Engineering Technician (Petroleum)

You will serve as a Engineering Technician (Petroleum) with the Bureau of Land Management. This position is also open to public under announcement BLM-WY-DE-26-13005472-RS. You must apply to each announcement separately if you wish to be considered under both recruitment methods.

Some of the major duties you will perform, at the full performance level, include but are not limited to the following: Perform inspections of oil and gas operations and enforces all appropriate laws, rules, and regulations as well as the terms and conditions specified in the various approvals. Perform on-site compliance inspections for all phases of oil and gas operations, specifically: drilling and work-over, production, environmental, and plugging and abandonment. Prepare documentation after compliance inspection(s) are complete and issues Written Orders and Incidents of Non-Compliance (INC) when problems or violations are noted during inspection(s). Complete follow-up inspections to determine if compliance was met by operators and recommends further action as necessary.

If required, prepare documents for evidence in legal contests. Utilize applicable government databases to document inspections and completes enforcement actions as applicable within the database. Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.