Heavy Equipment Operator​/Driller Trainee; Construction

Do you have experience operating heavy construction equipment such as backhoe, skid steer, excavators, or loaders? Do you want to learn the drilling and blasting industry with a stable, growing, majority employee‑owned company? If you answered YES to these questions, then we want to meet you! Come work with the best! At Maine Drilling & Blasting we work with the unity of family and the determination of business owners.

We provide a unique and generous array of benefits including two retirement plans, an ESOP and a company‑matched 401(k). In addition to health, dental, vision, life and disability benefits, we also offer training and development opportunities. The sky is the limit—come rock your career at MD&B!

Ability to perform job‑specific instruction provided by Superintendents, Blasting Supervisors or Drill Operators. Individuals must be safety‑minded and able to work well in varying weather environments. Out‑of‑town travel and overtime may be required.

• Perform daily maintenance activities required for safe, efficient operation of assigned equipment
• Adhere to Company Safety Policies and Procedures
• Learn drill patterns and terminology, then execute drill pattern and layout as established by the Blaster Foreman
• Inventory accessories, understand their cost, and maintain drill accessories
• Communicate problems and terrain conditions to the Blaster/Foreman
• Understand the Field Accounting system and accurately complete and submit timely paperwork: drill reports, hole sheets, and a signed timecard
• Demonstrate physical agility
• Coordinate supplies with Blaster
• Carry all tools and supplies
• Participate in meetings as needed:
  Foreman’s, Safety, Job Specific, and Daily Heads‑Up
• Complete Driller I training within the designated period
• Work unsupervised while maintaining a sense of urgency
• Other duties as assigned

• Equipment operating experience is helpful (earth‑moving construction equipment, farm equipment, timber‑harvesting equipment, etc.)
• Valid driver’s license with own transportation
• Experience as a construction laborer
• Must hold a high level of common sense relative to equipment and machinery operation
• Mechanical aptitude based on past experience around equipment, motors, hydraulic, electrical systems, desired
• Must be able to pass a pre‑employment physical and drug screen
• Must successfully complete a background screening for ATF

• Ability to perform essential functions of the position
• Ability to lift 50–100 lbs., 30–40% of the time
• Work on uneven and loose surfaces in varying weather conditions
• Stooping and bending 30–40% of the time
• Physical agility

Starting pay: $20.00–$22.00 per hour plus $150 per week travel allowance. Pay increase incentives as you train and hit target deliverables!

Check out these videos:

• Dante (CST) talks about what it’s like to work at MD&B:
• Dan (CEO) talks about career advancement opportunities:

Does this sound like you? If it does, then go ahead and hit that APPLY button because we cannot wait to meet you!