Job Description
Are you an experienced and dynamic Multi Site Laboratory Technician looking for your next position?
At Tarmac, ‘who you are’ matters. We want to get to know you. If you share our values and are proud of a job well done, collaborative in working well with others and ambitious to make things better, then have a read of what we have on offer. Tarmac is the UK’s leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business. Our innovative products and solutions not only deliver the infrastructure needed to grow the UK economy today but also help to create a more sustainable built environment for the country’s long-term future.
We are currently looking for an experienced Multi Site Laboratory Technician at our Barnstone plant in Nottingham. The site is easily accessible from Coalville, Mansfield, Derby, Castle Donnington, Newark on Trent, Loughborough, Melton Mowbray, Leicester, Stamford, and the surrounding areas.
Here at Tarmac, we are working hard to create a dynamic and inclusive environment and it’s important that our people come from a variety of different backgrounds.
Main ResponsibilitiesReporting to the Testing and Quality Manager, the Multi Site Laboratory Technician role will carry out quality control testing of Blue Circle and Microcems as well as products from the wider Packed Products business, covering laboratories based at Barnstone, Swains Park and Tunstead.
This is a key role which includes robust and rigorous testing of products to ensure they reach the correct quality, safety requirements and company standards. A driving licence is essential as travel between sites is a requirement of the role, a business van will be provided.
Main responsibilities include, but are not restricted to:
Testing Blue Circle Products and Microcems along with products produced in the wider Tarmac business.
Maintaining workplace tidiness
Ensure equipment is within calibration
Achieve Laboratory Safety Goals
Achieve laboratory KPIs ensuring customer demands are metThe Ideal CandidateThe ideal Multi Site Laboratory Technician candidate must be able to manage their own time, keep up to date with calibrations, conduct maintenance of laboratory equipment and ensure work areas are tidy efficient and safe. You will be able to demonstrate an understanding of raw material usage in cementitious products, making decisions during optimization of finished goods. You will have excellent time management enabling testing to be carried out efficiently, reducing any downtime with production waiting for direction. You will also hold a full UK driving licence and hold GSCE qualification (or equivalent) in Science/Chemistry.
Suitable candidates for the role of Multi Site Laboratory Technician will be able to demonstrate experience in:
Safe operation of Laboratory machinery
Product testing and relevant sentencing
Use of IT systems to test and record product performance
Following NCR procedure for non-conforming material
Efficient Timekeeping
Good organisational skills
Working systematically
Problem SolvingWhy UsAlong with the role of Multi Site Laboratory Technician we additionally offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives and benefits:
Bonus scheme
Enhanced holiday entitlement
Contributory pension scheme
Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc.
Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice
Access to join our Employee Communities (employee networks) we currently have nine communities inc. (REACH) Religious, Ethnic, Cultural Heritage, LGBTQ+, Parents & Carers, Ability, Wellbeing, Female Voice, and Menopause
Training and development opportunities Interested? Why not click here to find out more? Go on… are you ready to build your future?
Tarmac, a CRH company, is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when this happens we sometimes bring the published closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
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