Heavy Equipment Operator/Driller Trainee (Construction)
$23.3 - $27.5 per hourmdb group
Heavy Equipment Operator/Driller Trainee (Construction)
Job Category: Field Requisition Number: HEAVY011687
Posted: May 14, 2026
Full-Time
Hourly Range: $23.30 USD to $27.50 USD
Rate: $22 USD per hour
Location: Charlotte, NC, USA
Description
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 Employer-contributed Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) and 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!
DRILLER TRAINEE-CONSTRUCTION
Ability to perform job specific instruction provided by Superintendents, Blasting Supervisor 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.
Responsibilities:
- Perform daily maintenance activities required for safe, efficient operation of assigned equipment
- Adhere to Company Safety Policies and Procedures
- Ability to learn drill patterns and terminology then execute drill pattern and layout as established by the Blaster Foreman
- Inventory accessories, understand cost of accessories, maintenance 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
- 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 designated period
- Ability to work unsupervised while maintaining a sense of urgency
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- Equipment operating experience is helpful (earth moving construction equipment, farm equipment, timber harvesting equipment, etc.)
- Valid Driver's License with own transportation
- Experience as 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
Physical Requirements:
- 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/week travel allowance. Pay increase incentives as you train and hit target deliverables!
Skeptical about advancement opportunities? 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!
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