Petroleum Engineer

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This is not a remote position.

These positions are located in the locations below. Information about these locations and the surrounding area can be found by clicking the links.

• Lakewood, Colorado

• Great Falls, Montana

• Dickinson, North Dakota

• Buffalo, Wyoming

• Casper, Wyoming

• Kemmerer, Wyoming

• Rawlins, Wyoming

Recent Graduates Program

Recent Graduates who in the previous 2 years have completed a degree or certificate from a qualifying educational institution. Veterans precluded by a military service obligation have up to 6 years after completion of degree or certificate to apply.

Recent Graduates

This position is for Recent Graduates who have completed a qualifying associates, bachelors, masters, professional, doctorate, vocational or technical degree or certificate from a qualifying educational institution within the previous 2 years. Note: (1) Certain veterans precluded from applying within the timeframe due to a military service obligation have up to 6 years from completing their education to apply; (2) Applicants who completed their educational program requirements after December 27, 2010 will have a full 2 years of eligibility beginning on the date the final regulations became effective, July 10, 2012.

This is an excepted service, developmental experience appointment expected to last only 1 year under the BLM Pathways Recent Graduates Program. The BLM will require the selected applicant to complete a Participant Agreement in which it shall document the anticipated start and end dates for this developmental appointment.

The agency may noncompetitively convert a Recent Graduate who is a U. S. citizen to a term or permanent appointment in the competitive service, as long as the Recent Graduate successfully completes the BLM's 1 year developmental program and meets the OPM Qualification Standards for the targeted occupational series.

To be eligible, an applicant must:

A Recent Graduate who has obtained a qualifying associates, bachelors, masters, professional, doctorate, vocational or technical degree or certificate from a qualifying educational institution within the previous 2 years or other applicable period.

Other applicable period may include: (1) Certain veterans precluded from applying within the timeframe described above due to a military service obligation, shall have a full 2-year period of eligibility upon his/her release or discharge from active duty. However, in no event, may the individual's eligibility period extend beyond 6 years from the date on which the individual completed the requirements of an academic course of study; and (2) Applicants who completed their educational program requirements after December 27, 2010 will have a full 2 years of eligibility beginning on the date the final regulations became effective, July 10, 2012.

In order to assess you meet a qualified status for this position and to refer you to the hiring manager, the agency must be able to determine that you meet the qualifications based on completed education, specialized experience, and/or both - please be sure to include this information in your resume. To be creditable, experience must have been equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade (GS-05) of the position to be filled.

For the GS-07 grade level, in addition to meeting the individual occupational requirements listed in the education section, you may qualify based on:

(1) 1 year of graduate-level education or superior academic achievement,

(2) 1 year equivalent of creditable specialized experience equivalent to the GS-05 grade level; examples of specialized experience include, but are not limited to:

• Professional knowledge of the principles, theories and practices of petroleum engineering to complete conventional petroleum engineering assignments.

• Knowledge of the Bureau of Land Management policies, rules and regulations for Federal fluid minerals.

• General knowledge of other disciplines to facilitate an interdisciplinary approach to resource management.

• The ability to express technical engineering concepts both verbally and in writing to effectively communicate with technical and non-technical entities.

• Experience using automated information management applications

and/or

(3) Combination of Education and Experience: You may meet qualifications requirement for this position with an equivalent combination of specialized experience and appropriate graduate education. Graduate level education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position.

You must meet all eligibility and qualification requirements by the closing date of the announcement.

Superior Academic Achievement (See OPM's General Policies, Application of Qualification Standards Section 4.f.) S.A.A. must have been gained in a curriculum that is qualifying for the position to be filled.

Physical Demands: The work is primarily sedentary. Occasionally, the employee conducts field work which requires travel over rough roads, hiking or climbing in rough terrain, and carrying field equipment.

Work Environment: Most work is performed in a typical office environment. Occasional field work will require exposure to a range of climatic conditions from subzero to over 100 degrees temperatures, rain and snow; exposure to poisonous gasses, and other similar dangerous conditions.