Petroleum Engineer

Duties

These positions are located within the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region (GOMR), Office of the Regional Director, Deputy Regional Director for DIEE, District Field Operations, Well Operations Support Section duty stationed in Jefferson, LA.

At the full performance level (GS-13) the major duties of this position include but are not limited to the following:
1. Assuring the technical adequacy of well designs, drilling programs, and/or abandonment procedures while ensuring that the operations are conducted in accordance with the applicable lease terms and regulations, performs technical reviews of applications for permit to drill, approval to change plans, alter casing programs, and plug and abandon new wells.
2. Providing technical reviews and assessments on new and/or revised welding and burning plans pertaining to drilling operations for compliance with the regulations and submits completed plan to the supervisor for approval.
3. Reviewing and analyzing engineering data on equipment related to drilling, safety, and pollution control sufficient to determine whether such equipment is adequate to insure prudent, safe, and workmanlike operations.
4. Conducting inspections involving the full range of operations such as drilling, workover/completion, plugging and abandonment, environmental quality, H2S and sulphur operations, and activities on the OCS that often include facilities with known safety and environmental problems or hazards.
5. Mentor and provide technical leadership, expertise and guidance to lower-level engineers and other staff in the conduct of day-to day operations, investigations, inspections, and audits.
6. Presenting testimony as an expert witness on complex petroleum issues concerning drilling operations.
Rotational Schedule - Incumbent will be available for after-hours work-related advisory telephone calls from operators at night and on weekends and holidays.