Drilling Technician
Content + Source + Freshness • 15 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
Medium value due to essential hands-on experience in drilling with limitations in compensation and working conditions.
- Entry-level role with hands-on training
- Contribution to community water solutions
- Physically demanding field work
- Limited information on compensation and conditions
Pros
- On-the-job training offered for skill development
- Key role in community service through clean water access
- Team-based work environment with hands-on activities
Cons
- Physically demanding with long hours
- Compensation details are vague
- Work is often conducted in challenging environments
Who it's for
Entry-level / Junior • On-site
Good fit
- Hands-on workers keen on technical roles
- New entrants interested in environmental services
- Individuals looking for physically active job options
Not recommended for
- Desk workers preferring office jobs
- Candidates averse to fieldwork or heavy lifting
- Those without enthusiasm for physically demanding roles
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
The drilling technician will be responsible for working with the team to produce a borehole that satisfies an INUMA mini-grid and other drillings of the company. You will conduct all activities related to drilling mainly manpower activities from start to finish under the guidance of the drilling specialist.
Role’s Main Responsibilities:
- Assist drilling specialists in drilling, casing, and developing boreholes.
- Checking fluid levels in machinery components
- Transporting, loading, and unloading drilling equipment and materials
- Helping with the deployment of the drilling rig
- Follow instructions for the drilling team on site for smooth operations.
- Willingness to learn machine operations.
- Monitoring equipment for malfunctions or defects and reporting any machinery issue to the specialist as soon as possible.
- Maintaining Rig safety, and a safe & clean work environment.
- Assist in the warehouse and workshop when not on site.
Required qualifications for the Job.
Education:
- A high school diploma or knows how to read and write.
- Experience in performing drilling activities for projects.
- Relevant work experience in an environment with heavy machinery is essential.
- Knowledge of basic mechanics and hydraulics principles
- Ability to communicate effectively with team members and supervisors.
- Experience working on a drilling rig is preferred.
- At least 1 year of work experience is preferred.
- Ability to work long hours and in various weather conditions.
- Ability to lift heavy equipment and materials.
- Must be willing to travel and work on remote job sites.
Skills Required
Hard skills:
- Risk Management: Ability to identify and manage potential risks.
- Able to do the heavy lifting.
Soft Skills:
• Effective communication skills, conversant in English and Kinyarwanda.
• Exceptional organizational collaboration and negotiation skills
• Excellent time management skills
• Great analytical and logistical thinking abilities
• Trustworthiness
• Ability to Work with People: Being able to communicate effectively and build relationships with team members and other stakeholders
Key Team Requirements
Water Access Rwanda comprises a team of accountable, passionate, and driven employees. Any new employee should reflect these key character traits:
1. Accountability: See themselves as primary responsible party charged to deliver all necessary resources in achieving assigned or commonly desirable outcomes of the company.
2. Problem-Solving on Time: Ability to recognize, analyze, and solve problems that arise, keeping in mind the time it takes to identify a solution, and escalating to supervisors or wider team as needed.
3. Communication: Ability to effectively communicate, with emphasis on documentation and reporting of any happening for future reference and troubleshooting.
4. Continuous Learning and Embrace of Failure as a learning opportunity: a passion for and investment into continuous learning and improvement for self and company, including a preference for action over inaction.
Benefits
This position receives consistent benefits as other Junior officer-level positions in Water Access Rwanda, as follows:
- A net take-home salary of RWF 145,510 after deduction of PAYE, NSSF, Medical (RAMA), and other statutory deductions.
- An Additional RWF 40,000-month Retention bonus accessible monthly after the end of probation but awarded with a cliff of 3 years.
- Possibility of bonuses, communication cards, and other staff support services.
