Explore a new career with the BLM - where our people are our most precious resource. This position is located in Rock Springs Wyoming. Information about Rock and the surrounding area can be found at Rock Springs, WY We expect to fill one vacancy at this time; however, additional positions may be filled from this announcement if they become available.

Duties

Provides professional geological and mining expertise and administration of the solid leasable minerals, mineral materials, locatable minerals and Abandoned Mine Lands programs. Conducts frequent compliance and production verification inspections on operations related to solid minerals management. Many of these inspections require operating a 4-wheel drive vehicle to access them. Reviews exploration or development operating plans for adequacy and works with operators and consults with the representatives of other governmental agencies to address issues regarding mineral extraction proposals on public lands. Develops mineral potential reports, geologic models, mine engineering reports and mineral evaluations. Evaluations, reports and models are developed by utilizing sophisticated geologic and mine design software, cost estimating data to develop valuation models. Participates in or leads interdisciplinary team projects on public lands to develop environmental documents evaluating the impacts of surface disturbance associated with mineral development operations.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Be sure to read the How to Apply and Required Documents Sections.
• You cannot hold an active real estate license: nor can you have an interest or hold stocks in firms with interest in Federal Lands.
• Direct Deposit Required.
• Appointment will be subject to a favorably adjudicated background/suitability investigation/determination.
• Your resume must contain enough information to show that you meet the qualification requirements as defined in the announcement. In addition, your responses to the questions must adequately reflect in your resume.
• An applicant appointed to this position must possess (or obtain within 30 days of entrance on duty) and maintain a valid state driver's license while employed in this position.
• May require a one-year probationary period.

Qualifications

In order to be rated as qualified for this position, we must be able to determine that you meet the qualification requirements - please be sure to include this information in your resume. No assumptions will be made about your experience. FOR GS-09: In addition to meeting the education requirement, you must possess one (1) full year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-8 level that is equivalent in difficulty and complexity as indicated by the following examples: General experience interpreting and applying applicable statues, regulations, procedures and policies, to process typical solid minerals actions. Fundamental experience to support inspection of mineral operations for enforcement of solid minerals laws for standard situations. Experience gathering, assembling, analyzing and evaluating information regarding typical solid mineral activity. Experience developing NEPA documentation. Experience participating in interdisciplinary teams. -OR- Education: 2 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree. -OR- Combination of Education and Experience: You may meet qualifications requirement for this position with an equivalent combination of specialized experience and appropriate graduate education. Graduate level education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. FOR GS-11: In addition to meeting the education requirement, you must possess one (1) full year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-9 level that is equivalent in difficulty and complexity as indicated by the following examples: Experience interpreting and applying applicable statues, regulations, procedures and policies to process less typical solid minerals actions. Experience to support inspection of mineral operations for enforcement of solid minerals laws for unique situations. Experience gathering, assembling, analyzing and evaluating information regarding solid mineral activity. Experience developing NEPA documentation. Experience participating in interdisciplinary teams. -OR- Education: 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. -OR- Combination of Education and Experience: You may meet qualifications requirement for this position with an equivalent combination of specialized experience and appropriate graduate education. Graduate level education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. FOR GS-12: In addition to meeting the education requirement, you must possess one (1) full year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 level that is equivalent in difficulty and complexity as indicated by the following examples: Developed experience interpreting and applying applicable statues, regulations, procedures and policies to process unique solid minerals actions. Advanced experience to support inspection of mineral operations for enforcement of solid minerals laws for unique situations. Experience gathering, assembling, analyzing and evaluating information regarding solid mineral activity for multifaceted situations. Advanced experience developing NEPA documentation. Experience leading interdisciplinary teams in support of solid mineral activity. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. You must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of the announcement. Physical Demands: The work includes both office and field conditions. Office work (majority of time) involves long periods of intense concentration on technical details. Most field work requires a certain amount of physical stamina and is often under a variety of arduous conditions, including travel by 4-wheel drive vehicle or on foot over rugged, slippery, and/or hazardous terrain, exposure to extreme temperature and weather conditions, potentially explosive atmospheres, exposure to hazardous surface and subsurface mines as well as topographic extremes. The incumbent may be required to perform duties that require recurring bending, crouching, stooping, reaching or lifting. Work may also include lifting of moderately heavy items, such equipment and samples. Work Environment: When in the office (majority of time), the position is physically located in close proximity to a number of other professional employees, and must tolerate an average amount of conversation, telephone and other similar office distractions and background noise. Office quarters are located in a modern office building and tend to be "cubicle/open space" arrangements. The incumbent will be eligible for maxi-flex scheduling, telework accommodations or may be required to work remotely. Field conditions include the full range of topographic conditions, ranging from rolling hills to a steep mountainous terrain. Incumbent will, on occasion, be required to tolerate high/low temperatures, dust and high levels of noise and vibration, potentially explosive atmospheres, exposure to hazardous surface and subsurface mines. Safety clothing such as safety boots, goggles, etc. are required to be worn. During winter months temperatures in excess of -20 degrees Fahrenheit can be expected, while during the summer temperatures in excess of +90 degrees Fahrenheit are not uncommon. The incumbent may be subjected to hostile wildlife, chemical and physical hazards. Incumbent will adhere to all safety rules and regulations as prescribed in manuals/supplements or by the designated Safety Officer. When completing work assignments in the office or field, or operating a motorized vehicle, the incumbent must be alert to safety hazards to ensure work is accomplished in the most efficient and safe manner.

Education

This position has a positive education requirement which requires that you have a degree in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position, or a combination of education and experience---courses equivalent to a major, as shown above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Basic Requirements:
Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must:
(1) Lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET.
OR
(2) Include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.

-OR-

Combination of education and experience -- college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:

1. Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1 , or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions.

2. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico.

3. Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A.

4. Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.)

Contacts

• Address BLM Wyoming State Office BLM Wyoming State Office, WY-953 5353 Yellowstone Road Cheyenne, WY 82009 US
• Name: Miranda Gallardo
• Email: [email protected]