Materials Technician

FM Conway is currently seeking to recruit a Materials Technician to join our laboratory based in Gravesend, Kent. This is a full-time permanent role which will offer a permanent salary and wide range of benefits.

As our Materials Technician you will focus on ensuring that our products are of the highest quality, so that our customers can enjoy the very best service and products on offer.

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 / 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, thus ensuring that accurate, factual reports can be issued to both internal and external clients by the laboratory manager

- Ensuring that as part of your duties that ongoing compliance with UKAS, ISO 9001 processes are maintained

- Ensuring that records of all test results, any observations and remarks are made and kept

- Reporting any incidents in a correct and timely manner

We are looking for candidates with a full UK driving license. Other essential skills will include; good understanding of Microsoft Word and Excel, strong written and verbal communication skills, self-motivated and able to work well within a team.

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, 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 family run business 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.