Engineering Technician (Petroleum)

Requirements Continued... 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 your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

01Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 12/11/2026-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: Specialized Experience Requirement: GS-07 Specialized Experience: To qualify for this position at the GS-07 grade level, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-06 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors).

Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience performing at least one of the following examples: 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 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: A combination of graduate level education related to the position and specialized experience, when combined must total to 100 percent to qualify.

To calculate your percentage, determine the percentage of graduate level education completed. Then take the number of months of full-time experience and divide by 12 months. Your resume must reflect hours worked per week and you must submit a copy of your transcripts.

GS-08 Specialized Experience: To qualify for this position at the GS-08 grade level, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-7 grade level in the Federal service (obtained either in private or public sectors). Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience performing at least two of the following examples: 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. Review regulations related to the petroleum industry. Your resume must include hours worked per week. -OR- Education: Two full years of graduate education or a master's degree; education must be directly related to the work of a petroleum engineering technician (i.e., major study in petroleum engineering or a related field).

You must submit a copy of your transcripts. -OR- Combination of Education and Specialized Experience: A combination of graduate level education related to the position and specialized experience, when combined must total to 100 percent to qualify. To calculate your percentage, determine the percentage of graduate level education completed. Then take the number of months of full-time experience and divide by 12 months. Your resume must reflect hours worked per week and you must submit a copy of your transcripts.

GS-09 Specialized Experience: To qualify for this position at the GS-09 grade level, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-8 grade level in the Federal service (obtained either in private or public sectors). Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience performing at least three of the following examples: 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 providing technical guidance and assisting with on-site onshore oil and gas inspections; 5. Drafting correspondence such as reports, inspections, violations, etc. for gas and oil operations.

Your resume must include hours worked per week. -OR- Education: Two full years of graduate education or a master's degree; education must be directly related to the work of a petroleum engineering technician (i.e., major study in petroleum engineering or a related field). You must submit a copy of your transcripts. -OR- Combination of Education and Specialized Experience: A combination of graduate level education related to the position and specialized experience, when combined must total to 100 percent to qualify.

To calculate your percentage, determine the percentage of graduate level education completed. Then take the number of months of full-time experience and divide by 12 months. Your resume must reflect hours worked per week and you must submit a copy of your transcripts.

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.

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.