timely manner
- Maintaining the highest standards throughout the entire process, ensuring that accurate and factual reports can be issued to both internal and external clients by the Laboratory Manager
- Complying with UKAS and ISO 9001 processes and ensuring ongoing compliance is maintained
- Recording all test results, observations and remarks accurately and ensuring records are kept up to date
- Reporting all incidences in the correct and timely manner
What skills and experience do you need?
We are looking for candidates with solid experience in aggregate and asphalt testing. Essential skills include a good understanding of Microsoft Word and Excel, along with strong written and verbal communication skills. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated and able to work effectively as part of a team. A full UK driving license is also required for this role.
What benefits will you receive?
As our Materials Technician we will offer you a range of fantastic benefits including career and professional development, 23 days holiday plus bank holidays, life assurance, company pension, opportunities for internal and external training and access to a wide range of shopping discounts through our Rewarding Great People platform. We will also offer you a range of health and well-being benefits including 24-hour advice lines, access and support from our in-house mental health first aiders.
A brief introduction to FM Conway and our Aggregate and Asphalt Division
FM Conway is a business of families with over 60 years’ experience of creating sustainable and innovative transportation solutions. We pride ourselves on our core values, creating a culture around Care, Innovation, Integrity and Excellence. As a family business the heart of FM Conway has, and always will be, its great people and we are always searching for talented individuals to join our family.
Our Aggregate and Asphalt division manufactures a range of high-quality products that can be adapted to suit the specific needs of our customers. We recycle highways arisings at our unique static crushing, washing and grading plants. The Recycled Asphalt Product (RAP) is used in our local asphalt plants to supply construction sites across London and Southern England. You will be joining a thriving team who are committed to our vision and continued investment in our self-delivery model.
So, if you would like to Join our Family as our Materials Technician then please click ‘apply’ today.
Closing Date: 02/10/2025
FM Conway is an award-winning equal opportunities employer. We recognise that our workforce should reflect our diverse communities and we are proudly committed to creating an inclusive culture in which we celebrate and value individuals from all walks of life. EDI-Strategy
At our heart we are a family that recognises and embraces individuality, so if you are excited about this role but you are unsure if you meet all of the criteria, we encourage you to apply anyway as you may still be the right candidate for this or another role we are recruiting for.
We look forward to receiving your application!
The duties of the Materials Technician role will include:
- Performing all routine quality control testing and inspections, both in the laboratory and the field
- Ensuring that any testing and inspections are carried out at the correct frequencies, to the correct standards and completed in a timely manner
- Maintaining the highest standards throughout the entire process, ensuring that accurate and factual reports can be issued to both internal and external clients by the Laboratory Manager
- Complying with UKAS and ISO 9001 processes and ensuring ongoing compliance is maintained
- Recording all test results, observations and remarks accurately and ensuring records are kept up to date
- Reporting all incidences in the correct and timely manner
What skills and experience do you need?
We are looking for candidates with solid experience in aggregate and asphalt testing. Essential skills include a good understanding of Microsoft Word and Excel, along with strong written and verbal communication skills. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated and able to work effectively as part of a team. A full UK driving license is also required for this role.
What benefits will you receive?
As our Materials Technician we will offer you a range of fantastic benefits including career and professional development, 23 days holiday plus bank holidays, life assurance, company pension, opportunities for internal and external training and access to a wide range of shopping discounts through our Rewarding Great People platform. We will also offer you a range of health and well-being benefits including 24-hour advice lines, access and support from our in-house mental health first aiders.
A brief introduction to FM Conway and our Aggregate and Asphalt Division
FM Conway is a business of families with over 60 years’ experience of creating sustainable and innovative transportation solutions. We pride ourselves on our core values, creating a culture around Care, Innovation, Integrity and Excellence. As a family business the heart of FM Conway has, and always will be, its great people and we are always searching for talented individuals to join our family.
Our Aggregate and Asphalt division manufactures a range of high-quality products that can be adapted to suit the specific needs of our customers. We recycle highways arisings at our unique static crushing, washing and grading plants. The Recycled Asphalt Product (RAP) is used in our local asphalt plants to supply construction sites across London and Southern England. You will be joining a thriving team who are committed to our vision and continued investment in our self-delivery model.
So, if you would like to Join our Family as our Materials Technician then please click ‘apply’ today.
Closing Date: 02/10/2025
FM Conway is an award-winning equal opportunities employer. We recognise that our workforce should reflect our diverse communities and we are proudly committed to creating an inclusive culture in which we celebrate and value individuals from all walks of life. EDI-Strategy
At our heart we are a family that recognises and embraces individuality, so if you are excited about this role but you are unsure if you meet all of the criteria, we encourage you to apply anyway as you may still be the right candidate for this or another role we are recruiting for.
We look forward to receiving your application!
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