Field Materials Testing Technician

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 Field Materials Testing Technician!

Your work environment at EXP

EXP is seeking qualified and motivated Field Materials Testing Technicians to support roadway, bridge, and heavy civil infrastructure projects throughout Georgia. This position will perform field inspection, sampling, and testing of soils, aggregates, asphalt, and concrete materials in accordance with GDOT, ASTM, AASHTO, and project-specific requirements. The technician will support Independent Construction Quality Assurance (ICQA), Owner Verification (OV), and related construction quality activities on transportation projects. Responsibilities include field testing, documentation, sample handling, communication with contractors and project teams, and maintaining compliance with GDOT certification and reporting requirements.

What a day at EXP has in store for you

• Perform field testing and inspection of construction materials including:

  • Soils and embankment

  • Aggregate base and subbase

  • Hot mix asphalt

  • Portland cement concrete

• Perform testing in accordance with GDOT, ASTM, and AASHTO procedures

• Conduct density testing using nuclear gauge equipment

• Asphalt and concrete coring

• Perform concrete field testing including:

  • Slump

  • Air content

  • Temperature

  • Concrete cylinder fabrication and curing

• Obtain and transport material samples to the laboratory

• Record testing activities, locations, stationing, quantities, weather conditions, and observations in daily reports and electronic systems

• Coordinate with inspectors, contractors, laboratory personnel, and project managers

• Verify testing frequencies and sampling requirements are maintained

• Maintain field equipment in proper working condition and assist with calibration tracking

• Support Control Point Inspections (CPIs) and construction quality documentation

• Follow company safety policies and project-specific safety requirements

• Work flexible schedules including nights, weekends, and overtime as required by construction operations

What your experience looks like

• High school diploma or GED

• Minimum 1–3 years of construction materials testing experience preferred

• Valid driver’s license with acceptable driving record

• Ability to work outdoors in varying weather conditions and active construction environments

• GDOT Roadway Testing Technician (RTT) preferred

• GDOT Field Concrete Technician (FCON) preferred

• ACI Concrete Field Testing Technician – Grade I preferred

• Nuclear Gauge Safety Certification preferred

• GDOT QCT Level I or II preferred

•  Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and perform physical field activities

Our story

With a mission to understand, innovate, partner and deliver, EXP provides engineering, architecture, design and consulting services to the world’s built and natural environments.

Our heritage dates back to 1906, when the earliest of EXP’s predecessor companies started its engineering infrastructure practice. Today, thousands of creative professionals across EXP work together to deliver extraordinary experiences year after year.

What makes us different

The passion, enthusiasm, diversity and industry-leading capabilities of our employees make us who we are. We’re committed to providing a challenging work environment that cultivates career growth, encourages creativity and rewards excellence.

Find out more about life at EXP by visiting www.exp.com.

EXP is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer who fully and actively supports equal access for all people regardless of Race, Color, Sex, Religion, Gender, Age, National Origin, Veteran Status, Disability, Genetic Information or Testing, Family and Medical Leave, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or Expression. 

Should you need any special accommodations, please feel free to contact us at hrsupport@exp.com and we will arrange for the most suitable accommodations based on your needs.