Petroleum Scientist Supervisor; Permitting & Compliance - Mining & Storage

Office of Permitting & Compliance – Engineering

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 Supervisor provides direct supervision and technical leadership and serves as a program representative for the Engineering Division, ensuring that activities under their supervision comply with applicable federal and state regulations and align with EPA delegation requirements. This promotional Petroleum Scientist Supervisor position is currently assigned to oversee the Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Sequestration Section, which regulates Class VI Wells under the Underground Injection Control (UIC) program.

Assignment is subject to change based on organizational needs.

• A bachelor’s degree in a geoscience field or engineering plus three 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.
• A master’s degree in a geoscience field or engineering plus two years of the required specialized experience.
• A doctorate in a geoscience field or engineering plus one year of the required specialized experience.

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

This Petroleum Scientist Supervisor position is located within the Engineering Division of the Office Permitting & Compliance and is domiciled in Baton Rouge, LA. This position reports to the Petroleum Scientist Manager
1. This is a working supervisor role responsible for performing advanced technical and regulatory reviews while also ensuring consistent, timely, and defensible outcomes through technical quality control, standardization of review tools and procedures, coordination with stakeholders, and oversight of assigned staff workload and performance.

• Performs advanced technical and regulatory reviews of permit applications, modifications, renewals, operational submittals, and compliance-related documents within the assigned Engineering section.
• Independently completes complex reviews and develops technical findings, recommendations, and supporting documentation necessary for permit decisions and other regulatory actions.
• Ensures technical analyses, permit conditions, and agency determinations are consistent with applicable statutes, regulations, and agency policies.
• Coordinates technical issues and regulatory requirements with internal staff and external stakeholders through meetings and written communication to clarify requirements, resolve technical questions, and support timely and defensible regulatory outcomes.
• Reviews, evaluates, and approves technical work products prepared by staff within the assigned section to ensure accuracy, completeness, consistency, and technical defensibility prior to issuance, including technical review documentation and correspondence.
• Provides direction to section staff to resolve review issues, interpret technical requirements, and address complex or novel project concerns.
• Determines work assignments and priorities for direct reports based on program needs, deadlines, and Section Manager direction.
• Provides training, guidance, and coaching to ensure consistent work quality, effective communication, and alignment with program expectations.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Appointment Type: Promotional to a current, permanent Department of Energy and Natural Resources employee

Work Schedule: Work hours are flexible.

Compensation: The salary offered will be…