About this role
Seaboard Drilling, LLC is currently accepting applications for an immediate opening for a DRILLING APPRENTICE to be based in our Bangor, Maine office. Check out our YouTube channel for videos that depict this position and our operations - https://www.youtube.com/@SeaboardDrilling
Job Requirements
This is a full time position, primarily M-F schedule. Candidate will work as a Drilling Assistant to support the operation of a test boring drill rig with an experienced Driller. Tasks include safely assisting the driller with all aspects of drill rig operation and maintenance including soil boring and sampling, rock coring, measuring water levels, installing monitoring wells, installation of instrumentation, carrying and handling tooling, and operation and basic maintenance of heavy equipment including drill rigs, medium duty trucks, trailers and ATV.
• Full time position, primarily M-F work.
• Familiarity working with and around heavy equipment and operations.
• Must be able to lift and carry heavy tooling and supplies up to 100 pounds and work outdoors in all seasons, temperatures, and conditions.
• Position will require regular travel to short-term work sites throughout New England, with overnight stays on some weekdays.
• Occasional night work.
Please Note: If you have your CDL-A/Class A license, we also have an opening for a CDL A Drilling Apprentice at the following link: https://swcole.bamboohr.com/careers/418
Education Requirements
High school diploma preferred.
We focus on and provide a competitive benefits package including:
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA)
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer match
- 8 paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) accrued each week
- Paid short and long term disability and basic life insurance
- Paid Identity Theft protection
- 401k with employer match and profit sharing
- Voluntary life insurance
- Critical Illness and Accident protection plans
- Monthly mobile phone stipend OR a company provided phone for business
- Tuition reimbursement
- Safety toe shoe program
- Prescription safety glasses program
Seaboard Drilling, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
Other facts
About S. W. Cole Engineering, Inc.
S. W. Cole Engineering, Inc. (S.W.COLE) is a multi-disciplinary New England based consulting firm. Established by Stephen Cole in 1979 to provide geotechnical engineering services, the firm soon expanded its expertise to include construction materials testing. Our passionate and talented staff includes geotechnical engineers and construction professionals - construction services technicians, special inspectors, construction inspectors, and construction services coordinators.
We currently have offices throughout New England: three in Maine (Bangor, Gray and Sidney), two in Massachusetts (Boylston and Easton), two in New Hampshire (Londonderry and Somersworth), one in Rhode Island (Riverside/East Providence), and one in Vermont (White River Junction). Our services include geotechnical engineering, construction materials testing and special inspections. In 2015, we started a wholly-owned subsidiary, Seaboard Drilling, LLC, so that we could better service our clients by performing our own test boring explorations. We currently operate drilling rigs based at offices in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
Because the work we do is often required on projects in many different market sectors, S.W.COLE works with clients of all types in all of New England. Our clients have included healthcare, retail, energy and wind, educational, aviation and commercial clients as well as municipal, state and federal agencies. We work often with small and large architectural firms, civil engineering firms and general contractors.
What you'll do
- The Drilling Apprentice will assist the experienced Driller in operating and maintaining a test boring drill rig. Responsibilities include soil boring, rock coring, and handling heavy equipment.
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