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Engineering Technician (Petroleum)
Bureau of Land Management · Posted 14 days ago
Hybrid Dickinson, ND $52K – $84K Apply by Sep 16, 2026 Engineering Technical ESTJESTPISFPISTP Trades
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You will serve as a Engineering Technician (Petroleum)with The Bureau of Land Management. This position is also open under Local Field Unit Hiring Authority announcement NDFO-26-13052761-FUL-MH. You must apply to each announcement separately if you wish to be considered under both recruitment methods. Pay will vary based on grade level and/or duty location for which you're selected. First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate.
What You'll Do
- →Some of the major duties you will perform 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.
Requirements
- ✓Must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen or National.
- ✓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/.
- ✓Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment.
- ✓An applicant appointed to this position must possess (or obtain within 30 days of entrance on duty) and maintain a US Government Motor Vehicle Operator's Identification Card.
- ✓You are required to complete training, obtain and maintain a government credit card with travel and purchase authority.
- ✓A financial disclosure report will be required within 30 days of appointment.
- ✓You must successfully complete the BLM Petroleum Engineering Technician (PET) Certification Program and continue service in the Federal Government for 2 years from the date of obtaining certification.
- ✓PET certification is required at the GS-10 and GS-11 grades and must be maintained.
- ✓You cannot hold an active real estate license, nor can you have an interest or hold stocks in firms with interest in Federal Lands.
Personality Fit
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