Driller

Are you looking for a long-term career opportunity and not just a job?
Do you like to work outside, with ample overtime opportunity? Do you love being a part of a team? If so, we are seeking new team members to expand our Installation Services group based at our Tulsa, Oklahoma facility. Come join our growing team!

Driller Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Safely operate drill rig and equipment during the system installation process.
• Select and attach drill bits and drill rods, adding more rods as hole depths increase, and changing drill bits as needed.
• Perform routine maintenance and upgrade work on machines and equipment, such as replace parts, building up drill bits, and lubricating machinery.
• Operate controls to stabilize machines and to position and align drills.
• Regulate air pressure, rotary speed, and downward pressure, according to the type of rock or concrete being drilled.
• Operate machines to flush earth cuttings or to blow dust from holes.
• Assemble and position machines, augers, casing pipes, and other equipment, using hand and power tools.
• Verify depths and alignments of boring positions.
• Start, stop, and control drilling speed of machines and insertion of casings into holes.
• Record drilling progress and geological data.
• Drive trucks, tractors, or truck-mounted drills to and from work sites.
• Select the appropriate drill for the job, using knowledge of rock or soil conditions.
• Monitor drilling operations, checking gauges and listening to equipment to assess drilling conditions and to determine the need to adjust drilling or alter equipment.
• Retrieve lost equipment from bore holes, using retrieval tools and equipment.
• Drive or guide truck-mounted equipment into position, level and stabilize rigs, and extend telescoping derricks.
• Place and install screens, casings, pumps, and other well fixtures in order to develop wells.
• Review client requirements and proposed locations for drilling operations to determine feasibility, and to determine cost estimates.
• Document geological formations encountered during work.
• Inspect core samples to determine nature of strata
• Install anodes, per the drawing requirements, to include conductive media and hole sealing
• Review field file with foreman or project manager to understand job requirements for materials and installation.
• Other duties as requested by Supervisor.

Great Pay and Benefits including:

• Competitive Pay with Frequent Overtime
• Company subsidized Medical, Dental and Vision insurance
• Company paid Life, AD&D, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability Insurance
• 401k and 401k Company Match
• Career growth opportunities and paid training
• Uniforms
• Company-provided transportation to and from the worksite
• Company-paid hotel accommodations during company travel
• Daily per diem
• Paid Time Off and Immediate Paid Holidays

Key Personal Attributes

• Shares the Company’s values: individual with high integrity, strong communication skills, good work ethic, always seeking to improve, takes ownership, seeks and accepts responsibility, wants to be of service to others, willingness to learn, values a family environment.
• Entrepreneurial spirit, values more than money in a work environment, is dependable, adapts well to change, has poise under pressure, and wants to be more than a number.
• Ability to effectively interact both verbally and in writing with team members from all departments.
• Takes responsibility for problems but gives credit to employees for successes.
• Ability to be self-motivated and to work effectively alone with little day to day supervision.
• Ability to effectively communicate and report information to mid and upper level management positions.
• Capable of solid and effective communication for coordinating tasks between the company and the client.
• Capable of making normal decisions in order to complete assigned tasks.

Certificates or Licenses: This position requires experienced drivers with a Class A Commercial Driver’s License (with Trailer and Tanker Endorsement preferred), along with a current Medical Examiner’s Certificate.

Qualifications

• Valid Commercial Driver's License (CDL A) from state of residence.
• Must successfully pass a DOT physical, pre-placement drug screen and satisfactory background check.
• Must have acceptable driving record in accordance with Bass’s Vehicle Policy
• Must demonstrate ability to work safely and adhere to all safety rules and regulations
• Ability to work independently and take initiative in performing work in the field
• Ability to write up time sheets, and all required documentation.
• Must be able to lift and carry 100 lbs.
• Must be willing to travel for long periods of time.
• Must work well with others and be willing to learn from mentors and others in the shop and field.
• Be able to operate a water well drilling rig. Drilling experience of 1-2 years

Travel: This position will require overnight, extended travel to job sites, with trips lasting between 1 and 3 weeks depending on business need.

Language, Mathematical & Reasoning Skills
Ability to read and interpret technical documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, blueprints, alignment sheets, and drawings, product specifications and operating or procedure manuals. Possess technical writing skills relating to project reports and internal/client correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of clients and/or employees. Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations. Ability to interpret instructions furnished in written, electronic, oral, diagram or schedule form.

Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear; is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms and lift and/or move up to 50 pounds; is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee may be required to walk or stand for extended periods of time. Specific vision abilities required include color vision, close vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to outside weather conditions. There is also a risk of electrical shock, wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, and toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans/Disabled Successful applicants must be eligible to work in the US (visa sponsorship is not provided at this time) and must be able to pass a pre-employment background and drug test. Bass Engineering is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Job Type: Full-time