Company Overview

Savage Excavation is a full-service drilling company with expertise in all phases of geotechnical drilling, excavation, land clearing and other field services. We offer state-of-the art drilling equipment and services at highly competitive prices and are conveniently located in the Dallas Fort Worth area. Along with serving Texas we can travel outside of the state to preform various drilling services that include mud rotary, air rotary, rock drilling, and wire line sampling. Savage utilizes a fleet of geotechnical drilling rigs: CME 75 Truck Mounted Rig, (3) CME 55 ATV Track Rids, and CME 55 Truck Mounted Rig. Savage has been in business since 2015. Since 2017 we expanded into the drilling market. Starting with a single rig performing mostly residential job. Since then our fleet has grown to 4 rigs with a 5th rig on order to arrive early 2021.

Key Personnel

Garrett Varner, Founder and President of Savage Excavation, has entrepreneurship in the root of his morals, raised around successful businessmen. Garrett started savage excavation with single bobcat and pick-up truck. He was able to successfully grow from a residential landscape owner/operator to completing full scale excavation work for commercial projects in the Dallas Area. Garrett was able to branch off the excavation industry into Geotechnical drilling. He has taken a single rig company and has grown into a fleet of specialized core drilling rigs. Prior to starting his professional career Garrett attended Texas State Technical College and Tulsa Welding College which allowed him to formally expand his education in fabrication and mechanics. He started his career in Oil and Gas om drilling rigs, which lead him to expanding his knowledge into completion services. During his time in Oil and Gas completions Garrett was exposed to sales and key account management. With the Oil and Gas Downturn in 2015 Garrett had the realization and forward-thinking to land himself in a stable construction and utility market. This led him to develop a growing company that operates at a Savage standard.

Brett Hernandez, Vice President, joined Savage in July of 2019 and has the primary responsibility of back office operations. Has taken over financial reporting, health and Safety operations, and Human Resources. Brett has a B.S. in Business Administration (EJ Ourso College of Business) from Louisiana State University. Before joining Savage, Brett successfully was part of an Oil and Gas Service startup in which he learned the intricate workings of a growth company from field experience to part of the accounting team. He was also a key role in operations for 110% growth the Permian Basin, participated on a transaction team for a recapitalization of company evaluated at $85MM, as well as orchestrated the accounting and strategic organization of an expansion service company. Brett’s exposure to the tremendous growth and success of Spartan Energy Services has encouraged him to join Savage during the critical stages of growth to head up organization as the company pushes forward on expansion in the DFW area