Petroleum Engineer

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.

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.

Must provide proof of U.S. citizenship. Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. Direct Deposit participation required. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/. A financial disclosure report will be required within 30 days of appointment. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1 year probationary period or 2 year trial period to evaluate your fitness and whether your continuation of employment advances the public interest. This probationary or trial period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. 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, that 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 period or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.