Traveling Driller Assistant

Cascade Home • Weatherford, TX

8d • Onsite

About The Position

Cascade Drilling, LP is seeking a Traveling Driller Assistant. This role offers competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and significant opportunities for professional growth and advancement. Employees often choose Cascade for its supportive work environment and the chance to work on diverse projects. The position involves travel, typically 80% of the time from our Weatherford location, primarily within the Southwest region up to the Louisiana border. Projects usually follow a 10 days on, 4 days off schedule, with potential for 10-12 hour workdays and occasional weekend travel. Employees are provided with a private hotel room at no cost and receive a per diem. Cascade is committed to employee development through its State of the Art CORE Safety Training Program and offers flexible career paths with opportunities for advancement nationwide. Mentors and experts are available to help shape careers in the industry. Employment is conditional upon passing a pre-employment criminal background check, drug test, and maintaining a clean driving record in accordance with DOT requirements. Prior experience with sonic, auger, rotary, or direct push rigs is a plus but not required.

Requirements

• Negative drug test
• Satisfactory results of a background check (and your authorization to conduct a routine background check)
• Possessing a valid Driver’s License for the state in which you reside and satisfactory results of a Motor Vehicle Report (MVR)
• Obtaining and maintaining an interstate DOT Medical Card and meeting all Federal Interstate FMCSA requirements to operate a Commercial Motor Vehicle
• Passing a HAZWOPER physical
• Verifying your legal right to work in the United States under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA)
• Ability to wear Respiratory Protection if specified by a site-specific Health and Safety Plan, or when air monitoring indicates potential for exposure levels to reach an established action, level, threshold limit value (TLV), or permissible exposure limit (PEL).
• Employees may be required to shave or maintain facial hair in a manner that ensures a proper seal for respirator use.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience working with sonic, auger, rotary or direct push rigs

Responsibilities

• Drive, operate, and maintain drill rigs, vehicles, forklifts, skid-steers, and other equipment
• Work outdoors year-round within two or three-person crews
• Solve problems and work productively in a team
• Follow all safety policies and procedures
• Conduct pre-trip inspections
• Perform physical labor, shoveling drilling debris, and transporting materials using proper lifting techniques
• Maintain all required certifications and training
• Be able to safely lift up to 50 pounds
• Complete other duties and projects, as assigned

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Starting pay of $20.00 - $25.00 per hour, zero experience required
• Starting pay of $25.00 per hour for those with a CDL A
• 2 Weeks paid Vacation
• 7 paid holidays
• 40 hours paid sick leave, at a minimum
• Great potential for overtime
• Great Benefits at a minimal cost to the employee
• Project-based bonuses
• Performance-based merit increases
• Employee Referral Bonus of $2,000
• Reimbursement for attending CDL Training School
• Pay increases after obtaining a CDL A
• Opportunity for travel
• Private hotel room for traveling employees at ZERO cost
• Per diem
• State of the Art CORE Safety Training Program
• Necessary safety gear provided
• Flexible career paths with opportunities for advancement and growth
• Opportunities to pursue new roles nationwide
• Opportunities to explore a variety of projects
• Work with mentors and experts who help shape the industry

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed