Supervisory Natural Resource Specialist
Provide direct guidance and leadership to NRS staff. Serves as consultant, coach and supporter with employees in collectively solving problems and carrying out the organizations goals and mandates on Administration, Personnel Management and budget. The incumbent independently performs recurring, well-precedence projects/assignements using standard methods and techniques. Reviews Notices of Staking and Applications for Permit to Drill for compliance with various regulations orders and instruction memoranda. Reviews stipulations on existing lease for applicability to proposed activities. Incumbent schedules, conducts and coordinates on-sites for well sites, pipelines, roads, facilities, with the operator, surface owner, surface management agencies and others as needed. Modify proposals and add appropriate conditions of approvals as needed to protect resources. Incumbent compiles the necessary biological reports to complete the NEPA for fluid minerals and development. The incumbent will prepare environmental documents for a wide variety of complex NRS workloads. Incumbent will coordinate with various resource specialists in developing mitigation and Conditions of Approval. (COA) The incumbent will conduct on-site compliance examinations on construction, production, and reclamation activities such as:
well pads, access roads, production facilities, geophysical operations, pipelines, water disposal facilities, abandoned well sites and undesirable events to ensure compliance with environmental plans and stipulations and Conditions of Approval. Detects violations during these inspections and takes appropriate enforcement action. May include work stoppage, plan revision, or development of conditions of approval. The incumbent functions as the Senior Natural Resource Specialist contact in all interactions with the public regarding fluid mineral matters on public lands. This includes responding to inquiries regarding laws, regulations and agency policies, and procedural guidelines for administering the program. Provides information and answers to complex program questions concerning the fluid minerals, and provides expert advice to the public concerning application procedures. Physical Demands:
The work varies from principally sedentary in completing office phases of the duties assigned to performing field work. May be required to walk or drive a four-wheel drive vehicle or all-terrain vehicle (ATV) into remote or otherwise inaccessible areas. Average agility and dexterity is required by the position.Work Environment:
Work is in three principle settings:
a) office, b) travel to isolated locations, and c) inspection sites where protective clothing and safety precautions are required, subject to work around heavy construction equipment and dust. Office work will often involve abnormal stress situations involving completion of priority work pursuant to the requirement to meet short deadlines or to deal with multi-tasking or complex resource issues. Field work may include walking and driving motor vehicles over rough terrain in all kinds of weather ranging from below freezing to over l00 F. There will be travel and time spent away from the Field Office to attend training and/or coordination meetings. Specialized Experience Requirements:
In order to be rated as qualified for this position, we must be able to determine that you meet the specialized experience requirement - please be sure to include this information in your resume. To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade (GS-11) of the position to be filled. Examples:
Member of an interdisciplinary team, reviewing plans developed by other natural resources specialist to develop reports and summarize data to prepare analysis and consultation and managing multiple natural resources projects. IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Your resume must contain enough information to show that you meet the specialized experience as defined in the announcement. In addition, your responses to the questions must be adequately reflected in your resume/application material. You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement. Federal employees in the competitive service are also subject to the Time-In-Grade requirement in accordance with 5 CFR 300.604. If you are a current Federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity, you must have completed a minimum of 52 weeks at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
well pads, access roads, production facilities, geophysical operations, pipelines, water disposal facilities, abandoned well sites and undesirable events to ensure compliance with environmental plans and stipulations and Conditions of Approval. Detects violations during these inspections and takes appropriate enforcement action. May include work stoppage, plan revision, or development of conditions of approval. The incumbent functions as the Senior Natural Resource Specialist contact in all interactions with the public regarding fluid mineral matters on public lands. This includes responding to inquiries regarding laws, regulations and agency policies, and procedural guidelines for administering the program. Provides information and answers to complex program questions concerning the fluid minerals, and provides expert advice to the public concerning application procedures. Physical Demands:
The work varies from principally sedentary in completing office phases of the duties assigned to performing field work. May be required to walk or drive a four-wheel drive vehicle or all-terrain vehicle (ATV) into remote or otherwise inaccessible areas. Average agility and dexterity is required by the position.Work Environment:
Work is in three principle settings:
a) office, b) travel to isolated locations, and c) inspection sites where protective clothing and safety precautions are required, subject to work around heavy construction equipment and dust. Office work will often involve abnormal stress situations involving completion of priority work pursuant to the requirement to meet short deadlines or to deal with multi-tasking or complex resource issues. Field work may include walking and driving motor vehicles over rough terrain in all kinds of weather ranging from below freezing to over l00 F. There will be travel and time spent away from the Field Office to attend training and/or coordination meetings. Specialized Experience Requirements:
In order to be rated as qualified for this position, we must be able to determine that you meet the specialized experience requirement - please be sure to include this information in your resume. To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade (GS-11) of the position to be filled. Examples:
Member of an interdisciplinary team, reviewing plans developed by other natural resources specialist to develop reports and summarize data to prepare analysis and consultation and managing multiple natural resources projects. IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Your resume must contain enough information to show that you meet the specialized experience as defined in the announcement. In addition, your responses to the questions must be adequately reflected in your resume/application material. You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement. Federal employees in the competitive service are also subject to the Time-In-Grade requirement in accordance with 5 CFR 300.604. If you are a current Federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity, you must have completed a minimum of 52 weeks at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled.
- Department:
0401 General Natural Resources Management And Biological Sciences - Salary Range:
$73,375 to $95,388 per year
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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