Geotechnical Driller Assistant

Geotechnical Driller Assistant - Orlando, Florida

PSI, an Intertek company, is searching for a Geotechnical Driller Assistant to join our Building & Constructionteam in our Orlando, Florida office.

This is a fantastic opportunity to grow a versatile career in the architectural, engineering, and construction (A/E/C) industry!

About the Building & Construction Team

Intertek's Building & Construction division is a suite of Intertek brands that are industry leaders across multiple architecture, engineering, and construction disciplines, developing the most innovative product and project solutions.

Intertek's project-related assurance, testing, inspection, and consulting services are the risk management and quality assurance partner you need to ensure the reliability, safety, and performance of your new developments, existing assets, and facilities.

Professional Service Industries, Inc.

(Intertek-PSI) is a leading US based provider of assurance, testing, inspection, and consulting solutions in civil and commercial construction.

Our broad service offering includes construction materials testing, geotechnical engineering, environmental consulting, industrial hygiene, and specialty testing.

What are we looking for?

The Driller Assistant works on a drilling team to operate various drill rigs, equipment and hand tools to collect soil/rock samples and data for geotechnical engineering purposes.

Salary & Benefits Information

Individual compensation packages are based on a variety of factors unique to each candidate including skillset, experience, qualifications, and other job-related duties.

In addition to competitive compensation packages, when working with Intertek you can expect benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, 401(k) with company match, generous vacation / sick time (PTO), tuition reimbursement and more.

What you'll do:


* Assist with geotechnical soil drilling, pavement coring, rock coring, soil/rock sampling, muck probing, soil classifications, in-situ field testing, and monitoring well installation


* Assist in the operations and routine maintenance of various drilling rigs including transport to/from jobsites and within the jobsite


* Operate support vehicle equipment


* Assists Driller to manipulate, load, and unload drill rig tooling


* Interact with geotechnical engineers and project managers to understand drilling assignments and to relate field information to the office


* Prepare tooling and supplies for the day's field tasks


* Assist in assembling and disassembling drill tooling, including but not limited to the following: solid-flight augers, hollow-stem augers, rock core barrel assembly kits, Shelby tube samplers, SPT split-spoon samples, etc.


* Assist with the identification of boring locations through the use of GPS equipment and drilling assignments


* Retrieval and logging of soil/rock samples during drilling operations


* Help with cleaning and maintaini...