Petroleum Scientist Manager 2 (Permitting & Compliance)

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.