Broken Spoke Drilling · Salt Lake City, UT $34–$52/hr + overtime · $3,000 sign-on · Take-home truck · Medical fully paid
Who we are
Broken Spoke Drilling is a Salt Lake City service company for the blasthole drilling industry. We sell and resell drills and parts, rebuild machines and components to run better than they did new, and provide field service on Sandvik and Epiroc rigs at mine sites throughout Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and Wyoming. We support thirteen customers and are growing. This position is open because the field work has outpaced our current crew.
The travel
This is a travel-heavy position. You'll cover Utah primarily, with regular work in Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and Wyoming.
We'll be straight with you about the schedule, because most postings aren't. It varies. Some stretches you'll be out every week. Other stretches you'll be home, working out of the shop. We can't forecast it far ahead — it depends on which rigs go down.
What we can tell you is how we run it. When you're out, we work to get you home for the weekend after about a week on site. We don't leave a technician parked on a job for a month.
While you're out, per diem is $50 a day and we pay the lodging.
The job
The work varies week to week. One week is a hard diagnostic on a machine nobody else could sort out. The next is a planned rebuild in the shop. The next is working with a customer to find out why a machine has never run the way it should, and then fixing that for good. That last part is a real share of what we do, and it isn't work you'll get at a dealer.
What you'll do:
- Troubleshoot and repair Sandvik and Epiroc blasthole rigs on MSHA sites — hydraulics, electrical, air, engines, drivetrain
- Chase electrical faults through CANBUS and PLCs rather than throwing parts at them
- Read schematics and find the actual problem
- Weld and fabricate in the field
- Planned rebuilds and component changeouts
- Preventive maintenance and inspections
- The truck is yours to run. 10k Crane, welder, compressor, torch, tooling and parts inventory — you operate all of it and keep it stocked and maintained.
- Talk straight with the customer's crew about what you found and what it needs
- Document your work in our work order app — clear enough that we can bill it and the customer knows what was done
- Keep your service truck stocked, organized and ready
- Work safe and keep your MSHA card current
This job is for you if
- You'd rather find the real problem than swap parts until it works
- A CAN fault is a puzzle to you, not a reason to call somebody
- You can run your own day without someone standing over your shoulder
- You're all right with the road, and all right with not always knowing what next month looks like
- You like that no two weeks are the same
- You want a say in how the work gets done
This job is not for you if
- You need a supervisor checking on you every hour
- You want the same machine, same bay, same job every day
- You need a fixed schedule you can set your watch by
- You cut corners when nobody's looking
What you need
- Class B CDL. This is preferred but we run both CDL and non CDL trucks
- 3+ years on heavy equipment. Drills, dozers, loaders, cranes, haul trucks. Time on Sandvik or Epiroc rigs puts you at the top of the list, but a capable technician from any heavy iron background can learn drills.
- Real hydraulic and electrical troubleshooting. Comfortable with CANBUS and logic controllers.
- Welding and fabrication experience. Don’t need to be a certified welding professional, but able to get the job done and well.
- Clean driving record
- Your own typical experienced field tech tools
- Pass a drug screen
MSHA Part 48 — if you don't hold a current card, we'll get you certified before you start and we cover the cost.
If you're short a year or two, or you've never worked on a blasthole rig or an MSHA site, call anyway. We'd rather talk to a capable technician with a gap than pass on someone who could do this job.
What you get
- $34–$52/hr, depending on what you bring. Overtime at time and a half after 40.
- Medical — we pay 100% of your premium and half your family's. Dental, vision and life as well.
- $3,000 sign-on bonus, paid at 90 days. Stay a year and it's yours free and clear. Leave before that and you pay back a prorated share. It's one page in plain English and we hand it to you before you accept, so there are no surprises.
- Take-home service truck — fueled, stocked, crane and compressor
- $50/day per diem and we pay the lodging
- 401(k) with a 3% match
- 80 hours PTO after 90 days, plus paid holidays
- $100/month tool allowance and $200/year for boots
- You bring hand tools. We provide all Sandvik and Epiroc specialty tooling, the diagnostic laptop and the software.
- Direct access to the owner. No layers and no ticket system. If something's wrong, you tell us and we deal with it.
Why a small company instead of a large dealer
At a large dealer you're one technician among hundreds. Work comes down as an order, you complete it, it goes back up the chain, and someone in another state decides what you're worth.
Here you're one of five people this company runs on. You'll have real say in how the work gets done, and you'll know every customer by name. When we grow, the people who got us there move up first. With a crew this size there's no way around it.
How to apply
Text Mike at 385-240-0639. In your first message, tell me the last three machines you worked on and what was wrong with them. Or email [email protected]
Pay: $34.00 - $52.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Fuel card
- Health insurance
People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply
Work Location: On the road
