Driller Trainee - Orlando

Tetra Tech; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Life insurance

Paid time off

401(k) with match

Job summary

Ardaman & Associates, Inc. in Orlando is seeking a Driller Trainee to assist the crew chief with solid auger and rotary drilling techniques in outdoor settings for geotechnical studies. The role emphasizes safety, hands-on drilling, and site operations across multiple project locations.

The position offers comprehensive benefits and opportunities to learn drilling, sample collection, well development, and routine equipment maintenance in a field-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Experience preferred, but will train.
• Mechanical skills preferred.
• Class A or Class B CDL license a plus.
• Must be able to obtain DOT Medical Examiners Certificate or have current certificate prior to employment.
• Must pass company background checks including drug screen.
• Must have acceptable driving record within company standards.

Responsibilities

• Ability to lift drill steel and materials weighing up to 80 lbs.
• Assist driller in maintenance and repairs to drill rig
• Performs duties at multiple job sites
• Assist in measuring test boring locations
• Load and unload trucks
• Smoothly and quickly connect and disconnect the lower parts of the drill pipe when it is being lowered into and raised from the test hole
• Obtain samples of the soil for analysis
• Assist in installing monitoring well casing and screens
• Clean and maintain equipment
• Help move drilling rigs and equipment from site to site, set up on the new site
• Assist with well development and pumping tests
• Operate equipment such as pumps for air, water and mud, and equipment and tools used to correct problems in drilled holes
• Carry out minor maintenance and repairs, including lubrication and cleaning
• Perform other duties as assigned by the crew chief

Skills

Mechanical skills

CDL license

DOT medical certificate

Driving record

Background checks

Job description

Like working outdoors? Want an entry level position with FULL BENEFITS that could lead to a career in test drilling?

Ardaman & Associates, Inc. is one of the largest geotechnical, materials testing, and environmental engineering consulting firms in the southeastern U.S. Ardaman has the following opportunity available:

DRILLER TRAINEE

Our Orlando office has an opportunity available for a Driller Trainee.

A driller trainee will assist the crew chief in solid auger and rotary drilling techniques.The trainee will help move, set up and operate drill rigs and related equipment to drill test holes for geotechnical engineering studies.Site investigation/geotechnical drilling is done to determine the soil characteristics on sites to be developed as building, roadways and bridges.Work is outdoors. The work is generally physically demanding. However, safety in our work is an uncompromised value and we are proud of our safety record.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ability to lift drill steel and materials weighing up to 80 lbs.
• Assist driller in maintenance and repairs to drill rig
• Performs duties at multiple job sites
• Assist in measuring test boring locations
• Load and unload trucks
• Smoothly and quickly connect and disconnect the lower parts of the drill pipe when it is being lowered into and raised from the test hole
• Obtain samples of the soil for analysis
• Assist in installing monitoring well casing and screens
• Clean and maintain equipment
• Help move drilling rigs and equipment from site to site, set up on the new site
• Assist with well development and pumping tests
• Operate equipment such as pumps for air, water and mud, and equipment and tools used to correct problems in drilled holes
• Carry out minor maintenance and repairs, including lubrication and cleaning
• Perform other duties as assigned by the crew chief

QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience preferred, but will train
• Mechanical skills preferred
• Class A or Class B CDL license a plus
• Must be able to obtain DOT Medical Examiners Certificate or have current certificate prior to employment
• Must pass company background checks including drug screen
• Must have acceptable driving record within company standards

We offer a comprehensive benefits program including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, paid time off, 401(k) with company match, and much more.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, marital or familial status, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law. Ardaman is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tetra Tech, who is a VEVRAA federal contractor and we request priority referral of veterans. Ardaman is a Drug Free Workplace.

We invite applications from all interested parties. No agencies.