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Congratulations and thank you to Brian Bawdon for 30 years of continuous service to J&S Drilling.  Brian started his journey at J&S Drilling on 08th January 1994. He is a jack of all trades, from Driller Assistant, Heavy Diesel Mechanic, licenced Class 2 Driller, Operations Manager a [...]

J&S Drilling was represented by Jordan Begg and Paul Gibson at the Italian Geofluid Expo in Sept 2023, the most important international event for Drilling in 2023. We also took advantage of the opportunity to meet with Fraste & Eijkelkamp and inspect their latest rigs and capabilities.  [...]

J&S Drilling is proud to share our commemorative recognition of two of our closest and most loved family members, Allan Gibson and George Despotakis. Their legacy at J&S Driling will never deminish and daily we are reminded of how integral their influence was on the culture and reputation of [...]

There is a scam trying to extort money from people looking for jobs in mining and they are using a link to the J&S Drilling website indicating we are the host company promising mining jobs. They advertise job vacancies on ‘Gumtree jobs’ and ‘Facebook’ aiming to get people to email the [...]

J&S Drilling would like to congratulate Tahnee Mews on her first 10 years of service. Thank you for your ongoing loyal and professional contribution. You are a valued member of the J&S family and your infectious smile, even if hidden behind a mask, positively influences a great workplace to [...]

A challenging project? not for J&S Drilling. Firstly we dismantled one of our smaller rigs for the Salt Lake Helicopter Drilling.  Preparation The maximum lift weight allowed for the project is 1000kg, including rigging, due to the size of the helicopter support. That is to say, we had th [...]