Company Description
We are SGS – the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company. We are recognized as the global benchmark for sustainability, quality and integrity. Our 97,000 employees operate a network of 2,650 offices and laboratories, working together to enable a better, safer and more interconnected world.
SGS Matrocast is seeking to fill the position of Senior Material Testers on various site laboratories in the Western Cape Region.
The ideal candidate for this position will be a person who is reliable, honest, and hardworking, and is competent in all civil engineering laboratory tests with an appetite to grow within the industry.
Job Description
- Assist the Supervisor/Laboratory Manager and other laboratory personnel with all materials testing tasks.
- Complete materials testing in all laboratory divisions, including soils, asphalt, seals, concrete, and aggregate, with bench calculations as required.
- Supervise and/or carry out testing for all tests that the employee is deemed competent for, strictly in accordance with prescribed methods.
- Clean up the site or workshop after tasks are completed, ensuring it is free of all consumables used.
- Adhere to all quality and safety requirements of the SGS management system.
- Report any deviations, irregularities, and non-conformances orally.
- Perform any other reasonable tasks as assigned by the authorized site supervisor/laboratory manager and regional manager.
- Conduct all field and laboratory work, including sampling, calculations, and performing test methods accurately.
- Complete timesheets accurately on a daily basis.
- Ensure discipline within the assigned department.
Qualifications
- Grade 12 / NQF4 or an additional three years relevant experience for each year of schooling below grade 12.
- Knowledge, skills, and experience sufficient to be recognized as a qualification through Recognition of Prior Learning.
Additional Information
- Sampling and preparation experience advantageous.
- Administration experience will be advantageous.
- Fieldwork experience including densities, layer/stockpile sampling, manufacture and handling of concrete cubes, DCP, Ring and Ball test (road surfaces), Sand Patch, On-Site Viscosity tests, Sampling of Asphalt and Bitumen.
- Competent and qualified to perform all tests in all laboratory divisions, including soils, asphalt, seals, concrete, and aggregate.
- Perform all calculations related to the tests mentioned above.
- Control laboratory activities such as quality control under supervision.
- Physically able and willing to work with, move, and pick up samples as required.
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