Core Drilling Technician

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Set up, operate, and maintain all types of large truck and skid mounted core boring drill rigs and ancillary equipment such as heavy tractors, large trailers, pumps, high compressors, platforms, barges, and rigging.

Perform wash, rotary, or auger borings at various depths and in all types of subsurface conditions.

Perform complex assignments such as drilling and sampling in unconsolidated sediments and running sands; hard rock coring utilizing wire-line and double and triple tube core barrels.

Install sophisticated geotechnical instrumentation; large core (6-inch) drilling; downhole hammers; marine drilling; in-situ testing (pressure, permeability, geophysical); reverse rotary; and pressure grouting operations.

Perform equipment maintenance, field repairs and overhauls, and fabricate special adaptations to increase equipment reliability and to minimize mechanical breakdowns.

Interpret technical drilling instructions and scopes of work to provide requested subsurface data, communicates daily with field investigation team members, and maintains all required reports, logs, and associated documents.