Supervisory Petroleum Engineer
What you'd do
The Bureau of Safety & Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) works to promote safety, protect the environment, and conserve resources offshore through vigorous regulatory oversight and enforcement. For information about our bureau go to: http://www.bsee.gov/
Major duties
This position is located within the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), Pacific Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Region (POCSR), Deputy Regional Director (DRD), POCSR Field Operations (FO) in Camarillo, CA. At the full performance level (GS-15) the major duties of this position include, but are not limited to the following: 1. The incumbent is responsible and accountable for all technical and administrative functions and the management of activities. This includes participation in the development of programs and policies by providing significant and innovative recommendations for improving existing programs and or methods, dissemination of national policies, maintenance of good public relations, and the making of independent decisions. 2. Provides authoritative technical input regarding the development of policies for implementing the regulations that his/her subordinates use to regulate the oil and gas industry. 3. Manages and directs programmatic activities associated with the review and approval of all drilling, production, completion, workover, and well abandonment operations; field inspection program, site security, Safety and Environmental Management Systems (SEMS), and decommissioning operations. 4. Coordinates initial investigation of accidents, fires, blowouts, and incidents of pollution for potential referral for full investigations by appropriate personnel. 5. Prepares responses to comments on processes which potentially lead to policy and/or regulatory formulations for the agency and that have national impact. 6. Oversees the administration of the provisions of the helicopter contract and assures that the helicopter is efficiently utilized. This is not a bargaining unit position. Salary Information GS-15: $172,476 to $197,200 per annum. 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.
What you need to qualify
Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position you must meet the (1) Basic Educational Requirements AND/OR (2) Specialized Experience for the series to which you are applying. (1) Basic Educational Requirements: In addition to the specialized experience requirements for this position, applicants must meet the Education Requirements described below: 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. OR B. Combination of education and experience --Combination of education and experience -- 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), 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.) Note: An applicant who meets the basic requirements as specified in A or B above, except as noted under B.1., may qualify for positions in any branch of engineering unless selective factors indicate otherwise. AND (2) Specialized Experience: To qualify for the GS-15, your resume must reflect one year of professional experience at the GS-14 level performing 4 of the 7 duties listed below: 1. Supervising engineering reviews for offshore oil and gas operations. 2. Reviewing permits for well drilling, completion, workover, and abandonment operations. 3. Working on applications that involve production process equipment for offshore oil and gas facilities. 4. Applying regulations and policies related to offshore oil and gas and sulphur operations in the Outer Continental Shelf. 5. Performing inspections at oil and gas facilities to ensure compliance with statutes, regulations, and permitted activities. 6. Employing personnel management and other administrative skills in order to supervise a diverse staff. 7. Exercising program management techniques to include planning, development, and evaluation. Must meet 4 of 7. 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.
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