Drilling Manager

About the role

Lead drilling operations, staff, budgets, schedules, safety, quality, and equipment planning to deliver efficient, cost-effective fieldwork. This is a newly created position due to growth.

Responsibilities

• Develop estimates, proposals, budgets, and schedules with project leadership.
• Track costs, labor, equipment use, and performance; correct variances.
• Communicate scope, field, delay, and other cost or schedule impacts.
• Plan staffing, overtime, equipment, maintenance, and future needs.
• Lead, train, coach, and evaluate the Department Assistant and drilling crews.
• Support hiring and personnel decisions and set coordination priorities.
• Promote safety, accountability, teamwork, and professionalism.
• Oversee daily operations and ensure crews have the information, equipment, and resources they need.
• Monitor productivity, schedules, field conditions, and equipment issues.
• Manage safety, cost, schedule, and quality risks; resolve issues promptly.
• Cookordination with project teams and remain accountable for drilling performance.

Requirements

• 5+ years of geotechnical drilling experience; supervisory experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge of drilling methods, equipment, tooling, maintenance, and safe operation.
• Experience leading crews and coordinating projects, schedules, and field layouts.
• Understanding of estimating, budgets, labor and equipment costs, and productivity.
• Strong leadership, communication, organization, problem-solving, and adaptability.
• Basic Microsoft Office skills; valid driver’s license and acceptable record. CDL preferred.

Skills

• Geotechnical drilling experience.
• Supervisory experience (preferred).
• Drilling methods, equipment, tooling, maintenance, and safe operation.
• Leading crews and coordinating projects, schedules, and field layouts.
• Estimating, budgets, labor and equipment costs, and productivity.
• Leadership, communication, organization, problem-solving, and adaptability.
• Basic Microsoft Office skills.
• Valid driver’s license and acceptable record. CDL preferred.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision.
• 100% medical paid for employee.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays.

About Us

MC Squared is a professional consulting engineering firm specializing in the fields of Geotechnical Engineering, Geo-Environmental, Construction Materials Testing and Inspection, and Pavement Design and Management with offices in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. Our clients include DOTs, municipalities, state agencies, and large multi-national engineering firms. We are retained to provide innovative solutions to complex subsurface issues to support the design of heavy civil infrastructure projects in Transportation, Water/Wastewater, Tunneling, Dams, and Aviation sectors, as well as provide cost-effective solutions for structures, commercial developments, and educational institutions. MC Squared has now joined forces with Meskel and Associates Engineering.