Brandon Erwin works as a rig hand and occasional driller at Erwin Water Well Drilling, located in Jacksboro, Texas. His father founded the company in 1985. The business has always been of interest to Erwin, but his path to drilling was not direct. “Like most kids graduating high school, I was under the impression that, in order to be successful, my best bet was to go to college and get a degree before beginning a career,” he explains.
After receiving a degree in industrial engineering, Erwin worked as a manufacturing engineer dealing with power transmission. He enjoyed the work, but didn’t feel like he was making a large enough impact. So, knowing his father was keeping busy, he joined the family business in 2012.