Job Title: Senior Piling Rig Operator
Organisation: Mota-Engil Africa
Duty Station: Buliisa, Uganda
About Organisation:
Mota-Engil is a Portuguese group in the sectors of civil construction, public works, port operations, waste, water, and logistics. The Mota-Engil Group comprises 228 companies within three major business areas Engineering and construction, Environment and Services and Transport concessions operating in 21 countries through its branches and subsidiaries, including Mota-Engil Engenharia e Construção, S.A., Tertir, SUMA, INDAQUA Manvia, Vibeiras, Ascendi and Martifer.
Job Summary: The Senior Piling Rig Operator will be responsible for the operation of piling rig equipment.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ensure drill rigs, heavy machinery, and equipment are effectively operated to optimize the profitability of the site’s operations.
- Ensure the highest levels of quality are maintained and report any maintenance faults or issues.
- Control movements of piling rig and associated plant around the site.
- Operate the Control movements of the piling rig and associated plant around the site.
- Conduct daily inspections of piling rigs and ensure the machinery is in good working condition.
- Maintain accurate logs and reports.
- Complies fully with all HSE policies and requirements and communicates safe working practices always.
- Keeps tools and equipment clean and in good working order and reports any problems or deviations.
- Effectively communicates with field staff, engineers, and clients.
- Ability to perform routine maintenance, minor mechanical repairs, and associated record keeping.
- Read and interpret blueprints, technical plans, diagrams, or other instructions to determine the depth, angle, and location of piles to be driven.
- Operate cranes, hoists, or other moving or lifting equipment to position materials such as steel beams or reinforced cages, or concrete blocks into position.
- Monitor the operation of the pile driver, adjusting as necessary to ensure proper functioning.
- Inspect the piles and micro piles that have been driven to ensure they meet specifications.
- Driving heavy steel tubes into the ground at the right depth, filling them with concrete, and then removing them, to leave the support in place.
- Keep accurate records of piles driven, including type, size, and location.
- Driving fully reinforced, pre-cast concrete piles into the ground.
- Carrying out rotary bore piling using a temporary casing and auger to drill to the necessary depth.
- Identifying the position of underground services (such as pipes or wires) before starting work.
- Observe the pressure gauge and move throttles and levers to control the speed of rotary tables, and to regulate the pressure of tools at the bottoms of boreholes.
- Ensure a specified grade of concrete is poured for pile concrete work by checking batch slips at regular intervals; check the quality/workability of the concrete visually & report to the concerned authority if the quality is poor.
- Coordinate necessary alteration/repairing if a fault is found as per instruction from concerned authority/quality guidelines; monitor welding works in re-bar cages and casing pipes for extension of the same.
- Ensure adequate bentonite slurry circulation and pre-tensile strength test on micropile anchors had been carried out.
- Experience operating a variety of pile and micro-pile driving equipment.
- Testing of micropile/tiebacks and load frames.
- Supervise Welding of Connections (safety railing, tiebacks, internal bracing, etc.), and operate pumps, compressors, and bentonite plants.
- Train crews and introduce procedures to make drill work safer and more effective.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Higher national diploma in mechanical engineering or certificate/ training in a related field with 15 years of experience working on construction projects.
- Minimum of 10 years of proven work experience in advanced machine operations.
- 10 years of experience as a senior operating piling and/or drilling rigs is a MUST.
- Knowledge of piling and micro piling techniques and construction experience.
- S/he will be reporting to the Piling foreman.
- Pilling rig operators, experienced in bored pier and CFA piling techniques.
- Possess Skill Evaluation Certificate in Bored Piling Operation
- Excellent team player, good interpersonal skills, and a can-do attitude
- Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates should apply online at the link below
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