Piling Operator

About the role

Piling rig operators for the tracker and battery foundations of Turner River Solar Farm, a solar farm near Port Hedland, Western Australia.

The role in detail

Pilecom is recruiting for Turner River Solar Farm, a solar farm near Port Hedland, Western Australia, delivered by Fortescue as EPC. This campaign recruits the rig operators of the Piling W1 wave.

What you will do

• Operate a pile-driving rig to install steel piles to the design depth, plumb and alignment
• Work from the surveyor’s set-out and the piling crew’s marks
• Carry out pre-start checks and daily maintenance and report faults
• Record drive results and hand them to the inspector

You will need

• Proven experience operating piling rigs, ideally on solar farms
• The tickets for the plant you operate and a White Card
• A driver’s licence
• The care to hit tolerance on every pile: the tracker fixing that follows depends on it

About this campaign

• This opening belongs to the Piling W1 wave of the Turner River Solar Farm recruitment plan
• The positions shown on this page represent recruitment across the campaign wave, not the number of workers on site at any one time.

Tickets & licences

• White Card

Additional tickets are added only where the specific position requires them.

Pay & conditions

• Employment: Casual
• Pay: $45 an hour + penalties
• Penalty rates: Yes — award penalty rates apply
• Accommodation: Camp accommodation
• Accommodation details: Roster: 2:1 FIFO from Perth. Construction camp with meals; FIFO from Perth; 2:1 roster.