Petroleum Engineer

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: (OPM Operating Manual, Qualification Standards for Professional and Scientific Positions, GS-0881).

01Basic Requirements

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: 1.

Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1 , 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.) SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:GS-13: At least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level performing all of the following: providing advisory, consulting, and reviewing services in engineering design, policies, and development of oil and gas, helium, and geothermal energy resources on Indian or Federal land; performing functions and activities in the area of minerals administration such as evaluating, examining and negotiating proposed oil and gas and geothermal resource agreements and providing recommendations; energy management such as mineral drainage, and techniques involved in drilling for hydrocarbons and geothermal resources.

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur in the same location within 90 days from the closing date.

As Petroleum Engineer, GS-0881, your typical work assignments may include, but not limited to: Technical expert in petroleum engineering in oil and gas, helium, and geothermal energy resources in Indian land. Serves as staff Petroleum Engineer for the Division Chief, and provides expert advisory, consulting and reviewing services in all phases oil and gas, helium, and geothermal energy development activities.

Consults with the Division Chief and furnishes expert guidance in the resolution of a wide variety of controversial, unique and economically important problems and issues affecting Bureau wide objectives of energy and mineral management. Provides technical leadership, review, consultation and coordination of Division programs. Provides expert recommendations for resolving complex technical and regulatory challenges related to energy and mineral resource programs.

• Oversees the evaluation of project feasibility, including review of budgets, technical deliverables, and compliance with relevant standards.
• Prepares detailed reports and presentations on exploration, drilling, and production activities for stakeholders and decision-makers.
• Ensures accurate valuation of energy prospects and determination of royalties, rentals, and revenues through application of engineering and geological principles.

Leads multidisciplinary teams in the planning and execution of field examinations, resource assessments, and development projects.