For over 90 years, Fulton Hogan has been delivering high-quality infrastructure to improve the lives of people every day. Our 10,000+ team works in every kind of weather and environment, creating, connecting, and caring for communities across Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.

What’s on offer?

We have an opportunity for an experienced Senior Laboratory Technician to join our Northern Industries team in Cedar Creek. This is a hands-on senior role where you’ll bring strong knowledge of AS 1141, AS 1289 and relevant TMR test methods, along with proven experience in field sampling and laboratory reporting systems such as QESTLab.

If you know your way around a construction laboratory and take pride in doing good work to a high standard, you’ll fit right in.

What you’ll do:

• Assisting with quarry laboratory operations based at Cedar Creek and possible SEQ mobile sites.

• Undertaking compliance testing for samples of aggregate, soils, road base, and CTB material.

• Ensuring laboratory and production facility compliance with NATA, and Department of Main Roads construction materials testing supplier registration system.

• Ensuring compliance with all statutory health, safety, and environmental requirements.

• Assisting with the design and performance of laboratory mix designs/ blends and quarry R&D to the required specifications.

• Direct responsibility for source rock schedules for all materials, and Lot Control / Lot Management.

• Assisting Laboratory Foreman and Lab Supervisor whilst ensuring all tests are reported through our reporting tool Questlab effectively.

How you’ll connect to the role:

• Knowledge of laboratory and production facility calibration requirements.

• Quarry and soils testing laboratory experience, techniques, and accreditation (advantageous).

• Effective communication and teamwork skills to collaborate with managers, engineers, and other technical staff.

• Ability to work safely on active construction sites, perform manual handling task, complete equipment setup, and adherence to workplace health and safety requirements.

• Demonstrated commitment to collaborative, ethical behaviour in a client-facing environment and a keen eye for detail.

• Demonstrated skills in research, evaluation, interpretation and delivery of data.

• Want to be rewarded for the good work you do? Apply now to learn more about the applicable hourly rate and allowances.

• Looking for a company that places people at the heart of everything? Our Living Safely culture ensures that we care for ourselves, each other and the communities that we work in.

• Keen to progress your career? We invest in our people’s career development and provide pathways in the form of apprenticeships, traineeships, or certificate(s) opportunities. If additional tickets and licenses are required, we can help with that too.

• Never worked in our industry before? We open new doors for people with transferable skills and experiences, helping them to thrive in the world of infrastructure construction. Where applicable, we provide training and support to help you succeed in the role.

• Looking to enhance your wellbeing? We offer benefits, including corporate health and fitness programs, health insurance discounts, personal banking support, a range of retailer discounts, and access to our Employee Assistance Program (including your immediate family).

• Want to help us better the communities we live and work in? Our purpose of creating, connecting, and caring for communities is more than a saying to us – it’s a way of thinking, working, and living because we're locals too, and seek to give back in ways that strengthen and build resilient communities. 

Our people share the same set of values that keep us REAL. Respect, Energy and Effort, Attitude and Leadership are what we stand for at Fulton Hogan and encourage us to foster a diverse and inclusive culture where we listen to, care for, celebrate, and respect everyone.

If our REAL values resonate with you, please submit an application for the position.

If you’re not sure that you meet 100% of the selection criteria, that’s okay, we would still like to hear from you and potentially discuss how your skills could be utilised at Fulton Hogan.