Technician

Company Description
**SGS is the world's leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. We are recognised as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 89,000 employees, we operate a network of more than 2,600 offices and laboratories around the world.**
**Job Description**:
To assist the Pretoria Supervisor/ Laboratory Manager with all supervisory tasks related to the materials testing, centerline investigation, sample collection, client liaison, at the Rustenburg sample collection area, site or in the commercial laboratory. The Technician might be required to carry out the materials testing and strictly following the prescribed testing methods.
- A Technician is responsible to supervise and/or carry out and take responsibility of testing for all tests that the employee is deemed competent for strictly in accordance to prescribed methods.
- A Technician is responsible for instructing subordinates
- A Technician is responsible to adhere to all quality and safety requirements of the SGS management system.
- A Technician is report deviations, irregularities and non-conformances to Manager.
- A Technician will be responsible for keeping of deadlines
- A Technician will be required to verify equipment and update the control list.
- A Technician will be responsible for quality assurance.
- A Technician will be responsible to perform all centerline investigation duties
- A Technician will be required to service and support any and all sample collection points
- A Technician is responsible to perform any other reasonable tasks as assigned by the authorized site supervisor/laboratory manager and regional manager.
**Qualifications**:
Grade 12 / NQF4 or an additional three years relevant experience for each year of schooling below grade 12
Additional Information
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Experience**
- Fieldwork (densities, layer/stockpile sampling, manufacture and handle concrete cubes, DCP, Ring and Ball test (road surfaces), Sand Patch, On Site Viscosity tests, Sampling of Asphalt and Bitumen.
- Competent and qualified to do all tests in all laboratory divisions including soils, asphalt, seals, concrete / aggregate
- Do all calculations in full related to the tests mentioned above
- Control laboratory activities such as quality control under supervision.