Overview
Universal Engineering Sciences (UES) is a nationwide leader in Geotechnical Engineering, Construction Materials Testing and Inspection, Building Code Compliance, Environmental, Occupational Health & Safety, and Building Envelope services.
Summary
The Driller plays a key role, responsible for operating drilling equipment to extract core samples for geotechnical, environmental, and construction purposes. This role involves working in various field environments, ensuring the safety and efficiency of drilling operations, and maintaining equipment in top condition. The ideal candidate will have experience in drilling operations, strong mechanical skills, and a commitment to safety.
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the role.
Physical Demands & Work Environment
- On average the workdays range from seven to twelve hours. The driller’s primary duty is that of a laborer with extensive manual lifting and handling
- The materials collections process (i.e. soils, concrete, asphalt, etc.) is repetitive in nature several times
- The manual lifting is performed individually and in tandem, when necessary, with the Head Driller or other driller’s helper(s)
- The following equipment and products are lifted, carried, and manipulated: Steel drill rods, steel drill casings, steel augers, steel drill tip bits, and fifty lbs. bags of sand, cement, and bentonite. The rods, augers, casings, and drill tip bits weigh up to one hundred plus lbs.
- The weights manually lifted range from zero to two hundred plus lbs. Weights in the five to seventy-five lbs. range are lifted frequently (From thirty-three percent up to sixty-six percent of the task period) with a frequency range of ten to thirty-five repetitions
- Weights in the range of twenty-five to two hundred plus lbs. (drill rods, hollow-stem auger bits, and casings) are lifted frequently (From fifteen percent to thirty percent of the task period) with a range of zero to fifteen repetitions on average, with or without reasonable accommodation
- Weights in the range of twenty-five to two hundred plus lbs. (drill rods, hollow-stem auger bits, and casings) are lifted frequently (From fifteen percent to thirty percent of the task period) with a range of five to fifteen repetitions on average, with or without reasonable accommodation
- Depending upon the location of the support truck(s) and trailer in proximity to the drill rig, the equipment and materials are manually lifted and carried/moved, ranging from a zero to seventy-five plus feet, on average, in walking distance, with or without reasonable accommodation
- In addition to manual lifting, body motions and movements include bending, twisting, reaching, stooping, pulling, kneeling, and pushing. These body motions/movements are performed continuously (on average from sixty-six percent up to one hundred percent of the task period) to perform the physical manual work tasks involved with the drilling operations and related tasks
- This job is in Florida, with exposure to intense sun, intense heat, humidity, rain, thunderstorms, and other adverse weather conditions