Petroleum Scientist Manager 2 (Permitting & Compliance)

Petroleum Scientist Manager 2 (Permitting & Compliance)

Salary

$7,160.00 - $12,891.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Promotion

Job Number

DCE-OPC-2026-222089-MFR

Department

DCE-Department of Conservation and Energy

Division

Office of Permitting and Compliance

Opening Date

06/10/2026

Closing Date

6/17/2026 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

Office of Permitting & Compliance - Permitting

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.

The Petroleum Scientist Manager 2 position serves as a lead technical advisor comparable to principal-level petroleum industry geologists and unitization consultants. The position leads the Section's effectiveness in addressing regulatory and technical matters, and its hearing and associated orders management processes. This position also provides technical support to other divisions within the Department of Conservation and Energy as needed and provides mentoring and technical guidance to junior staff.

Minimum Qualifications

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

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

Job Specification

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

Job Duties and Other Information

This Petroleum Scientist Manager 2 position is located within the Permitting Division of the Office Permitting & Compliance and is domiciled in Baton Rouge, LA. This position requires advanced subsurface petroleum geology expertise, independent analysis, decision-making ability, and strong communication skills. The incumbent also provides technical and operational support to the Division leadership, including serving as the Hearing Officer for oil and gas or other administrative hearings.

Duties include, but are not limited to the following:

• Participates in public hearings as the Office of Permitting and Compliance Hearing Officer and questions witnesses when appropriate.
• Reviews hearing applications and testimony, presenting recommendations to the Secretary following docket review, and consulting with legal counsel on complex unitization matters.
• Maintains working knowledge of applicable legal precedents, regulations, and policies governing unitization and orders issued following hearings.
• Oversees the application processing and scheduling of Oil and Gas Hearing Dockets.
• Performs management responsibilities including workflow coordination and quality assurance of procedural review of requests, workflow review, geological and programmatic products, performance evaluation, training and mentoring of section personnel, etc.
• Conducts advanced subsurface geological analysis and mapping to support oil & gas unitization, reservoir characterization and regulatory decisions.
• Analyzes well data, evaluates reservoir properties and well geometry, and prepared technical interpretations using available databases and software.
• Provides leadership and direction to Section staff; establishes goals, priorities, and performance standards aligned with departmental objectives.
• Controls the day-to-day programmatic operations of the Section relative to petroleum geological oversight and advisory functions.
• Performs additional duties as assigned by the Petroleum Scientist Administrator or DCE leadership.

POSITION-SPECIFIC DETAILS:

Appointment Type: Promotional position open to current permanent Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy employes.

Career Progression: This position does not participate in a Career Progression Group.

Work Schedule: Work hours are flexible.

Compensation: The salary offered will be determined based on qualifications and experience. This position is eligible for premium pay of up to $2.00 per hour for licensed employees. A Special Entrance Rate (SER) is offered to qualified applicants.

Eligibility Criteria

Premium Pay Rate

Eligible Hours

Petroleum Scientist 1 - Petroleum Scientist Administrator positions occupied by licensed professionals

Licensed LAPELS Engineer: $2.00 per hour

All Hours

Licensed LBOPG Geoscientist: $2.00 per hour

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 score is 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). Resumes will not be 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 Energy and Natural Resources

PO Box 94396

Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9396

Email: DNR-Recruiting@la.gov

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through 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 at https://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

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

• New Years Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
• Mardi Gras,
• Good Friday,
• Memorial Day,
• Independence Day,
• Labor Day,
• Veterans 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 to give you more detailed information about their system
• Teachers Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),
• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

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Are you a current permanent Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy employee?

• Yes
• No

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Provide the level of degree, major as given on your official transcript, school name, and date earned for each degree you have completed. Example: (Bachelor's in biology at Louisiana State University May 2012) If you have not completed a degree enter N/A.

Required Question

Employer State of Louisiana

Address 1201 N 3rd St

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70802

Phone (866) 783-5462

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