Underground Drilling Supervisor

Boart Longyear; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive shift rates

Production bonus

Permanent ongoing employment

Annual leave

Personal leave

Return flights home

Training and development opportunities

Job summary

Boart Longyear is seeking a Drilling Field Supervisor for upcoming SA Underground projects. The role requires extensive supervisory drilling experience, strong leadership and a commitment to safety and quality standards.

Responsibilities include leading safety analyses, ensuring regulatory compliance, coaching the team, and coordinating drilling activities to meet plans while maintaining asset availability.

Qualifications

• Extensive drilling experience at a Supervisory level.
• Proven leadership experience.
• Cert IV in Drilling Operations.
• Can drive manual vehicles.
• Trainer and Assessor (Desirable)
• Good communication skills.
• Ability to provide an Australian National Police Clearance (within the last six months).
• Ability to pass a Boart Longyear Pre-Employment Medical, including a Drug and Alcohol Screen.

Responsibilities

• Provide safety leadership and assist team with risk assessments, critical control verifications and job safety analysis.
• Ensure operations comply with legislation, standards, practices and awards.
• Coach and develop the team; address performance and conduct issues.
• Coordinate and allocate work to meet drilling plans and run rates cost-effectively while maintaining safety compliance.
• Ensure mechanical availability through maintenance reporting and prestart/PM schedules.
• Liaise with Project Leader on drilling program progress.
• Conduct performance reviews aligned with org strategy.
• Participate in toolbox meetings and safety meetings to share feedback and drive improvements.
• Lead investigations of incidents/hazards and implement corrective actions.

Skills

Leadership experience

Communication skills

Safety leadership

Risk assessments

Team coordination

Education

Cert IV in Drilling Operations

Job description

Boart Longyear is the global industry leader in safety, drilling innovation and productivity. But more importantly, our values define what matters most in our continued success and serve as a guide for our business operations. We demonstrate a commitment to our values and use them as guiding principles in our decision making and actions, each and every day. We value health and safety, integrity, customer focus, and teamwork.
If this is what drives you too, then come join our team!
We are seeking Drilling Field Supervisor's for upcoming projects in our SA Underground operations. The successful candidates will have experience in Underground Diamond Drilling and a demonstrated history of working to strict safety and quality standards in a field leadership position.

Want to know a bit more?

• Providing safety leadership and assisting team members with the development of thorough risk assessments, critical control verifications and job safety analysis.
• Ensuring all operations are conducted in line with relevant legislation, standards, work practices and awards.
• Provide ongoing coaching to develop your team; including addressing performance and conduct issues.
• Coordinate and allocate work as required to meet drilling plans and run rates in the most cost effective/efficient way while meeting safety compliance requirements, including the co-ordination of relief team members as required.
• Ensuring mechanical availability of assets through basic maintenance, reporting process, and effective prestart and preventative maintenance schedules.
• Liaise with the Project Leader regarding the progress of the drilling program.
• Conduct reviews of employee performance in line with overall organisational strategy and development.
• Participate in drilling Contractor toolbox meetings and Geology safety meetings to ensure that all relevant successes and opportunities for improvement are effectively communicated, and that feedback from the Contractor is registered and actioned upon where necessary.
• Lead investigations of all incidents / hazard management issues that occur in the work area and on shift and ensure effective corrective actions are identified, implemented and monitored in a timely and productive manner.

A Few Things We’re Looking For

• Extensive drilling experience at a Supervisory level - Essential
• Proven leadership experience – Essential
• Cert IV in Drilling Operations - Essential
• Can drive manual vehicles – Essential
• Trainer and Assessor (Desirable)
• Good communication skills
• Ability to provide an Australian National Police Clearance (within the last six months).
• Ability to pass a Boart Longyear Pre-Employment Medical, including a Drug and Alcohol Screen.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive shift rates plus production bonus (dependent on experience)
• Job security with permanent, ongoing employment on long-term contracts
• Annual & Personal leave entitlements
• Return flights provided from hometown in Australia
• Work for one of the world's leading providers of drilling products and services
• More than just a number – excellent ongoing training and development opportunities