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Engineering Technician (Petroleum)

Bureau of Land Management
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Please apply at https://www.usajobs.gov/job/883059500 

All applications must go through USAJOBS. 

Applications must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 09/16/2026 on USAJOBS.

This is a Merit Promotion announcement for current and former career and career conditional Federal employees, Career Transition eligibles (CTAP & ICTAP) and those who are eligible under the hiring paths listed:
Veterans - Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference
Military spouses - Military spouses of active duty service members or whose spouse is 100 percent disabled or died on active duty.
Individuals with disabilities - Individuals who are eligible under Schedule A.
Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista - Individuals who have served at least 2 years with the Peace Corps or 1 year with AmeriCorps VISTA.
Land and base management - Current or former employees of a base management agency.
Special authorities - Individuals eligible under a special authority not listed in another hiring path.

You will serve as a Engineering Technician (Petroleum) with the Bureau of Land Management.

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.