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Job Title: Lead Driiller

Salary/Rate: £55,000 - £60,000

Location: Central Belt, Glasgow, Edinburgh

Job Type: Permanent

Industry/Specialist Area: Ground Engineering

Client Description:

Our client is one of the UK’s leading geotechnical specialists with a reputation for quality and innovation within the field of stabilisation, foundations, drilling & grouting, soil nails and anchors, coring, HDC and all aspects of ground and geotechnical engineering. Our client focuses on all aspects of modern geotechnics, with a focus on more specialist techniques, disciplines and contracts, all of which used to form a variety of applications including (but not limited to); foundations, deep basements, tunnels, station boxes, underground car parks, shafts, remediation of contaminated land, bored pile retaining walls and cut-off walls etc.

Job Description:

Our client has a strategy to grow significantly over the next three to five years, and thus have an exciting opportunity for a number of Lead Drillers to play a key role in realising this strategy. You will support the delivery of a wide variety of multiple project and site works across the Central Belt, and your responsibilities will be to safely mobilise, lead and advance complex drilling and coring activities, including sampling and backfilling boreholes in accordance with client specifications.

The Role

Comply to all company and site specific HSEQ policies at all times
Working alongside crews, site operatives and sub-contractors
Attend inductions, training and EH&S meetings as and when required
Attend and successfully carry out all assigned duties to deliver projects safely and timely
Work with Project Managers and Site Engineers to ensure field work is delivered safely and efficiently whilst maintaining high quality standards
Produce site records including, but not limited to; daily drilling logs, pre-start drilling rig checks, risk assessments and reports
Working on various projects utilising numerous drilling rigs and techniques in accordance with the appropriate specification
Produce reports based upon precise data, relevant information, ground conditions and any other specific project requirements

The Person

Demonstrable experience of various project-based drilling techniques, with the ability to use and operate complex rigs and equipment
Reading and understanding of site / project specifications and drawings
A good understanding of adopting varied techniques pertaining to the ground / site conditions
A full awareness of project specifications and other contract documents
An ability to produce reports that are easily digested based on gathering large amounts of technical information from multiple sites
Highly organised and effective, with the ability to plan and schedule your own workload with the minimum of supervision

We are committed to equal opportunities. We wish to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and appointed solely on their suitability for the post irrespective of race, gender, age, disability, caring responsibilities, sexual orientation, marital / civil partnership status, religion / belief or nationality.

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