Traveling Driller Assistant

Cascade Home • Ocala, FL

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Cascade Drilling, LP is seeking Traveling Driller Assistants. This role offers competitive pay and benefits, with opportunities for travel and professional growth. The position involves working outdoors in various weather conditions as part of a two or three-person crew, operating and maintaining drill rigs and other equipment. The company emphasizes safety through a state-of-the-art CORE Safety Training Program and provides necessary safety gear. Employment is conditional upon passing a pre-employment 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 $17.00 - $19.00 per hour (zero experience required)
• Starting pay of $19.00 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 (90% of the time from Ocala location)
• Travel within the Southeast region
• Projects typically operate on a ’10 Days on / 4 Days off’ schedule
• Workday schedules may be 10 – 14 hours
• Occasional travel on the weekends may be required
• 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
• Encouragement to pursue new roles nationwide
• Explore a variety of projects
• Work with mentors and experts who help shape the industry
• Equal Opportunity Employer
• Reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities

What This Job Offers

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