Engineering Technician (Petroleum)

Bureau of Land Management; Dickinson (ND); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Bureau of Land Management in Dickinson, North Dakota, is seeking an Engineering Technician (Petroleum) to support drilling and production operations. Responsibilities include monitoring drilling fluids, operating equipment, and ensuring safety compliance while collaborating with engineers and field teams.

Qualification requires at least one year of specialized experience at the GS-05 level or graduate study in petroleum engineering, with transcripts.

Qualifications

• Graduate education in petroleum engineering or related field with transcripts.

Responsibilities

• Utilize monitoring systems for drilling fluids.
• Operate and maintain drilling and production equipment.
• Safety compliance by following procedures, checking surface casing, and cementing operations.

Education

Graduate education in petroleum engineering or related field

Job description

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.

Requirements Continued... Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications: All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 09/16/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.

Competitive candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the work schedule requirement as the service dates will be reflected. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience.

To qualify for this position at the GS-06 grade level: Experience: To qualify, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-05 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as performing duties such as: Applies standardized rules and procedures, requiring extended training or experience to determine and select the most efficient methods. Documents observations, recommendations, compliance, noncompliance, and occasional verbal communications, through preparation of forms and data base entries for review by supervisor or more senior technician. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- Education: Successful completion of at least one full year of graduate education directly related to the work of this position (i.e., major study in petroleum engineering or a related field). You must include transcripts. -OR- Combination of education and experience as listed above. To combine education and experience, first take the percentage of 1 year course of study completed in graduate school. Then take the number of months of full-time experience and divide by 12 months. Add the percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include hours per week and transcripts.

To qualify for this position at the GS-07 grade level: Experience: To qualify, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-06 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as perfroming duties such as: Utilize monitoring systems for drilling fluids; Operate and maintain drilling and production equipment; Safety compliance (i.e. follow procedures, check surface casing, and check cementing operations); Work closely with engineers and other technical teams to optimize production methods. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- Education: Successful completion of at least one year of GRADUATE education directly related to the work of this position (i.e., major study in petroleum engineering or a related field). You must include transcripts. -OR- Combination of education and experience as listed above. To combine education and experience, first take the percentage of 1 year course of study completed in graduate school. Then take the number of months of full-time experience and divide by 12 months. Add the percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include hours per week and transcripts.

To qualify for this position at the GS-08 grade level: Experience: To qualify, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sect