Geoff Donatti has reached a milestone at McKay Drilling, 10 years working as a Service Technician in our Wangara Workshop. Congratulations Geoff, thank you for your commitment and hard work over the years. We look forward to many more years working with you. Geoff has become a well known fixture in our Wangara Workshop...
Alan Beveridge has reached a milestone at McKay Drilling, 10 years working his way from a green Offsider to RC Senior Driller. Congratulations Alan, thank you for your commitment and hard work over the years. We look forward to many more years working with you. To commemorate his 10 Year Anniversary here at McKay’s...
Ray has worked for McKay Drilling for the past six years as a Supervisor and is currently Supervising at Hope Downs 4. Ray was born in New Zealand and grew up in Hamilton, North Island. Ray had a rough start to life and lived in a children’s home from the age of 8 with...
Karen was born in England and spent her childhood years living in Uganda, Kenya, Canada, and Zimbabwe before arriving in Perth in 1978 and attending St Mary’s Anglican Girls School. Life after school would lead Karen down many avenues and experiences. First starting an apprenticeship at Miss Mauds as a chef, which she quickly...
Meet Melanie Andersen. McKay Drilling’s first female relief driller and Relief Driller of the Year 2020. Mel joined the McKay Drilling team as a Drillers Assistant 1 in March 2019. Already having some experience and all the pre-requisite training requirements, it was only a week later that Mel was on her first flight to...
In light of International Women’s Day on the 8th of March, we continue to celebrate the achievements of a handful of our women employees at McKay Drilling. First up, meet Izzy Witt, a superstar Senior offsider on one of our Diamond LF350 rigs. Read on to learn more about Izzy’s journey as an offsider,...