{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"9aaba2eb1c2b6197642f642a","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/9aaba2eb1c2b6197642f642a","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/9aaba2eb1c2b6197642f642a","title":"Materials Testing Technician","description":"Cochran is a growing civil engineering, construction testing, and land surveying firm with 7 offices in Missouri. Cochran specializes in public and private projects including municipal, commercial, residential, transportation, water/wastewater, site development, retail, planning, and interior design. With a team of 100+ professionals across multiple offices, Cochran brings unique knowledge and understanding to each client's project. The firm is guided by its core values of teamwork, excellence, quality, and trust, ensuring outstanding customer service and principal involvement in all project phases.\nCochran's Kansas City, Missouri location is looking for a Materials Testing Field Technician to join our team.\nWho are we looking for? The ideal candidate would have a minimum of 1-2 years of prior experience or general knowledge of standard construction practices. The Materials Testing Field Tech performs or assists in field tests and observations of construction materials, including concrete, soil, asphalt, and aggregate, storm and sanitary structures and pipe bedding procedures.\nQualifications:\n1-2 years prior experience, preferred\nACI Concrete Field Testing-Grad I, preferred\nAttention to detail and organizational skills\nAbility to work independently as well as part of a team\nEffective communication skills, both verbal and written\nAbility to read blueprints and construction documents\nAbility to operate and navigate handheld tablet or other technical devices\nWilling to be a team player and assist with any tasks assigned to them\nPhysical Requirements:\nAbility to work in field environment in all types of weather/conditions\nAbility to lift and move up to 75lbs\nExcellent benefits:\nCompetitive Salary, commensurate with experience\n100% company paid Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and Long-Term Disability Insurance for employee, plus company deductible assistance.\nFlexible Benefits Plan\nGenerous PTO Plan and 7 major holidays\nSimple IRA with 4% Company Match\nBoot and apparel allowance","company":"Cochran","rawCompany":"cochran","city":"Lee's Summit","state":"MO","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-04-12T17:17:13.106Z","occupations":[{"code":"17-3022.00","title":"Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians","slug":"civil-engineering-technologists-and-technicians"},{"code":"51-9061.00","title":"Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers","slug":"inspectors-testers-sorters-samplers-and-weighers"},{"code":"47-4011.00","title":"Construction and Building Inspectors","slug":"construction-and-building-inspectors"}],"industries":[{"code":"541330","title":"Engineering Services","slug":"engineering-services"},{"code":"541380","title":"Testing Laboratories and Services","slug":"testing-laboratories-and-services"},{"code":"238990","title":"All Other Specialty Trade Contractors","slug":"all-other-specialty-trade-contractors"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Materials Testing Technician","description":"Cochran is a growing civil engineering, construction testing, and land surveying firm with 7 offices in Missouri. Cochran specializes in public and private projects including municipal, commercial, residential, transportation, water/wastewater, site development, retail, planning, and interior design. With a team of 100+ professionals across multiple offices, Cochran brings unique knowledge and understanding to each client's project. The firm is guided by its core values of teamwork, excellence, quality, and trust, ensuring outstanding customer service and principal involvement in all project phases.\nCochran's Kansas City, Missouri location is looking for a Materials Testing Field Technician to join our team.\nWho are we looking for? The ideal candidate would have a minimum of 1-2 years of prior experience or general knowledge of standard construction practices. The Materials Testing Field Tech performs or assists in field tests and observations of construction materials, including concrete, soil, asphalt, and aggregate, storm and sanitary structures and pipe bedding procedures.\nQualifications:\n1-2 years prior experience, preferred\nACI Concrete Field Testing-Grad I, preferred\nAttention to detail and organizational skills\nAbility to work independently as well as part of a team\nEffective communication skills, both verbal and written\nAbility to read blueprints and construction documents\nAbility to operate and navigate handheld tablet or other technical devices\nWilling to be a team player and assist with any tasks assigned to them\nPhysical Requirements:\nAbility to work in field environment in all types of weather/conditions\nAbility to lift and move up to 75lbs\nExcellent benefits:\nCompetitive Salary, commensurate with experience\n100% company paid Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and Long-Term Disability Insurance for employee, plus company deductible assistance.\nFlexible Benefits Plan\nGenerous PTO Plan and 7 major holidays\nSimple IRA with 4% Company Match\nBoot and apparel allowance","datePosted":"2026-04-12T17:17:13.106Z","dateModified":"2026-04-12T17:17:13.106Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Cochran","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Lee's Summit","addressRegion":"MO","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"9aaba2eb1c2b6197642f642a"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/9aaba2eb1c2b6197642f642a"}}