Key Accountabilities:

• Ensure work to be carried out to maximise cost effectiveness; encourage and implement cost saving schemes and ideas;
• Repair and maintain operational marine/land plant for optimum performance, including production of operational and maintenance procedures;
• Support sister operating companies with reference to technical advice on plant and drilling equipment;
• Assist the foremen to carry out daily inspection and maintenance of the drilling rigs and related equipment/plant to ensure its condition to be acceptable and safe;
• Provide technical supports to drilling operations in accordance with contract requirements and relevant government standards;
• Supervise and assist during the repair and replacement of defective parts of drilling rigs and related equipment/plant;
• Lead the Quality, Health, Safety, Security & Environmental culture to operational staff members;
• Ensure all site activities, plant and equipment to comply with contract requirements and statutory regulations relating to Health, Safety, Environmental Protection and Quality Assurance issues.

Qualifications preferred:

• At least 5 years’ experience in the operation and maintenance of geotechnical site investigation plant and equipment, of which at least 3 years should be at the supervisory level;

• Completed a trade certificate in drilling proficiency or equivalent proven professional abilities and/or relevant experience.

Skills / experience required to do the job:

• Recognized as a geotechnical drilling expert within the industry and has substantial depth and breadth of expertise in activities associated with geotechnical drilling;
• Front-line leadership in safety, health and the environment;
• Capable of interpreting down-hole and external environmental issues and solving complex drilling problems using best practice;
• Work independently, with guidance in only the most complex situations;
• English language
• Additional regional language skills to support regional overseas projects a plus.