Laboratory Technician

FM Conway is currently seeking to recruit a Laboratory Technician to join our dynamic Laboratory Team! As our Laboratory 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. This is a full‑time, permanent role based from Gravesend, Kent.

• 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 previous experience in aggregate and asphalt testing. You should have excellent interpersonal skills and hold a full UK driving licence. Strong computer and administrative abilities are essential, along with a flexible approach and the capacity to work both independently and as part of a team.

As our Laboratory 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.

FM Conway is a business of families 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. 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.

So, if you would like to Join our Family as our Laboratory Technician then please click ‘apply’ today.

Closing Date: 18/12/2025

FM Conway is an award‑winning equal opportunities employer. We recognise that our workforce should reflect our diverse communities and we are proudly committed to creating an inclusive culture in which we celebrate and value individuals from all walks of life. EDI‑Strategy

At our heart we are a family that recognises and embraces individuality, so if you are excited about this role but you are unsure if you meet all of the criteria, we encourage you to apply anyway as you may still be the right candidate for this or another role we are recruiting for.

We look forward to receiving your application!