💼 Full-Time Position

Triaxial Laboratory Technician

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Tonkin & Taylor
📍 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Location
Auckland, New Zealand
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Posted
June 21, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

We are looking for a technician at beginner to intermediate level to join our team in Onehunga, Auckland. This full-time permanent role is a great opportunity for someone looking to develop or kick-start their career, as on-the-job training is provided.

A triaxial laboratory technician works in a geotechnical engineering lab and conducts tests to measure the properties of soil and rock within our specialist triaxial laboratory, this includes tests such as triaxial compression, permeability, direct shear, one-dimensional consolidation, cyclic triaxial, etc.


The work will be hands-on and physical and therefore requires a reasonable degree of physical strength. The nature of the work is likely to require early starts, late finishes, and occasional overtime.


Skills and Experience:


  • Ideally you will have a degree or diploma in Geography, Physical Science, Electronics, Mechanical, Physics or similar.
  • Ability to lift items weighing 15kg+ r...