Supervisory Inspector

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement is seeking a highly skilled and experienced professional to fill the position of Supervisory Inspector. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for conducting complex safety and environmental inspections of oil, gas, and other mineral well operations on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

• Provide technical expertise and guidance to inspection personnel to ensure adherence to inspection schedules and overall program objectives.
• Plan, direct, organize, and review the work of inspectors to ensure the conduct of offshore operations in a manner consistent with OCS regulations and directives.
• Assign responsibility for the conduct of inspections, including selection of inspection team leaders based on qualifications and facility/equipment complexity.
• Coordinate field inspections, manpower, and offshore transportation to optimize inspection resources and meet regulatory inspection requirements.
• Enforce and promote compliance with safety, environmental, and site security requirements for conventional, established, or new types of drilling, workover/completion, or abandonment equipment/systems.
• Resolve issues of a controversial or complex nature referred by the inspection staff in the field.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must be subject to a background/suitability investigation/determination.
• Must have federal payments made by Direct Deposit.
• Must submit ALL required documents and a completed questionnaire.
• Selective Service: If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service system, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law.

To qualify for this position, you must meet the Specialized Experience for the series to which you are applying. Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is in or related to the work of the position to be filled.

Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience:

• Conducting an investigation of an accident or significant incident, compiling all pertinent data including interviews of operator staff, and writing a report that substantiates findings that may serve as a basis for recommendations for a Civil Penalty.
• Evaluating the Region's inspection program and providing recommendations to help improve the program's processes.
• Participating in Operator Annual Performance Reviews (APR) and providing inspector perspectives on their operations to help improve overall operations and safety.

Applicants who include vulgar, offensive, or inappropriate language or information in their application package will be ineligible for further consideration for this position.

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

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You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Once the application process is complete, we will review your application to ensure you meet the job requirements.

Your answers to the on-line assessment will be used to evaluate your competencies in the following areas:

• Technical Competence: Knowledge of the operation of oil and gas production facilities and familiarity with the process components and associated safety devices; knowledge of regulations and policy concerning offshore production operations; familiarity with American Petroleum Institute Recommended Practice 14C.