Engineering Technician (Petroleum)
What you'd do
You will serve as a Engineering Technician (Petroleum) with Bureau of Land Management, which is located in Anchorage, Alaska. Information about Anchorage and the surrounding areas can be found here. This position is also open to status candidates under announcement AK-FUL-MP-1299911-LC. You must apply to each announcement separately if you wish to be considered under both recruitment methods.
Major duties
Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level. The duties below are at the full performance level. Inspect all aspects of drilling operations to ensure that operator's equipment, safety systems, and operations are in compliance with the approved regulations. Inspect commingled production sites and venting/flaring operations to verify handling of production per approvals. Inspect undesirable events such as spills or production losses, to document and determine cause, remedial action to be taken, and volume loss. Document problems and determines corrective action. This position requires a considerable amount of math at the high school algebra level to verify volume and height of cement, other drilling fluids, oil, and gas volumes to account for production from Federal oil and gas leases, and other assignments.
What you need to qualify
Conditions of Employment continued In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary or trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 07/21/2026-unless otherwise stated in this announcement. Competitive applicants must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the work schedule requirement as the service dates will be reflected. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position, you must meet the following minimum qualifications: To qualify for this position at the GS-7 grade level: Experience: To qualify, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-6 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience as indicated by two of the following four duties: 1. Utilize monitoring systems for drilling fluids 2. Operate and maintain drilling and production equipment 3. Safety compliance (i.e. follow procedures, check surface casing, and check cementing operations) 4. Work closely with engineers and other technical teams to optimize production methods You must include hours per week worked -OR- Education: Successful completion of at least one full year of graduate education directly related to the work of this position (i.e. major study in petroleum engineering or a related field). You must include transcripts. -OR- Combination of education and experience as listed above. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include hours per week and transcripts. To qualify for this position at the GS-8 grade level: Experience: To qualify, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience as indicated by three of the following four duties: 1. Utilize monitoring systems for drilling fluids 2. Operate and maintain drilling and production equipment 3. Safety compliance (i.e. follow procedures, check surface casing, and check cementing operations) 4. Work closely with engineers and other technical teams to optimize production methods You must include hours per week worked. -OR- Education: Successful completion of at least one full year of graduate education directly related to the work of this position (i.e. major study in petroleum engineering or a related field). You must include transcripts. -OR- Combination of education and experience as listed above. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include hours per week and transcripts. To qualify for this position at the GS-9 grade level: Experience: To qualify, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-8 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience as indicated by four of the following five duties: 1. Utilize monitoring systems for drilling fluids 2. Operate and maintain drilling and production equipment 3. Safety compliance (i.e. follow procedures, check surface casing, and check cementing operations) 4. Work closely with engineers and other technical teams to optimize production methods 5. Drafting correspondence such as reports, inspections, violations, etc. for gas and oil operations You must include hours per week worked. -OR- Education: Successful completion of at least two full years of graduate education or a master's degree directly related to the work of this position (i.e. major study in petroleum engineering or a related field). You must include transcripts. -OR- Combination of education and experience as listed above. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include hours per week and transcripts. To qualify for this position at the GS-10 grade level: Experience: To qualify, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience as indicated by five of the following eight duties: 1. Utilize monitoring systems for drilling fluids 2. Operate and maintain drilling and production equipment 3. Safety compliance (i.e. follow procedures, check surface casing, and check cementing operations) 4. Conducting drill rig inspections 5. Provide technical guidance and assist with on-site onshore oil and gas inspections 6. Utilizing blowout preventer 7. Work closely with engineers and other technical teams to optimize production methods 8. Drafting correspondence such as reports, inspections, violations, etc. for gas and oil operations You must include hours per week worked. To qualify for this position at the GS-11 grade level: Experience: To qualify, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-10 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience as indicated by six of the following eight duties: 1. Utilize monitoring systems for drilling fluids 2. Operate and maintain drilling and production equipment 3. Safety compliance (i.e. follow procedures, check surface casing, and check cementing operations) 4. Conducting drill rig inspections 5. Provide technical guidance and assist with on-site onshore oil and gas inspections 6. Utilizing blowout preventer 7. Work closely with engineers and other technical teams to optimize production methods 8. Drafting correspondence such as reports, inspections, violations, etc. for gas and oil operations You must include hours per week worked. Volunteer Experience: 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.
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