Petroleum Scientist Manager 2 (Permitting & Compliance)

Office of Permitting & Compliance Permitting

The Office of Permitting and Compliance (OPC) oversees all permitting and regulatory functions within the Department ensuring clarity consistency and regulatory integrity. By streamlining processes accelerating permitting timelines and enhancing data-driven decision-making the Office ensures compliance with environmental standards while supporting responsible economic development.

OPC centralizes all permitting and compliance functions aligning engineering geology ecology design and compliance divisions into a single workflow. Its structure includes integrity and production audits UIC and storage regulation groundwater protection coastal permits and mitigation and reservoir and legacy site management.

The Petroleum Scientist Manager 2 position serves as a lead technical advisor comparable to principal-level petroleum industry geologists and unitization consultants. The position leads the Sections effectiveness in addressing regulatory and technical matters and its hearing and associated orders management processes. This position also provides technical support to other divisions within the Department of Conservation and Energy as needed and provides mentoring and technical guidance to junior staff.

A bachelors degree in a geoscience field or engineering plus five years of experience in the evaluation of oil and gas drilling oil and gas production and/or oil and gas transportation mining engineering or geology; OR

A masters degree in a geoscience field or engineering plus four years of the required specialized experience; OR

A doctorate in a geoscience field or engineering plus three years of the required specialized experience.

The official job specifications for this role as defined by the State Civil Service can be found here.

This Petroleum Scientist Manager 2 position is located within the Permitting Division of the Office Permitting & Compliance and is domiciled in Baton Rouge LA. This position requires advanced subsurface petroleum geology expertise independent analysis decision-making ability and strong communication skills. The incumbent also provides technical and operational support to the Division leadership including serving as the Hearing Officer for oil and gas or other administrative hearings.

Duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Participates in public hearings as the Office of Permitting and Compliance Hearing Officer and questions witnesses when appropriate.
• Reviews hearing applications and testimony presenting recommendations to the Secretary following docket review and consulting with legal counsel on complex unitization matters.
• Maintains working knowledge of applicable legal precedents regulations and policies governing unitization and orders issued following hearings.
• Oversees the application processing and scheduling of Oil and Gas Hearing Dockets.
• Performs management responsibilities including workflow coordination and quality assurance of procedural review of requests workflow review geological and programmatic products performance evaluation training and mentoring of section personnel etc.
• Conducts advanced subsurface geological analysis and mapping to support oil & gas unitization reservoir characterization and regulatory decisions.
• Analyzes well data evaluates reservoir properties and well geometry and prepared technical interpretations using available databases and software.
• Provides leadership and direction to Section staff; establishes goals priorities and performance standards aligned with departmental objectives.
• Controls the day-to-day programmatic operations of the Section relative to petroleum geological oversight and advisory functions.
• Performs additional duties as assigned by the Petroleum Scientist Administrator or DCE leadership.

POSITION-SPECIFIC DETAILS:

Appointment Type: Promotional position open to current permanent Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy employes.

Career Progression: This position does not participate in a Career Progression Group.

Work Schedule: Work hours are flexible.

Compensation: The salary offered will be determined based on qualifications and experience. This position is eligible for premium pay of up to $2.00 per hour for licensed employees. A Special Entrance Rate (SER) is offered to qualified applicants.

Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment hiring and retention of individuals with disabilities.

How To Apply:

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy click on the Apply link above and complete an electronic application which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

* Information to support your eligibility for the position must be included in the application (i.e. relevant detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Human Resources

Department of Energy and Natural Resources

PO Box 94396

Baton Rouge LA 70804-9396

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