GHD
Soil Technician (Start ASAP)
Sydney
Opportunity expired
Opportunity details
- Apprenticeship or Traineeship
- AUD 60,000 - 70,000 / Year
- 2 vacancies
- Apply by 12 Jan 2025
- Start date ASAP
At GHD, we don’t just believe in the power of commitment, we live and breathe it every day.
That’s why we pledge to support and empower our people to make a positive impact when working hand in hand with our business to drive change. We'll empower you with the right technology and training as you bring ideas and projects to life.
Together with your colleagues, clients and partners, you can make an impact that is felt by all. See where your commitment could take you.
Who are we looking for?
We're looking for a Soil Technician to join us at our busy laboratory based in Artarmon, NSW to work alongside our internationally renowned Geotechnical experts on exciting major infrastructure projects in transport, energy & water in Sydney and throughout NSW.
This is a fantastic opportunity to draw on your experience or qualifications and develop your career in our wider Geotechnical Engineering team.
We’re also open to supporting people who are interested in starting a career as a Laboratory Technician in Soil Testing, and we’ll provide the relevant support & training.
Working with an energetic and high performing team, this position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in:
- Performing soil, rock and aggregate tests in the laboratory in support of geotechnical projects
- Supporting exciting major infrastructure such as across dams, tunnelling, energy, water and roads
- Joining our team of specialist geoscience professionals, including engineers, geologists, geophysicists and hydrogeologists
- Participating in further training and career development
What you will bring to the team:
- Ideally 2 years’ experience in CMT / geotechnical testing, or a desire to grow a career in this area and develop these skills
- Certificate 2/3 or 4 laboratory operations applicable to Construction materials testing (preferred, or we are open to supporting you to obtain this as a member of the team)
- Testing experience in AS1289, AS1141, AS4133 & TfNSW standards, or a desire to develop these skills
- Ability to understand of testing methods, and to conduct the manual handling requirements of sample preparation
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and a strong commitment to safety in the workplace
Interested?
Apply now with your CV, and a cover letter detailing your specific experience or interest in laboratory soil testing.
Contact: Paul Inglis 0386878619
GHD is an equal opportunity employer, and we want everyone to be able to fully participate in our recruitment process. We value a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people of all identities.
GHD embraces hybrid work arrangements to create a work environment focused on well-being, flexibility and productivity where our people can thrive. This supports the diverse needs of our workforce while balancing the benefits of remote working with the value of face-to-face collaboration in the office.
We respectfully ask that no agency resumes be presented at this stage.
About Us
Come together and make a meaningful impact.
We bring our people together to create something bigger and solve some of the world's most complex problems. Come and experience the power of commitment and see strategy and ideas come to life when you join GHD.
Let's drive real change.
Our Pledge to You
At GHD, we don’t just believe in the power of commitment, we live and breathe it every day.
That’s why we pledge to empower our people to make a positive impact. Combining our deep technical expertise with the capabilities of our clients and partners, we respond to some of the most complex challenges facing our planet today.
See where your commitment could take you.
That’s the #PowerOfCommitment
Who we are
GHD is a global professional services company that leads through engineering, architecture, and construction expertise. We are an employee-owned company with over 11,000 diverse and skilled individuals, across more than 200 offices spanning five continents.
The Power of Commitment is our brand promise. It’s what makes us different. We are bound to our stated vision and determination to address humanity’s most urgent needs: to make water, energy and urbanisation sustainable for generations to come.
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- Australian Citizen +more
- Engineering & Mathematics +more
- Bachelor or higher
Reviews
Project management and admin. I have been given no project management training and am having to manage projects for PMs who do not care about their projects.
Emails. Teams meetings. Blue beam markups and actioning in autocad. Civil 3D Design. Lodging applications.
I have worked on a few different projects, but mostly doing similar repetitive tasks. I'm hoping to get some more interesting diverse work in the future once my current jobs are off my plate; it has been fine but mostly simple modelling / data entry / spreadsheet management / report writing / basic repetitive design, sometimes for interesting projects but the work itself has felt quite rote and not really engaging.
About the employer
GHD
3.9
1,000 - 50,000 employees
Engineering Consulting
GHD provides engineering, architecture, environmental and construction services to private and public sector clients globally.
Pros and cons of working at GHD
Pros
The people I work with are so very supportive. It is also great to be part of a multidisciplinary organization. Any questions I have regarding another discipline are just a Teams message away from an answer.
Great mentoring - Amazing team & people - Senior employees motivate young graduates to push themselves - Interesting & variety of work
Working on a wide range of projects around Australia/overseas. The people I work with and the knowledge and time they are willing to share to help you learn
Good opportunities to explore different types of work, and in different environments. Travelling for work. Work with a range of professionals at different levels. Very clear structure and progression.
The people are really genuine, it really feels like the team wants everyone to have the best opportunities they can and support each other to produce the best results. Have never been made to feel like my development isn't important and feels like people and the company as a whole genuinely want to create an enjoyable workplace and help graduates grow.
Cons
Keeping your hours to budget. Sometimes things take longer because you are new, and it is stressful making sure tasks are done within the timeframe set.
A good work-life balance can be hard to achieve working 8-5, 10 days a fortnight. Especially when delivery dates are approaching and some additional working hours are sometimes expected.
Working with timesheets can be difficult when you are running out of tasks to complete, however, my team is great at handing out new work when I am out of tasks to complete
Not much for me personally, but I know others have had issues with little support from upper management or unreasonable expectations from line managers
The occasional short timeframes for delivery of projects that I have been pulled into last minute.