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16 Aug 2022

Full-Time Senior Driller – NEW HIGHER PAY

NC Department of Transportation – Posted by Dan –  Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Job Description

How to Apply
You MUST apply at https://bit.ly/3bKqUuV by August 26, 2022 at midnight EST.
 
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NEW HIGHER SALARY: $41,429 – $72,500
The Challenge​​​​​​​
We are looking for a senior driller to join our Geotechnical team in our Raleigh headquarters.
 
In this role you will lead a 2-person team performing drilling operations collecting geotechnical data for the design, construction, and/or maintenance of future and existing roadways/structures.
The team performs in situ tests using accepted drilling methods, including
    • Standard Penetration tests
    • Vane Shear tests
    • Collection of undisturbed samples
    • Installation of inclinometer and piezometer wells
Typical drilling methods used are solid and hollow stem augers, mud rotary, rock coring, and wash boring. Hand auguring, rod sounding and push probing may be used when utilizing a drill rig is not feasible or necessary.
In this role you will:
    • Mobilize drilling, testing, and sampling equipment.
    • Operate semitrucks and trailers to transport equipment to job sites. We maintain a fleet of truck-mounted drills, ATV and track mounted drills, skid-mounted drills, and barges.
    • Equip drills with the necessary drilling steel and tooling, and other testing equipment required for the job.
    • Perform daily routine maintenance of drilling/testing equipment.
    • Coordinate maintenance and repairs with the NCDOT equipment shop.
    • Instruct junior technicians in the safe and efficient operation and maintenance of all equipment.
    • Ensure that all operations are safe and bring concerns to the supervising Geologist or Engineer.
What You Bring
    • Experience performing geotechnical subsurface investigations, operating exploratory drilling machines or similar heavy equipment, maintaining power equipment and hand tools, and completing elevation surveys using an automatic level.
    • Experience performing normal drilling procedures such as auger drilling, mud drilling, wash boring, rock coring, hand augering, rod sounding and probing.
    • Skills identifying the best method for penetrating subsurface materials to accomplish the needs of the supervising Geologist/Engineer, and communicating subsurface changes between tests from drill reaction.
    • Skilled experience safely operating and maintaining a chainsaw and power tools.
    • Communication skills to describe work to be performed to property owners, obtain water well information, and describe location of work to underground utility locating services.
    • Strength to occasionally exert up to 100 pounds of force, frequently exert up to 50 pounds of force, and constantly exert 10 pounds of force to move objects.
    • Ability to serve as a technical expert while independently accomplishing assigned tasks.
    • Thorough knowledge of state/federal rules and regulations related to drilling to ensure compliance and provide guidance/interpretation.
    • Thorough knowledge and skill in the use of drilling equipment and related software.
    • Ability to independently conduct complex inspections for compliance with contract agreements, standards/codes, and specifications.
    • Skills to perform the most complex technical work in a specific materials area or perform a wide range of sampling, testing, and inspection duties to determine adherence to codes/standards.
    • Good ability to exercise a wide range of decision-making and judgment.
    • Solid verbal and non-verbal skills to express complex technical and/or program concepts and related facts in a clear, concise, organized, and persuasive manner.
    • Agile communication skills to modify delivery, language, or material to account for needs of different audiences.
    • Willingness to serve as lead or resource.
    • Ability to maintain detailed records.
    • Skills to analyze findings and recommend corrective actions.
    • A Commercial Driver’s License.
Notes
    • A pre-employment drug test is required.
    • Frequent overnight travel may be required.
Education & Experience
    • Associate’s degree, and
    • 3+ years of progressive drilling experience, or
    • High School/GED diploma, and
    • 5+ years of progressive drilling experience, or
    • An equivalent combination of education and experience.
Questions?
Call me: Anita Martinez at 919-707-6850.
 
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How to Apply

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Job Categories: Equal Opportunities. Job Types: Full-Time. Job Tags: auger, driller, drilling, and Environmental. Salaries: 40,000 - 60,000.

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