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Petroleum Scientist Administrator (Permitting & Compliance)

Salary

$8,197.00 - $14,759.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Promotion

Job Number

DCE-OPC-2025-215497-MFR

Department

DCE-Department of Conservation and Energy

Division

Office of Permitting and Compliance

Opening Date

12/05/2025

Closing Date

12/15/2025 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

This is apromotional opportunityfor current LA Department of Conservation and Energy employees who have permanent status and are ready to advance in their career.

Office of Permitting & Compliance – Geology

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.

This Petroleum Scientist Administrator serves as the Geology Division Director within the Office of Permitting and Compliance and is responsible for managing, directing, and coordinating all activities of the Division. This position is the Department’s principal geological authority on subsurface and stratigraphic matters, co-leading interdisciplinary reviews with the Ecology Director, Engineering Director, and Permitting Director to ensure that permits and compliance decisions are evidence based, legally defensible, and consistent statewide.

This position reports to the Executive Director. This position provides strategic leadership for the Division’s programs and operations, ensures compliance with applicable state and federal laws, and serves as the primary advisor to the Executive Director on matters affecting the Division’s mission, programs, and personnel. The Geology Director operates in a cross-disciplinary team environment alongside the Engineering Director and Ecology Director to ensure rigorous and practical review of permit applications.

Minimum Qualifications

A bachelor’s degree in a geoscience field or engineering plus six 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 master's degree in a geoscience field or engineering plus five years of the required specialized experience; OR

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

Job Specification

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

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

Duties include, but are not limited to the following:

+ Directs and oversees all Division programs, initiatives, and activities, including federally funded programs, ensuring alignment with departmental goals.

+ Advises the Executive Director and executive leadership on programs, policies, strategic priorities, and related budgetary or personnel matters.

+ Ensures full compliance with applicable state and federal laws, regulations, and administrative codes across all Division operations.

+ Develops, implements, and evaluates strategic goals, performance measures, and program effectiveness, promoting best practices and continuous improvement.

+ Provides leadership to Division staff by establishing priorities, setting performance standards, and fostering efficiency, innovation, and stakeholder-centered service delivery.

+ Manages the Division’s budget in coordination with Fiscal staff and performs additional duties as assigned by executive leadership.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: Promotional. This position will be filled by way of an internal promotion with a current Department of Conservation & Energy employee.

Work Schedule:Work hours are flexible.

Compensation: The salary offered will be determined based on qualifications and experience.

**Note regarding the advertised pay range: ThePetroleum ScientistAdministrator has an established special entrance rate (SER) that is set above the minimum of the pay level and the advertised minimum. The maximum amounts listed are the maximum salary amounts a person can make at each level over their career andnot the amount we are allowed to pay a new hire.

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 scoreis 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). Resumeswill notbe 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 Conservation & Energy

PO Box 94396

Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9396

Email:[email protected]

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

+ New Year's Day

+ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

+ Mardi Gras,

+ Good Friday,

+ Memorial Day,

+ Independence Day,

+ Labor Day,

+ Veteran's Day,

+ Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

+ Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

+ Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

+ Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

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State of Louisiana

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the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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