Petroleum Engineer
What you'd do
You will serve as a Petroleum Engineer with Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. In this position, you will perform the full range of complex analyses and evaluations on production commingling, measurement, allocation, and transportation operations and contributes to the development of regional surface commingling, measurement, and allocation policies.
Major duties
BSEE/BOEM Wide - This is a Merit Promotion announcement for career and career conditional BSEE/BOEM employees, Career Transition eligibles (CTAP), and those who are eligible under the hiring paths listed above. Refer to Required Documents section for more information. Some of the major duties you will perform include, but are not limited to the following: - Serves as an SME on surface commingling, measurement, and allocation of oil and gas production on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Represents the Gulf of America Region and agency in meetings with industry and other federal agencies. - Completes thorough reviews of surface commingling and measurement applications involving complex production facilities, pipeline systems, and measurement technologies. - Drafts novel royalty determination and allocation procedures for unprecedented surface commingling and measurement applications. Develops methods to systematize and streamline the permit review process. - Finds oil and gas production reporting errors on OGORs, run tickets, and gas volume statements to ensure the proper payment of royalties. - Trains less experienced engineers in the use of the Technical Data Management System (TIMS) and other database and mapping tools, drafting simplified process flow schematics in CAD, and in the theory and application of surface commingling principles. - Contributes to the development of regional and agency-wide surface commingling and measurement policy. Participates in work groups for the development of industry standards. - Informs and directly responds to requests for information from operators, inspectors, and the Office of Natural Resource Revenue (ONRR) to ensure compliance with approved measurement and allocation procedures and all necessary regulations, internal policies, and industry standards.
What you need to qualify
All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 08/17/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Competitive candidates 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: Basic Educational Requirement AND Specialized Experience for the series to which you are applying. (1) Basic Educational Requirements: To be qualified for this position, you must meet either A or B below for the series to which you are applying. NOTE: This position requires specific educational coursework to qualify. You MUST provide transcripts (unofficial are acceptable) 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. 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 -- 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: Professional Registration or Licensure Written Test Specified Academic Courses Related Curriculum For further information on the adequacy of such background, demonstrated by one of the above listed, are found in the link below: Petroleum Engineering Series 0881 AND (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) Reviewing the surface commingling and measurement of production at offshore platforms and onshore separation facilities and the allocation of production to each contributing injection/allocation point, lease and/or unit, and well completion. 2) Preparing technical permit approval/denial letters. 3) Analyzing hydrocarbon measurement-specific data, including Facility Measurement Points (FMPs), meters, tanks, proving reports, run tickets, gas volume statements, and OGORs. Must Meet All Salary Range Information: $122,749 (Step 1) to $159,575 (Step 10) First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate. 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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