Branch: Operations & Logistics
Section: Traverse
Executive Level 1 (EL 1) – Ongoing
Salary: $124,861 – $134,295 per annum
Duties:You will lead the operation, maintenance and continued improvement of the electronic components of the AAD MYIC deep ice drill and associated drill-system infrastructure and engineering documentation.
The drill system consists of an 8-m drill sonde with a motor, gear box and cutting head that recovers 3 m long 98 mm diameter ice cores. Power and communications to and from the drill are delivered by a twisted-pair cable spooled onto a four-tonne winch that is used to lower and raise the drill sonde in the fluid-filled borehole. A mechanical drill tower is used to tilt the drill from the vertical drilling orientation to the horizontal orientation for ice core extraction. Control systems include a top-side modem, computer systems onboard the drill and topside and web-page and sever software to support communications, data logging and data interrogation.
How to apply: Please refer to the Million Year Ice Core Drill System Engineer job listing.
Closing date: 14 May 2025. 11:30 pm AESTContact officer: Joel Pedro – +61 491 346 644 or email joel.pedro@aad.gov.au