Drilling Stores Assistant

Raeburn Drilling & Geotechnical Ltd, part of the Igne group of companies, are seeking to appoint a Drilling Stores Assistant.     This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing and progressive geotechnical contractor based in Hamilton, Glasgow. 

The company conducts site investigation operations throughout the UK, providing opportunities to travel and work on exciting projects that often require innovative solutions.   The key to our success is our highly skilled, dedicated, and reliable team whom we greatly value and ensure are well-equipped and well-looked after.  Furthermore, the wellbeing and safety or our people is central to everything we do. It is our objective that we provide an inclusive environment that nurtures our employees and encourages them to progress – with training support.   If you would like to be part of this, we would love to hear from you. 

The main requirements of this role are to oversee the day-to-day operations of the drilling store and all the equipment involved, along with: 

• Daily sorting / storing and recording of all drilling equipment issued to and received back from site.
• Delivering to and from site essential drilling equipment and other supporting sundries
• Maintaining and updating equipment storage records with drilling logs and assigning equipment locations into geotechnical computer system.
• Assisting, maintaining and checking stock levels for all equipment, containers, environmental containers, labels and core boxes etc. for the daily supply to drillers and engineers.
• Liaising with engineers and clients to ensure equipment is maintained and returned in acceptable and usable condition ready for the next job.
• Routinely checking that there is enough fluids and equipment within the drilling equipment store, for all current and future projects.
• Notify any unrepairable and damaged equipment to Drilling Store Manager
• Maintaining and repairing of all types of drilling equipment to ensure of a constant supply level is maintained.
• Routine maintenance of store equipment etc. and tidying and cleaning of the equipment store to ensure that the store operates safely and effectively, free of any tripping hazards and ensuring the area is clear for any and all forklift movements within the store.

About you:

Full training will be provided and in return we are looking for someone with a practical mindset and a willingness to learn new skills.  A full UK driving licence will also be required.  We will invest all the time and energy needed to provide you with the skills you need and a career path for the future.

Salary & Benefits:

In return we offer a very generous basic pay, inconvenience allowance if you do have to work away from home and lots of opportunities for overtime, plus:

• 21 days holiday + bank holidays
• Continuous training and development
• Death in service scheme. 

We are Igne Group Limited, a synergetic amalgamation of six companies, renowned within our respective fields, with over 350 years of combined experience. A one-stop-shop for pre- and post-construction services. Igne’s six service categories are: site investigation, testing, unexploded ordnance, water wells, geothermal, and geo-environmental. 

We are a Real Living Wage Employer, a Disability Confident Employer and signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant; we recruit talented individuals who care about making a positive difference.  We want colleagues to bring their whole selves to work and to be able to be themselves, so equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) are core to our company culture and integral to the success of our business.  We also want all colleagues to thrive, which is why we have trained and dedicated mental health first aiders across the organisation who are available for all employees to speak to for any support they need.  We believe in the development of our talent, which is why at Igne, you will have many opportunities for training and development within your role.