No experience needed, full training provided | Take-home company vehicle (work use only) | Permanent, full-time

Kick-start a career in construction materials testing with Adbri, one of Australia's leading building materials companies. Based at our Birkenhead site and reporting to the Laboratory Supervisor, this hands-on field role is perfect for someone who wants to learn a trade-adjacent skill set, work outdoors, and grow into a technical career. No prior testing, lab, or construction experience required.

Why this role

- Full, paid training provided from day one, covering everything about concrete and materials testing to Australian Standards
- Take-home company vehicle provided for work use, so you can head straight to site each day without needing to travel to the depot first (vehicle is for work purposes only, not available for personal use)
- Varied, hands-on work across multiple sites, with no two days the same
- Clear pathway to grow into laboratory, QA/QC, or technical roles within a national company
- Join a safety-first, supportive team backed by a company that's been building Australia since 1882

What you'll do

- Travel to customer and project sites to sample and test concrete and construction materials
- Carry out testing in line with Australian Standards (full training given)
- Record, report and communicate test results accurately and efficiently
- Maintain testing equipment, including calibration and basic maintenance
- Support the laboratory team with sample preparation and testing as required
- Follow all safety procedures, work instructions and company standards, and ensure quality standards and customer requirements are consistently met

What you'll need

- Current Australian driver's licence (essential),



required to operate the company-supplied vehicle, which you'll take home each day for work use only (personal use not permitted)
- A robust work ethic, reliability and a proactive attitude
- Ability and willingness to work across multiple sites and environments
- Good communication skills and the ability to work with a range of stakeholders
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Basic computer skills (training provided)
- A strong commitment to safety

Nice to have (not required)

- Construction White Card
- Certificate III in Laboratory Techniques or similar

Creating and supporting a diverse workforce

Adbri recognises that diversity in our workforce drives innovation, encourages creativity and better equips us to respond to the challenges facing our industry. We are committed to increasing diversity within our workforce and our industry as a whole and as such, we welcome and strongly encourage applications from women and Indigenous people.

Our business

Adbri is a leading supplier of premixed concrete, aggregates and sands to the commercial, industrial, civil and residential construction sectors.

With plants and quarries in South Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, Sydney and Melbourne metropolitan areas and northern New South Wales, Adbri supplies quarry products and premixed concrete customers at exacting standards.

Adbri is a constructions materials and industrial minerals manufacturing company who has been building a better Australia since 1882. Adbri's portfolio of respected brands employs over 1500 people nationally and provides the cement, lime, concrete, aggregates, concrete products and industrial minerals that allows us to be always ready for the next challenge.

📌 Field Tester (Birkenhead)
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