Senior Materials Technician - Cape Town at Hatch

Requirements: 

• National Diploma or B Tech in Civil Engineering with 10 years’ experience in road construction materials laboratory testing and should include at least 5 years’ experience in managing a road construction materials laboratory. 
• Professional registration with ECSA and experience on Western Cape Provincial Road projects will be an added advantage. 
• Previous experience as a senior materials technician or laboratory manager will be beneficial. 
• The applicant shall be computer literate and well acquainted with MS office (Excel and Word)

Job Description: The duties of the Senior Materials Technician shall include the following: 

• Act as a Supervisor of the Client’s Acceptance Control roads laboratory on site:
• Work closely with the acceptance control laboratory manager and discuss issues, progress, quality of work and test result/reports
• Attend proficiency testing to be arranged by the laboratory manager and examine test procedures performed in accordance with the relevant test methods and report to the Resident Engineer (RE)
• Liaise between the Assistant Resident Engineer (ARE) and the laboratory regarding test requests submitted
• Ensure that the laboratory is performing within an agreed testing timetable and follow up on outstanding test results
• Scrutinize test results and discuss inconsistencies with the laboratory manager
• Arrange for monthly duplicate testing and reporting to be done by four different laboratories, including the acceptance and process laboratories
• Asses the workload of the laboratory through EIU

Act as a Client’s Representative overseeing the Contractor’s Process Control roads laboratory on site:

• Have regular visits to the process control laboratory and discuss issues, progress and quality of work with the laboratory manager
• Ensure that the laboratory manager is performing proficiency tests.  Attend these tests as deemed necessary and report to the Resident Engineer (RE)
• Examine mix designs prepared by the contractor and advise the RE
• Ensure that the laboratory submits copies of their process test results to Hatch for information
• Ensure the contractor is inspecting their work before they submit it to Hatch for inspection, testing and approval
• Liaise with the laboratory regarding material samples to be submitted for verification testing by the acceptance laboratory
• Involve the laboratory with duplicate testing

General responsibilities:

• Report directly to the Resident Engineer (RE) as frequently as possible
• Assist the RE with administrative duties as may be required
• Assist the RE and his assistants with measurement of completed work as may be required
• Prepare and submit monthly materials and laboratory reports to the RE
• Assist the engineer and laboratory manager with mix designs where required
• Discuss work not complying with the specifications with the RE
• Assist ARE’s (ARE’s responsible) with inspections of completed work where required
• Be involved with trial section construction and assessment
• Prepare earthworks and layerworks progress sheets
• Prepare and update material testing data packs for as-built purposes in accordance with the client’s requirements