Quality Assurance Technician

Join the Higgins team in Auckland as a full-time Quality Assurance Technician in our Surfacing Division.

In this hands-on role, you'll support our surfacing team by delivering accurate, timely data to ensure top-quality results.

You'll manage 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 :

Previous surfacing experience and understanding of products used in asphalting

Experience on civils and roading projects in an engineering or technical quality control capacity

Relevant Tertiary qualification

Class 1 Driver's License (WTR endorsement a bonus)

Willingness to work night and day shifts, including weekends when required

Strong technical, mathematical and analytical skills

Great attention to detail and accuracy

Sound verbal and written communication skills

Reliable, honest and flexible

What we offer :

Competitive hourly rate + guaranteed 40 hours per week

Opportunities to learn new skills and grow your career within Higgins

Supportive team that treats each other like whanau

Access to educational funds for you and your children

Funding for school holiday programmes and tutoring for your children

Z fuel discounts including a monthly free pie and coffee

Market-leading parental leave policy

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 complete a Ministry of Justice check and pass pre-employment drug and alcohol testing along with a health check – you'll need to be fit for work!

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.

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