Bore Operator - Traveling

Directional Bore Operator

Company: Gudenkauf, a Congruex Company

Employment Status: Full-time, non-exempt (hourly)

Primary Location: Columbus, OH

Compensation: Determined based on skills, experience, and equity within similar roles.

Congruex is a multi-national organization that specializes in broadband network construction and engineering. We support some of the largest service providers in the United States with a footprint that extends across the nation. Our turn‑key design and build solutions allow our customers to deliver more data, more bandwidth, and ultimately support more devices for their end‑users.

Our diverse self‑perform capabilities allow us to deliver high‑quality telecommunications and utility solutions with efficiency as one combined end‑to‑end business. Congruex is a growing collection of subsidiary operating units. Our unified vision is to be the nation’s largest end‑to‑end provider of network design, engineering, construction, and maintenance for broadband operators. We are One Congruex.

It is our mission to satisfy our customers by providing the expertise, technology, and resources necessary to build better networks. Congruex is committed to the overall health, wellness, and safety of our people. We support diversity, inclusion, and the right to live freely with mutual respect. These values are ingrained in our core values of GRIT. At Congruex, GRIT is an acronym for guts, reliability, improvement, and teamwork – having the GUTS to do the right thing, being RELIABLE to deliver what we promise, IMPROVING ourselves every day, and embracing TEAMWORK together as One Congruex.

The Directional Bore Operator will be responsible for operating the directional drill. They will set up and complete the drilling of variable‑sized underground holes and pull back the required conduit. They will work with an Outside Plant Project Manager and Locators to complete job requirements from start to finish on outside plant projects including digging boring pit, directional boring, pulling back of conduit, splicing of conduit sections, pulling fiber through conduit, setting hand holes, back filling, seeding, core drilling, and potholing.

• Set up equipment including the drill, water tanks, and grounding of the machine.
• Operate drilling equipment and various other construction equipment.
• Confirm with locator or lead the bore path to drill.
• Drill the predetermined path to the exit point.
• Continue communication with the locator to confirm the location of the drill head.
• Assist in potholing and remediation.
• Assist with setting hand holes and completing tie‑ins.
• Assist with the installation of proper pulling gear and hook‑up product.
• Conduct post‑job quality checks.
• All responsibilities will be performed in standard and high‑risk areas.
• Operate or drive construction equipment used on the job site, if appropriately licensed and authorized.
• Maintain, clean, and inspect company vehicles and equipment to ensure optimal safety.
• Perform required pre‑ and post‑trip inspections of vehicles and equipment and complete required paperwork.
• Comply with safety procedures while driving and at the job site.
• Perform other general duties as directed.

• Ability to comply with the “Operator’s Manual” for equipment and vehicles used.
• Ability to understand and follow all quality/safety policies and procedures.
• Must possess and maintain a valid Commercial Driver’s License (CDL Class
  
  A) with a satisfactory driving record.
• Self‑motivated, safe, quality, and production‑minded.
• Ability to work and communicate as part of a team with groundsmen and other craft and labor workers.
• Ability to manage time effectively.
• Ability to lift at minimum 50 lbs.
• Must have reliable transportation to and from work.
• Ability to work in adverse weather conditions – heat, cold, snow, ice, rain, etc.
• Ability to perform physical activities that require considerable use of arms and legs, moving the whole body, reaching, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
• Ability to work long hours, if needed.
• Ability to travel for remote business requirements within Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky,…