Quality Assurance Technician - - 40949 - Fletcher Building

General Information

Job Type

Permanent

Description

Join the Higgins team in Christchurch as a full-time Quality Assurance Technician in our Chipseal Division. In this hands-on role, you’ll support our surfacing team by delivering accurate, timely data to ensure top-quality results. You’ll oversee documentation control and monitor the quality of various roading surfaces, helping us maintain high standards across the board.

Your day-to-day will include onsite field testing, applying mathematical and machinery-based procedures. To give you the full experience, you’ll occasionally be right there in the action, shovel in hand, backing up the team on site.

What you’ll bring to the role:

Prior sealing experience is highly sought after alongside knowledge of aggregates, surfacing (hot mix and chip-sealing) with an understanding of these materials and their application.
Class 1 Driving License (WTR endorsement a bonus)
Experience on civils and roading projects in an engineering or technical quality control capacity is advantageous
Strong technical, mathematical and analytical skills
Bitumen safety certificate is desirable; we can support you to obtain this
Ability to work nights shift and dayshift, including weekend
Great attention to detail and accuracy

What we offer:

Competitive hourly rate + guaranteed 40 hours per week
Opportunity to upskill and gain further licences
Join a supportive team that treat each other like Whānau
Ongoing training and development to help you reach your career goals
Career development – opportunities to grow your career at Higgins and the wider Fletcher Building group of businesses
Access to Fletchers Building Benefits Programme
Brand new PPE gear (that’s your own personal protective equipment)

Higgins is a leading roading and civil infrastructure company in New Zealand. We are on a dynamic growth path with people at the heart of what we do every day. We offer a great working environment, competitive hourly rate, subsidised medical insurance and subsidised education and training for you and your dependants.

Higgins is committed to a drug-free workplace. The successful applicant will be required to pass pre-employment drug and alcohol testing along with a health check – you’ll need to be fit for work!

Building better roads for safer journeys – He pai ake te hanga o ngā rori, kia haumaru ai ngā haerenga

We are actively looking to fill this role and encourage your early application. Applications are reviewed regularly, and we reserve the right to remove the advertisement before the advertised closing date.

Research shows that females and minority groups don’t always apply for roles unless they match 100% of the requirements. So, if this role is of interest but you feel you don’t quite fit, we encourage you to apply anyway. We are enriched by many nationalities, languages, religions, customs, and lifestyles. We are proud of our diversity and see it as one of the things that make us better together.