Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

We are a Geoenvironmental consultancy based in Twickenham. We are looking for a Field Technician/Site Operative/Driller to assist in undertaking our environmental and geotechnical site investigations.

EXPERIENCE

• Candidates with experience of undertaking site investigations would be preferred, but this is not essential.

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 license 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 can do attitude.

The main responsibilities for the role will include:

• Organizing and packing relevant equipment required for each days work.
• Assisting in operating a tracked windowless sampling drilling rig (first as a second man, with scope to progress to lead driller), 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 our 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 so as 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.