Core Drilling Jobs

We are hiring core drillers. Everything from small services penetrations up to large diameter coring through thick slabs and walls, on commercial, civil and industrial jobs in New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia.

It is precise work. The hole goes exactly where it is marked, it does not wander, and nothing gets hit on the way through. If that is how you work, we want to hear from you.

Fill in the form below and someone will ring you back within one business day. It takes about two minutes. The more you tell us about your tickets and your inductions, the faster we can put you on a job.

What the work is

• Setting up and drilling penetrations, from small services holes to large diameter cores.
• Drilling through slabs, walls, beams and columns, overhead and on the deck.
• Anchoring and stitch drilling where a saw cannot get in.
• Checking the scan before you drill so you do not hit a tendon, a bar or a live service.
• Water management and core retrieval, keeping the area clean for the trades behind you.
• Working to a mark up and flagging it when the mark up looks wrong.

Tickets and experience

Apply anyway if you are missing a couple of these.

• White Card and hands on core drilling experience.
• Comfortable with rig setup, anchoring and overhead drilling.
• Working at Heights, Confined Space and EWP tickets if you hold them.
• Silica awareness and current respiratory fit testing.
• Any GPR or scanning experience is a strong plus, because the two jobs sit side by side.
• Live Tier 1 inductions are a real advantage.
• A driver licence and your own way to site.

Silica and how we work

Silica is the one that matters in this trade. Everything runs wet or on extraction, you get fit tested, and if a job cannot be done safely we stop and sort it out. We are not interested in anyone who works dry to save five minutes.

What it pays

Pay depends on experience and tickets. Tell us what you are on and we will be straight with you. Travel work pays more, and there is interstate work for people who want it. People tend to stay with us once they start: the crew is energetic, dedicated and good to work alongside, and we back them.

Other names for this job

Companies label this role differently and so do candidates. If your last job was called core driller, concrete core driller, core drilling operator, diamond driller, concrete driller, coring technician, concrete cutter and driller, diamond drilling operator or core drill operator, and the work matches what is above, this is the same job. We hire on what you can do on the tools, not on the title.

What we are like to work for

We are a young business and we are growing. That is the honest pitch. It means the structure is not set in concrete, there is room to move up if you are any good, and the person who decides is not six layers away from site. We buy decent gear, we back people who bring a better way of doing something, and safety is not a poster in the lunch room.

Work rights

You need the right to work in Australia. We do not sponsor visas and we do not charge anyone a fee to apply or to be placed, ever. If someone asks you for money to get a job with us, it is not us.

What happens after you apply

• You get an email straight away confirming we have your application.
• Someone rings you within one business day, on the mobile number you give us.
• If you did not attach a CV, reply to that confirmation email with it. It is the fastest way to get in front of us.
• We keep your details on file. Even if there is nothing today, we come back to people when the right job lands.

Where we work

We run out of Marrickville in Sydney and Slacks Creek in Queensland, with crews across greater Sydney, the Hunter, Wollongong, Canberra and South East Queensland, and we travel for the bigger jobs. Western Australia work is starting up too, so put your hand up on the form if you would fly out of Perth.