Lead Driller

Company: STM Environmental Consultants Ltd
Work Location: London TW2 6RS
Work arrangement: Onsite
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

About Us

STM Environmental Consultants Ltd is an independent company offering focused environmental consulting services to the public and private sector.

We are passionate about protecting the environment but recognise that development needs to happen.

Our mission is to deliver practical and innovative solutions that enable our clients to achieve their objectives in the most efficient and cost-effective manner possible whilst at the same time protecting or even enhancing the environment.

We are looking for a Lead Driller to assist in undertaking our environmental and geotechnical site investigations. 

Main Responsibilities

• Organising and packing relevant equipment required for each day's work.
• Operating a tracked windowless sampling drilling rig, mini excavator, breakers and other equipment.
• Collecting soil samples for laboratory analysis.
• Conducting groundwater and ground gas monitoring visits.
• Keeping clear and detailed records (borehole logs, notes and taking site investigation photos) of all field data collected on each site.
• Maintaining/cleaning the drilling rig and other equipment to ensure that it operates efficiently when required.
• Maintaining lockup storage units; including tidying up and conducting inventories of materials/equipment.
• Maintaining/cleaning company vehicles to a high standard.
• Having a good awareness of on-site health and safety to ensure that all works are completed safely and efficiently.
• Any other duties consistent with the job description that may be required from time to time. 

Experience

• Previous experience in ground/site investigation drilling (Lead Driller or Assistant Driller), including operating or assisting with site investigation drilling rigs.

Skill Requirements

• Fit, motivated individual who likes to work outdoors
• Excellent communicator, independent, effective, well organized, teamworker, numerate, detail-conscious, excellent report writer
• Ability to learn quickly in a fast-paced environment and balance multiple priorities
• Communicative, organized, flexible and committed
• The position may also involve rare travel and nights away from home

Qualifications

• The position will require daily driving of company vehicles, so a clean driving licence is essential
• Excellent verbal and written English
• Numerate and literate, able to work on own initiative and to communicate very clearly
• Strong, healthy individual who enjoys physical outdoors work
• Good team player with a can-do attitude.

Benefits

• Flexible working schedule
• Overtime eligible
• Training and career progression opportunities