Intermediate Materials Technician

Intermediate Materials Technician

Burnaby, BC

At EXP, we’re driven to provide innovative solutions for the world’s built and natural environments. As a team of engineers, architects, designers, scientists, creators and a community of professionals, we bring diverse and talented people together to solve the world’s most complex challenges. Here, you join a team that leverages differences, harnesses their entrepreneurial spirit in an employee-owned company, that believes diversity is what gives us strength, seeks sustainable results and shares ambitions for each other, our clients and the communities we are part of and serve. To be a part of EXP means to have your own experience, while staying connected to a global network of professionals, who believe we are a part of something bigger. Together, we are EXP.

Are you ready to design your future?

Be our next Intermediate Materials Technician!

Your work environment at EXP

In this role, you will be a part of the Soils and Materials team, based in Burnaby, BC office and have the opportunity to work with a great team. Working closely with Project Engineers / Managers and Discipline Manager to conduct construction observations and confirmation of construction materials design elements and conducting materials quality assurance / control testing and reporting in both the field and laboratory for projects mainly in and around, but not limited to the Metro Vancouver area. The successful candidate will spend their time both in the field on project sites or in the laboratory conducting materials testing, with further responsibilities assigned dependent upon level of experience and proficiency.

What a day at EXP has in store for you

• Executing on site concrete tests which includes casting cylinders, slump test, and air content test
• In Place Density testing using a Nuclear Densometer
• Carry out asphalt and concrete coring
• Collecting soil and asphalt samples on site
• Some in-lab work, such as testing concrete cylinders, grain size analysis, Proctor tests, asphalt tests, geotechnical index testing, etc.
• Subgrade field reviews
• Problem solving of project site issues
• Attend staff and project meetings when requested
• Interaction with clients and contractors to provide excellent service and a quick response to their testing needs

What your experience looks like

The hourly range for this role is between ( $26 - $29 / hr). The actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location.

EXP subscribes to the Workplace Equity Program. Applications from women, members of visible minorities, Indigenous peoples and persons with disabilities are encouraged. Persons with disabilities can obtain accommodation for the selection process by contacting us at the following email address :