# Laboratory Technician

Road Science is New Zealand’s leading designer and supplier of bitumen and bitumen-based products. We operate world-class manufacturing plants and storage facilities for bitumen, emulsions and polymer-modified binders, along with five IANZ-accredited civil engineering laboratories and a number of project-specific mobile laboratories. We have a fantastic opportunity for a motivated and technically minded individual to join our team as a Laboratory Technician on a 12-month fixed-term contract. If you enjoy practical, hands-on work and have experience in construction materials testing, this could be a great opportunity for you. Te kōwhiringa | The Opportunity In this role, you will provide testing and technical support for the Whakatipu Transport Programme Alliance (WTPA) Project. You will help ensure the quality and integrity of construction materials by testing products such as construction aggregates and soils against relevant standards and customer specifications. There is plenty of variety in this role, with testing carried out in the field and report generation in the office. This is a great opportunity to be directly involved in the Whakatipu Transport Programme Alliance, suppo

- **Id**: 3706521
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/downer-group-laboratory-technician-4>
- **Role**: Field & Service
- **Role family**: Field & Service
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Queenstown, New Zealand
- **Countries**: NZ
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-02T04:09:25Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-02
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T21:17:46Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 4
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3890
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Public Transport, Construction

## Company

- **Id**: 2169700
- **Name**: Downer Group
- **Domain**: downergroup.co.nz
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/downergroup>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Oracle

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 89
- **Open postings**: 14
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.429
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 30
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

## Technologies

- **Microsoft Excel** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 4

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-03T21:15:31Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 4
- **Expected fill days**: 30
- **Reasons**: conf:0, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

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