Job opening: Petroleum Engineer
Salary: $119 502 - 155 357 per year
Published at: Jul 17 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) manages the exploration and development of the nation's offshore resources. It seeks to appropriately balance economic development, energy independence, and environmental protection through oil and gas leases, renewable energy development and environmental reviews and studies. For information about our bureau go to: http://www.boem.gov/
Duties
This position is located within the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Gulf of Mexico OCS Region (GOMR), Resource Evaluation (RE), in Jefferson, LA.
At the full performance level (GS-13) the major duties of this position include, but are not limited to the following:
Analyzes and interprets engineering and geological data and independently carries out detailed investigations that often have significant impact on engineering priorities for the Bureau/Office and/or Department.
Maintains mastery of data interpretation software and various PC-based software applications to adequately evaluate engineering-related projects, make determinations, and for the purpose of inputting, displaying, and organizing engineering data for retrieval, evaluation, and to make recommendations that influence decision-making for the Bureau/Office and/or DOI.
Prepares or contributes to complex, technically authoritative reports on petroleum engineering studies which typically require development or application of new methods for reservoir evaluations.
Makes presentations to senior management officials, in public forums, and under other circumstances where technical information must be presented in a way that is comprehensible to non-technical personnel.
Serves as a senior advisor to management officials in the bureau and/or Department on planning of future projects in accordance with DOI priorities and bureau resources and priorities.
Provides technical mentorship, guidance, training, and advice to scientists and technicians and other internal and external stakeholders.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisor approval.
Salary Information:
GS-13: $119,502 - $155,357
First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the lower salary range of the grade level.
This vacancy may be used to fill additional positions as vacancies become available.
This vacancy is also announced as BOEM-MMLL-24-AW-107(DEU) for those applicants who wish to apply and be considered under Competitive Examining procedures.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualification Requirements:
To qualify for this position you must meet the (1) Basic Educational Requirements AND (2) Specialized Experience for the series/grade to which you are applying.
Petroleum Engineering Series, 0881:
Individual Occupational Requirements
(1) Basic Educational Requirements:
To be eligible for this position, you must meet either A or B below for the series to which you are applying.
A. 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.
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B. 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
2. Written Test
3. Specified academic courses
4. Related curriculum
For further information on the adequacy of such background demonstrated by one of the above listed are found in the link below: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf
Please Note: This position requires specific educational coursework to qualify. You MUST provide transcripts in order to verify that the educational requirements have been met. This information must be received by the closing date of the announcement. Failure to provide this information may result in you receiving an "INELIGIBLE" rating.
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(2) Specialized Experience:
To qualify for the GS-13, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service, or comparable experience not gained through Federal service. Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience: 1) Evaluating oil and gas resources or reserves; AND 2) Understanding and evaluating oil and gas data and information. MUST MEET ALL
Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualification Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions and is available at OPM's website: https://www.opm.gov/qualifications/standards/indexes/num-ndx.asp
All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
Merit Promotion candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
Education
Education: If this position requires specific educational course work to qualify, or you are qualifying based in whole or part on education, you are required to provide transcripts as proof of meeting the requirements.
Foreign Education: Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the specific educational requirements as stated above. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit:
http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-policies/#url=e4
Contacts
- Address Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
45600 Woodland Road
Sterling, VA 20166
US
- Name: HR Assistant 5
- Phone: 703-787-1446
- Email: [email protected]
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