NDT Technician

Position Title: NDT Technician

Employment Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Employer: LMATS

Location: Port Hedland WA

Salary: $80,000 – $110,000 per annum (dependent on experience)

About the Company

LMATS is an Australian-owned company operating industrial testing laboratories in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Albury, Newcastle and Perth. We provide engineering testing and inspection services including metallurgical and mechanical testing, failure investigations, chemical analysis, corrosion testing, hydro pressure testing, conventional and advanced Non-Destructive Testing (NDT), third party inspections, pressure vessel inspections and concrete NDT across a wide range of engineering sectors. Our team brings together metallurgists, engineers, inspectors and technologists, giving our people the opportunity to gain rapid, hands-on industry experience.

About the Role

LMATS is seeking an NDT Technician for our Bibra Lake office in Perth. Reporting to the State Manager, you will design and prepare a range of onsite and laboratory-based testing services, determining test arrangements and test loads in accordance with NATA requirements. You will perform mechanical and metallurgical testing, attend client sites, investigate test failures and prepare technical reports documenting your findings.

Key Responsibilities

• Determine test arrangements and test loads in accordance with client and NATA requirements.

• Select the appropriate test methods and organise the equipment required for each test.

• Perform mechanical and metallurgical testing in accordance with LMATS procedures and NATA requirements.

• Conduct conventional and advanced NDT inspections across a range of engineering sectors.

• Maintain responsibility for all laboratory equipment, including its maintenance and calibration.

• Undertake site inspections and liaise with clients to understand their testing requirements.

• Review test failure data and conduct tests to establish possible causes and recommend suitable solutions.

• Carry out root cause analysis and apply learning-from-experience processes.

• Prepare clear technical reports documenting the outcomes of tests.

• Travel locally and regionally to complete jobs at client sites as required.

Skills

• Sound understanding of material properties, electronic principles and applied mathematics.

• Competence in advanced NDT, condition monitoring, structural health monitoring and quality management.

• Ability to interpret and apply regulatory and international standards relevant to NDT.

• Strong root cause analysis and problem-solving capability.

• Technical report writing and computer literacy.

• Excellent English communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Awareness of safety, environmental and quality requirements in an engineering testing environment.

• Ability to work to NATA requirements and apply design and materials-selection processes that meet NDT standards.

Experience

• At least 1 year of relevant work experience as an NDT Technician.

• Demonstrated experience performing conventional and/or advanced NDT in an industrial or laboratory setting.

• Experience liaising with clients and working to defined testing standards and procedures.

• Experience preparing technical inspection or test reports.

Qualifications

• Relevant AINDT certificates, or the ability to obtain them (UT / MT / RT / PT Level 2, ISO 9712).

• A current Manual C-Class driver's licence.

• A positive attitude toward continuous professional development.

Important Eligibility Requirement

To be considered for this role, applicants must have full-time, unrestricted working rights in Australia for the duration of the employment period. Applicants who do not hold unrestricted work rights will not be considered. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

This position is advertised by At Ease Solutions on behalf of LMATS Pty Ltd.