Oil and Gas Inspector

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The Department of Environmental Protection is seeking professionals experienced in the natural gas and oil sectors to join our team. As the oil and gas industry evolves, the Bureau of Oil and Gas is leading the way in adapting to these changes. This role offers an exceptional opportunity to advance your career while playing a vital part in overseeing and ensuring compliance with natural gas and oil well operations.

You will contribute to the responsible management of our energy resources, balancing energy innovation and environmental stewardship.

You will be responsible for monitoring and compliance activities, conducting reviews within a designated geographic area, and enforcing key regulations and specific chapters of the Environmental Quality Board's Rules and Regulations. You will:

• Perform field inspections of oil and gas wells throughout all lifecycle stages—drilling, production, alteration, inactivity, and plugging—across coal and non‑coal areas, conservation wells and gas storage reservoirs.
• Ensure compliance with relevant laws, verify the validity of permits, and confirm drilling occurs at locations specified in plat maps.
• Investigate spills or gas releases, consult permits and well records, collect samples and data, and document site conditions through photographs and videos.
• Complete and file inspection reports, enter results into the eFACTS system, and send copies to operators. Follow‑up actions will be taken as needed.
• Inspect proposed school sites for potential hazards related to active or abandoned oil and gas wells, pits, or equipment.

• Full‑time employment
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday – Friday, with a 30‑minute lunch
• Telework:
  You may work from home full‑time if you have a securely configured high‑speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you may report to the headquarters office in Scranton. Telework eligibility is subject to change at any time.
• Salary:
  Selected candidates will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $59,345 (before taxes).
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

• Three years of technical experience in well design, drilling, completion, production, plugging, or underground storage operations in the oil or natural gas industry; or
• An associate’s degree in Petroleum Technology or a closely related field, and one year of technical experience in well design, drilling, completion, production, plugging, or underground storage operations in the oil or natural gas industry.

• Possession of a valid driver’s license.

• PA residency requirement is currently waived for this title.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility must be provided in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• If you claim education in your to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. § 7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs.
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