About this position
Surface RC Driller – Mineral Exploration
Requirements:
- Applicants must be at least 18 years old.
- Have a strong commitment to safety and poses a high level of accuracy while working independently with commitment to a team approach.
- Pass pre-employment background check, physical and drug screening and continue to work in a drug and alcohol-free environment.
- Understand the nature of hard work and be able to work extended hours continuously outside in the elements.
- Be able to lift 100 pounds.
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
- Have a current, registered driver’s license without major infractions in the last three years.
- Operate a drilling rig 12 hours per day up to 7 days per week with varied schedule.
- Be eligible to work in the U.S.
Driller duties include, but are not limited to:
- Operate drilling rigs and other equipment to drill, bore, and dig for water wells for assessment/dewatering and or injection purposes.
- Select the appropriate drill for the job, using knowledge of rock or soil conditions.
- Operate controls to stabilize machines and to position and align drills.
- Drive or guide truck-mounted equipment into position, level and stabilize rigs, and extend telescoping derricks.
- Monitor drilling operations, checking gauges and listening to equipment to assess drilling conditions and to determine the need to adjust drilling or alter equipment.
- Select and attach drill bits and drill rods, adding more rods as hole depths increase, and changing drill bits as needed.
- Verify depths and alignments of boring positions.
- Regulate air pressure, rotary speed, and downward pressure, according to the type of rock or concrete being drilled.
- Train crews on the operation of the drill and the perfection of Reverse Circulation and flooded reverse drilling techniques using dual tube drilling equipment.
- Installation and construction of large diameter water wells.
- Start, stop, and control drilling speed of machines and insertion of casings into holes.
- Drill or bore holes in rock for grouting, anchoring, or building foundations.
- Perform routine maintenance and upgrade work on machines and equipment, such as replacing parts, building up drill bits, and lubricating machinery.
- Record drilling progress and geological data.
- Retrieve lost equipment from bore holes, using retrieval tools and equipment.
- Assemble and position machines, augers, casing pipes, and other equipment, using hand and power tools.
- Perform pumping tests to assess well performance.
- Document geological formations encountered during work.
- Withdraw drill rods from holes, and extract core samples.
- Place and install screens, casings, pumps, and other well fixtures in order to develop wells.
- Design well pumping systems.
- Review client requirements and proposed locations for drilling operations to determine feasibility, and to determine cost estimates.
- Observe electronic graph recorders and flow meters that monitor the water used to flush debris from holes.
- Signal crane operators to move equipment.
- Fabricate well casings.