Safety Awards – May 2025
Handsafe Hazard Award for Accountability & LeadershipEduardo OliveresBerit HatschekStop the Job Award for Accountability & LeadershipConnor McCaffertyBrett EvansRussell HealyCharles PeinaJake […]
Company Values Award – May 2025
Well Done to Jamie Stevanovich – Performance and Accountability Award McKay Drilling Management would like to recognise Jamie Stevanovich, who […]
Years of Service – June 2025
Congratulations to James Wuor for 5 Years of Service at McKay Drilling. Congratulations to Bevan Eagle for 10 Years of […]
DOOGA DAY FUNDRAISER 2025
The 31st July 2025 will sadly be the fifth anniversary of the tragic loss of one of our colleagues, Josh […]
Safety Awards – April 2025
Handsafe Hazard Award for Accountability & LeadershipConnor McCaffertyStop the Job Award for Accountability & LeadershipRyan DingleThomas HillHazard Reduction Award for […]
Years of Service – May 2025
Congratulations to Sherie Dragovic for 5 Years of Service at McKay Drilling. Congratulations to Michael Carpenter for 10 Years of […]
Company Values Award – April 2025
Well Done to Dylan Graham, Alexander Hutt, Jason Beard, Keala Veale, Daniel Reynolds – People and Accountability Award McKay Drilling […]
Safety Awards – March 2025
Handsafe Hazard Award for Accountability & LeadershipJaxon GreeneJyron EverettStop the Job Award for Accountability & LeadershipBlake McNallyConnor McCaffertyBailey HallAlan BeveridgeHazard […]
Company Values Award – March 2025
Well Done to Andrew Hicks, Charlotte Buchanan, Noah Zakkour, Paul Duggan, Christopher Goodwin, Cameron Brown & Murray Hollingworth – People […]
Years of Service – April 2025
Congratulations to Tom Buchanan for 5 Years of Service at McKay Drilling. Congratulations to Kurt Elefsen for 5 Years of […]
Years of Service – March 2025
Congratulations to Rob Pollard for 10 Years of Service at McKay Drilling. Congratulations to Samnang Phan for 10 Years of […]
Safety Awards – February 2025
Handsafe Hazard Award for Accountability & LeadershipBlake McNallyStop the Job Award for Accountability & LeadershipDaryl HaengaBailey HallHazard Reduction Award for […]
Company Values Award – February 2025
Well Done to Marli Rhodes – People and Performance Award McKay Drilling Management would like to recognise Marli Rhodes, for […]
Safety Awards – January 2025
Handsafe Hazard Award for Accountability & LeadershipAllen RobertsDaryl HaengaStop the Job Award for Accountability & LeadershipPeter VerboomBrett EvansHazard Reduction Award […]
Company Values Award – January 2025
Well Done to Murray Hollingworth & Charlotte Buchanan – People and Performance Award McKay Drilling Management would like to recognise […]
Years of Service – January/ February 2025
Congratulations to Mathieu Boisvert for 5 Years of Service at McKay Drilling. Congratulations to Marcus Best for 5 Years of […]
2024 Employee of the Year
Congratulations Peter Verboom – Supervisor Employee of the Year Congratulations Michael Kelly – RC Driller Employee of the Year Congratulations […]
McKay Social Day Event @ Hijinx Hotel
Saturday 20th January 🍕🎪 After the success of last years event, we held another social event for our employees and […]
McKay Mates Team Building 2025
Entering its fourth year, McKay Mates is our internal Peer Support Program and recognises training volunteers who are within the […]
Company Values Award – November 2024
Well Done to Andy Goldsmith – People and Performance Award McKay Drilling Management would like to recognise Andy Goldsmith for […]
Safety Awards – November 2024
November 2024 – Handsafe Hazard Award for Accountability & LeadershipClayton DawsonBailey HallNovember 2024 – Stop the Job Award for Accountability […]
International Men’s Day 2024
On the 19th November, we paused for International Men’s Day. Coming together in our Wangara Workshop to recognise the men […]
Milestone: 1Million Hours LTI Free
McKay Drilling would like to recognise and celebrate the success of recently achieving the milestone of 1 million hours LTI […]
Milestone: Fifty Rock5 Units Shipped
Major Drilling are optimizing drill performance with their advanced Rock5 technology. Our innovation team based here in Perth, Western Australia […]
Company Values Award – October 2024
Well Done to Regan Petterson – Innovation Award McKay Drilling Management would like to recognise Regan for reducing manual handling […]
Safety Awards – October 2024
October 2024 – Handsafe Hazard Award for Accountability & LeadershipCas RoycroftOctober 2024 – Stop the Job Award for Accountability & […]
Clontarf Wadjemup Cup
On Thursday 31st October McKay Drilling were invited to the annual Clontarf Wadjemup Cup, which seen over 100 Clontarf Academy […]
Years of Service – November 2024
Congratulations to Daniel Coombe for 5 Years of Service at McKay Drilling. Congratulations to Jim Bishop for 5 Years of […]
Lest We Forget – Remembrance Day
Monday 11 November 2024 marked the anniversary of the Armistice that ended fighting with Germany in World War I. Every […]
Milestone: First RC Autonomous RC Rig in Australia
Major Drilling has purchased its first autonomous RC rig for operations in Australia (McKay Drilling). “We are excited to put […]
Company Values Award – September 2024
Well Done to Jack Reid – Accountability & Performance Award McKay Drilling Management would like to recognise Jack, RTX provided […]
Safety Awards – September 2024
September 2024 – Handsafe Hazard Award for Accountability & LeadershipJordan WawataiCameron BrownSeptember 2024 – Stop the Job Award for Accountability […]
Company Values Award – August 2024
Well Done to Cas Roycroft – Accountability & Performance Award McKay Drilling Management would like to recognise Cas for her […]
Safety Awards – August 2024
August 2024 – Handsafe Hazard Award for Accountability & LeadershipCasey McKayAugust 2024 – Stop the Job Award for Accountability & […]
Newly appointed Operations Manager – Andrew McGrath
August 2024 marked the end of an era with Operations Manager, Chad McKay leaving McKay Drilling to embark on a […]
Retirement – Farewell Trevor Hadley
We farewell our much loved Truck Driver, Trevor Hadley as he finishes up 13 and half years of dedicated service […]
Years of Service – September / October 2024
Congratulations to Andrew McGrath for 10 Years of Service at McKay Drilling. Congratulations to Tony Williamson for 10 Years of […]
Ellenbrook Clontarf Indoor Cricket Carnival
On Wednesday 4th September 2024, the Ellenbrook Clontarf Academy hosted their first Indoor Cricket Carnival. Participating Academies from all over […]
Dooga Day 2024 Prize Winners Announced
The Dooga Day Raffle closed on 9th September 2024 and was drawn on World Suicide Prevention Day (10th September 2024). […]
Clontarf v McKay Table Tennis Tournament – NAIDOC Round
On Friday 9th August 2024, the Ellenbrook Clontarf Academy boys visited our Wangara Head Office for a friendly table tennis […]
Years of Service – August 2024
Congratulations to Karen Baker for 10 Years of Service at McKay Drilling. Karen is also celebrating 30 years in the […]
Safety Awards – June/July 2024
July 2024 – Handsafe Hazard Award for Accountability & LeadershipJeremy GriffithsBenjamin ArendsJuly 2024 – Stop the Job Award for Accountability […]
Company Values Award – July 2024
Well Done to Sophia Bogdanovas – People & Performance Award McKay Drilling Management would like to recognise Sophia. Sophia has […]
DOOGA DAY 2024
31 July 2024 On Wednesday 31st July 2024, we paused across our WA mining sites where our rigs operate and […]
Naidoc Week – Empowering Generational Change
7-14 July 2024 Keep the fire burning! Blak, Loud and Proud National NAIDOC Committee Co-Chair, Steven Satour said this year’s […]
Safety Awards – May 2024
May 2024 – Handsafe Hazard Award for Accountability & LeadershipMorgan Tovar-SheridanMay 2024 – Stop the Job Award for Accountability & […]
Company Values Award – June 2024
Well Done to Sherie Dragovic – People Award McKay Drilling Management would like to recognise Sherie for always jumping in […]
Years of Service – July 2024
Congratulations to Brenna Mulder for 5 Years of Service at McKay Drilling. Congratulations to Adam Triggs for 5 Years of […]
International Men’s Health Week 2024
10 – 16th June 2024 Men’s Health Week is an annual observance that aims to raise awareness about the health […]
DOOGA DAY FUNDRAISER 2024
The 31st July 2024 will be the fourth anniversary of the tragic loss of one of our colleagues, Josh “Dooga” […]
Company Values Award – May 2024
Well Done to Tony Curtis – Performance and Accountability Award McKay Drilling Management would like to recognise Tony Curtis for […]
Safety Awards – April 2024
April 2024 – Handsafe Hazard Award for Accountability & LeadershipDarren EbsworthRick BartleApril 2024 – Stop the Job Award for Accountability […]
Maintenance Workshop Team Day 2024
As another busy Christmas period finally comes to an end, our Workshop Crew headed out for a day of entertainment […]
Safety Awards – March 2024
March 2024 – Handsafe Hazard Award for Accountability & Leadership Regan Petterson Brett Evans March 2024 – Stop the Job […]
Years of Service – April 2024
Congratulations to David Kite, Raymond Arnold and Ryan Diggle on 5 years of service this month! We look forward to […]
Company Values Award – April 2024
Well Done to Ben Arends – People, Performance and Accountability Award McKay Drilling Management would like to recognise Ben Arends […]
Community Sponsorship: Lion’s Subiaco Football Club
The 2024 WAFL Season kicked off a few weeks ago and McKay Drilling are pleased to announce, we are a […]
Rio Tinto Resource Development & Contract Partner Recognition Program
Our valued client, Rio Tinto Resource Development, have an incredible contract partner recognition program that converts positive observations into monetary […]
International Women’s Day @ McKay Drilling
This years International Women’s Day theme is ‘Inspire Inclusion’. As McKay Drilling recently achieved a significant milestone having its First […]
Years of Service – March 2024
Congratulations to Brett Evans and Charles Peina on 5 years of service this month! We look forward to many more […]
Company Values Award – March 2024
Well Done to Casey Roycroft – Performance and Accountability Award McKay Drilling Management would like to recognise Casey Roycroft for […]
Safety Awards – February 2024
February 2024 – Handsafe Hazard Award for Accountability & Leadership Ryan Kennedy Tim Savage February 2024 – Stop the Job […]
McKay Mates Team Building 2024
Established in 2022, McKay Mates is our internal Peer Support Program and recognises training volunteers who are within the organisation […]
Community Engagement: Clontarf Foundation Leadership Morning Tea 2024
On Wednesday 14th February, McKay Drilling were invited to join Year 12 Clontarf Academy students from Perth, Northam, Kalgoorlie and Esperance […]
McKay Drilling’s First Ever All Female RC Rig Crew
McKay Drilling are proud to announce a milestone within our company… MEET OUR FIRST EVER ALL FEMALE RC RIG CREW […]
Safety Awards – January 2024
January 2024 – Handsafe Hazard Award for Accountability & Leadership Neil Kelly Phil Sutton Grainne Killeen January 2024 – Stop […]
Company Values Award – February 2024
Well Done to David Hay – Performance and Accountability Award McKay Drilling Management would like to recognise Dave Hay for […]
Years of Service – February 2024
Congratulations to Izabella Witt on 5 years of service this month! We look forward to many more years working with […]
Progression Series: Meet Mathieu Boisvert
Welcome to our Progression Series, if you are keen to explore and progress within McKay Drilling then we hope this […]
Company Values Award – January 2024
Well Done to Will Kerr – People Award McKay Drilling Management would like to recognise Will Kerr for doing an […]
McKay Social Day Event @ Archie Brothers
Saturday 20th January 🍕⛳️🎪🎳 After the success of last years event, we held another social event for our employees and […]
2023 Employee of the Year
Congratulations Jeremy Griffiths – Supervisor Employee of the Year Congratulations Murray Hollingworth – RC Driller Employee of the Year Congratulations […]
Secret Santa at our Wangara Office
Our annual Secret Santa has become a bit of a tradition at the McKay Drilling Wangara Office and Workshop. The […]
Progression Series: Meet David Kite
Welcome to our Progression Series, if you are keen to explore and progress within McKay Drilling then we hope this […]
Safety Awards – November 2023
November 2023 – Handsafe Hazard Award for Accountability & Leadership Lachlan Ghee November 2023 – Stop the Job Award for […]
Company Values Award – November 2023
Well Done to Ethan Williamson – Performance Award McKay Drilling Management would like to recognise Ethan Williamson for exceptional performance […]
Safety Awards – October 2023
October 2023 – Handsafe Hazard Award for Accountability & Leadership Jaiden Perkins Jeremy Griffiths October 2023 – Stop the Job […]
Company Values Award – October 2023
Well Done to Luke Montgomerie – Accountability Award McKay Drilling Management would like to recognise Luke Montgomerie for recognising and […]
Safety Awards – September 2023
September 2023 – Handsafe Hazard Award for Accountability & Leadership Callum O’Meagher Isaac Foster September 2023 – Stop the Job […]
Company Values Award – September 2023
Well Done to James Hedison – Accountability Award McKay Drilling Management would like to recognise James Hedison for his contribution […]
Years of Service – October 2023
Congratulations to Dane Alfonsi on 5 years of service this month! We look forward to many more years working with […]
Safety Awards – August 2023
August 2023 – Handsafe Hazard Award for Accountability & Leadership Jeremy Griffiths Morgan Tovar-Sheridan August 2023 – Stop the Job […]
A new Rig package joins our fleet!
Over the first weekend in October 2023, we mobilised Rig 1 – MKY001. Our newest addition to our growing fleet, […]
Years of Service – September 2023
Congratulations to Luke Hooper on 5 years of service this month! We look forward to many more years working with […]
CANCELLED:iWork National Indigenous Jobs Summit 2023
Unfortunately the organisers at iWork have decided to cancel this event at this time. If you are still interested in […]
Dooga Day 2023 Prize Winners Announced
The Dooga Day Raffle closed on R U OK? Day (14th September 2023). Congratulations to all our Dooga Day Prize […]
Rio Tinto Resource Definition Family Day
Our client, Rio Tinto Resource Definition Team held a family day earlier this month. Rio Tinto employees’ families travelled by […]
Job Skills Opportunities: Driller’s Offsider Job Ready Program
For those of you looking to start your career in mining, keep reading! Driller’s Offsider Job Ready Program is a […]
Community Engagement: Balga Senior High School NAIDOC Day Celebration
On Friday 1st September, McKay Drilling were in invited to participate in Balga Senior High Schools NAIDOC Day Celebrations. The […]
Safety Awards – July 2023
July 2023 – Handsafe Hazard Award for Accountability & Leadership Jake O’Brien Daniel Bonner July 2023 – Stop the Job […]
Safety Awards – June 2023
June 2023 – Hazard Award for Accountability & Leadership Hannah Lowe Max Osbourne Justin Greene June 2023 – Handsafe Hazard […]
Company Values Award – July 2023
Well Done to Russell Healy – Innovation Award McKay Drilling Management would like to recognise Russell Healy recognised for his […]
Company Values Award – June 2023
Well Done to Tom Bolsenbroek – People & Performance Award McKay Drilling Management would like to recognise Tom Bolsenbroek, recognised […]
Years of Service – August 2023
Congratulations to Travis Church and Richard Bartle on 5 years of service this month! We look forward to many more […]
Years of Service – June 2023
Congratulations to Anthony Spalding, Dane Hunt & Travis Freestone on 5 years of service this month! We look forward to […]
Years of Service – July 2023
Congratulations to Neil Halliday, Tony Latansio and David Hay on 5 years of service this month! We look forward to […]
Community Engagement: Clontarf Foundation Basketball Competition 2023
On Wednesday 16th August, McKay Drilling in partner with Clontarf Academic Foundation were invited to attend and proudly assist with […]
Naidoc Week 2023
Teleisha Oxenham-Smith, a proud Wadjuk and Yamatji women who will forever be connected to McKay Drilling. Her artwork, Koora koora […]
Community Engagement: Clontarf Foundation Northwest Knockout Ping Pong Tournament
On Friday 9th June 2023, Brenna Mulder and David Kite from our Operation team attended the Clontarf Foundations event. The […]
First female in McKay Drilling to achieve a Certificate III in Drilling Operations (RC)
Congratulations Sage Whitworth on this major accomplishment and milestone in McKay Drilling’s history. From her first day in November 2020, […]