Field Technician

Company Description Wave Dynamics is a leading provider of acoustic consultancy, environmental consultancy, and monitoring services across the built environment, industrial, and environmental sectors. The company delivers specialist design, engineering, testing, assessment, and consultancy in areas such as building acoustics, environmental and industrial noise, vibration, and environmental monitoring. Wave Dynamics supports projects from planning and design through construction, operation, and completion, offering practical and technically robust solutions. With offices in London, Belfast, Dublin, Wexford and Cork and a presence in Galway, the team works on diverse project types in educational, healthcare, residential, industrial, pharmaceutical, transport, and power generation sectors. Team members collaborate across locations, combining technical expertise with a strong focus on quality and client service.

Job Description

Wave Dynamics (www.wdacoustics.com) is seeking a motivated Field Technician to join our growing environmental monitoring and acoustics team. The role will be based from our South-West London office and will involve a combination of office-based and site-based duties. Wave Dynamics is a leading multidisciplinary consultancy providing acoustics, environmental monitoring, air quality and wider environmental consultancy services throughout the UK, Ireland and Europe. Our team works on a variety of prestigious projects across the residential, commercial, healthcare and infrastructure sectors. As we continue to expand, we are seeking a practical, enthusiastic individual to support our field operations team. This role offers excellent career progression, ongoing training, and the opportunity to work with industry-leading monitoring technologies.

What We Can Offer

• Competitive salary based on experience
• Company pension contribution
• Permanent full-time position
• Expenses package
• Tailored training and professional development plan
• Exposure to a wide range of construction, infrastructure and environmental projects
• Opportunity to develop technical skills in acoustics, vibration, air quality and environmental monitoring
• Collaborative and supportive team environment

About the Role

The Field Technician will be responsible for the deployment, maintenance, collection and management of environmental monitoring equipment across a wide range of project sites. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who enjoys working both outdoors and in a technical environment, with a mixture of site-based and office-based duties.

General Duties

• Deployment, commissioning, maintenance and collection of environmental noise, vibration, dust and air quality monitoring equipment.
• Undertaking attended environmental noise surveys, building acoustic testing and sound insulation testing.
• Completing site inspections and condition surveys.
• Troubleshooting, maintaining and preparing monitoring equipment for site deployment.
• Downloading, processing, validating and analysing environmental monitoring data.
• Assisting with the preparation of technical reports and maintaining accurate survey records.
• Managing equipment registers, calibration schedules and deployment programmes.
• Preparing site-specific risk assessments and method statements.
• Working in accordance with company health and safety and quality-management procedures.

Skills and Qualifications

• Full clean driving licence
• Strong organisational and time-management skills
• Ability to work independently and take initiative
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word and Outlook)
• Willingness to travel to project sites throughout the UK
• Willingness to undertake occasional early-morning, evening or overnight surveys, where required.
• Ability to safely transport and install monitoring equipment.
• Previous experience in environmental monitoring, acoustics, construction or technical fieldwork is desirable but not essential.
• Relevant health and safety training, such as a CSCS card, would be advantageous.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to health and safety

Company Ethos

Wave Dynamics is committed to providing the highest standard of professional environmental consultancy services. Customer satisfaction, technical excellence and long-term client relationships are central to our success. Every member of our team contributes to delivering accurate, defensible and regulator-ready environmental assessments that support sustainable development across the UK, Ireland and Europe