General Engineer (Inspector) (Control Room Management) - DIRECT HIRE

To meet the minimum qualifications for this position, you must meet the mandatory education and specialized experience requirements. To qualify for the Grade 13, you must have at least one year of experience equal or equivalent to the GS-12, it must include: Experience conducting safety program reviews, engineering analyses, and evaluations of natural gas or hazardous liquid pipelines Supervisory and Control Data Acquisition or associated Operational Technology systems in accordance with safety regulations. Experience providing technical determinations, and resolutions of compliance issues arising from pipeline safety inspections and specific to control room and leak detection system operation and maintenance. Experience working in a team setting and working to implement collaborative within policy decisions. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas: Compliance Inspection: Ability to direct an enforcement program to determine probable violations, assess preliminary civil penalties, issue proposed compliance orders, issue corrective action order, act as a senior official at enforcement hearings, evaluate response material, recommend final enforcement actions and issue written letters especially as relevant to control room operations and leak detection systems. Technical Competence: Skill in assuring that field actions comply with national policies, objectives, and regulations, as well as ensuring those regional programs relevant to control rooms and other types are compatible with environmental, social, and economic goals and needs. General Engineering: Knowledge of the concepts, principles, and theories of engineering and their practical applications. For all types of consideration, experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. For additional information about applying to Federal positions, please click on the following link: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-policies/#url=e4 All applicants must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement. The incumbent of this position serves as a General Engineer (Inspector) within anywhere in the US and reports to a Regional Office of the Office of Pipeline Safety in support of the national Control Room Management program.

• As a General Engineer (Inspector), you will: Conduct pipeline safety program review and inspection of gas and liquid pipeline systems by traveling to a field location and working to apply Federal regulations to the facilities with specific focus on control room and leak detection system operations and maintenance while seeking to recognize discrepancies or inconsistencies between information reported or made available to the Office of Pipeline Safety and the true nature of the activity under review. Conduct safety oversight inspections and provide assistance with incident investigations for a rapidly changing industry to increase compliance with Federal pipeline safety standards by gas and liquid operators at all types of pipeline facilities transporting natural gas and hazardous liquids, including intrastate and interstate transmission of natural gas and hazardous liquids, intrastate distribution of natural gas, offshore transportation of hazardous liquids and natural gas, deep water ports, liquefied natural gas and underground natural gas storage. Prepare enforcement for regulatory compliance through written documents, verbal conversation, records review, and operations and maintenance observation which requires judgments on the accuracy and credibility of large volume of data from pipelines operators and identifying the significance of and interrelationships among particular facts or records found in that volume of data while working to apply legal interpretations and precedents. Work within assigned teams and effectively communicate both verbally and through written means with individuals at all levels within many stakeholder communities including that of the public, Federal sector, pipeline industry, and state and local officials. Conduct investigations of pipeline incidents to determine if there are violations of Federal regulations/laws, which can require conducting interviews of witnesses, reviewing hardware and software controls, collecting and evaluating related data, and follow-up to ensure corrective actions are taken, as necessary by pipeline operators. Participate in industry and technical conferences, symposiums, meetings, etc., representing Office of Pipeline Safety as directed by supervisory personnel.