Description
Join our team as a Laboratory Technician in Montréal, QC, Canada. You'll play a key role in managing, maintaining, and optimizing laboratory and field equipment used in materials testing and geotechnics.
Responsibilities
- Manage field equipment for materials testing and geotechnics
- Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on field equipment
- Plan and conduct calibrations and inspections according to internal procedures
- Verify instrument functionality before use
- Report defects or anomalies and coordinate repairs
- Maintain administrative records and classify equipment documentation
- Train personnel on proper equipment use
- Order parts and materials
- Ensure safe equipment use according to regulations
- Participate in continuous improvement of laboratory methods and tools
- Manage inventory (consumables, equipment)
Secondary Site Tasks
- Conduct qualitative control tests on site materials (soil, aggregates, concrete, etc.)
- Provide recommendations and ensure work quality
- Write reports and site journals
- Provide observations to project managers
- Follow up on corrective actions for non-conformities
- Ensure equipment functionality and safety
- Apply usual site norms and measures
- Apply WSP's health, safety, and environmental rules
Laboratory Management and Compliance
- Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work environment (5S principle)
- Respect health and safety requirements, including PPE use and SIMDUT procedures
- Apply laboratory quality standards and internal procedures
- Collaborate with project teams and professionals to ensure deliverable quality
Requirements
- Relevant technical training (civil engineering, geotechnics, environment, etc.)
- Experience with laboratory and field equipment (e.g., nucleodensity meter, scissometer, pressiometer, dilatometer)
- Attention to detail and procedure adherence
- Teamwork and priority management skills
- Organizational skills and autonomy
- Valid driver's license
- Ability to lift loads up to 25 kg