This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, BIA Central Office in Lakewood, Colorado. This is a Bargaining Unit position, for more information see USA Jobs What are bargaining units?
As Petroleum Engineer, GS-0881, your typical work assignments may include, but not limited to: Technical expert in petroleum engineering in oil and gas, helium, and geothermal energy resources in Indian land. Serves as staff Petroleum Engineer for the Division Chief, and provides expert advisory, consulting and reviewing services in all phases oil and gas, helium, and geothermal energy development activities.
Consults with the Division Chief and furnishes expert guidance in the resolution of a wide variety of controversial, unique and economically important problems and issues affecting Bureau wide objectives of energy and mineral management. Provides technical leadership, review, consultation and coordination of Division programs. Provides expert recommendations for resolving complex technical and regulatory challenges related to energy and mineral resource programs.
Oversees the evaluation of project feasibility, including review of budgets, technical deliverables, and compliance with relevant standards. Prepares detailed reports and presentations on exploration, drilling, and production activities for stakeholders and decision-makers. Ensures accurate valuation of energy prospects and determination of royalties, rentals, and revenues through application of engineering and geological principles.
Leads multidisciplinary teams in the planning and execution of field examinations, resource assessments, and development projects.
If you are qualifying based on your education, you MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.
If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society. One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis.
If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.
If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education which shows the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S.
education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html
shanda.rieker@bia.gov · 6052267403
This position is with Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior.
The posted pay range is $118675 – $154280/yr.
Applications close on 2026-11-18.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
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