Recruitment

Members of the BDA can advertise their opportunities and vacancies here to reach both membership and the wider drilling sector.

Current Vacancies

Igne Ltd – Lead Driller / Drilling Crewe (Vacancy posted – 17th June 2025)

Details:

  • As a Lead Driller, you will be responsible for organising equipment, operating drilling rigs, and managing sites for both domestic and commercial water well projects ensuring all work is delivered to technical specifications and in line with company procedures.

Must have:

  • Full UK driving licence (travel is a requirement)
  • Knowledge of Health & Safety regulations
  • Previous experience of operating Rotary drilling rigs

Salary & benefits:

  • Salary – c£40,000 for a 44.5 hour week, plus overtime; 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays; Continuous training and development; Medical cashback plan; Death in service scheme.

Additional information:

  • 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.

To apply contact – nicola.purt@igne.com

TerraRoc Ltd – Regional Sales Engineers (Vacancy posted – 7th February 2025)

Details:

  • Geotechnical consumable sale engineers
  • Two roles available
  • One role based in England or Wales. Covering these countries
  • One role based in Scotland covering Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland

Must have:

  • Excellent knowledge of the Geotechnical drilling market
  • Ideally Geotechnical consumable sales experience but may suit driller or drilling assistance who has very good knowledge of drilling tools

Salary & benefits:

  • We offer a very competitive package that includes all the tools you need to execute your role, a company car, attractive pension scheme and the option for company health care insurance

Additional information:

  • With the continued growth of TerraRoc Ltd through the UK & Ireland we are happy to announce that we are looking to hire two  sales Engineers. These roles will be field based in both regions. Although these roles are UK based you will be part of the European sales team. We are hiring sales engineers to cover England and Wales and a 2nd sales engineer to cover Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland.The successful candidates will be expected to develop new business within their region as well as maintaining the already large existing customer base through promoting the TerraRoc product portfolio of drilling tool consumables. Promotion of the products will be done by customer face to face meetings, drill site visits, practical product training as well as teams calls and telephone calls. At TerraRoc we believe strong customer support and service is key

To apply contact – kris.mccormick@terraroc.com

To advertise your job vacancies please contact: bdajooce@britishdrillingassociation.co.uk

If you are looking for a interesting, challenging and rewarding career in Land Drilling more information is available from CITB’s Go Construct website

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