This posting is only open to residents of the State of Colorado at the time of submitting your application.

The primary purpose of this mobile workforce position is to advance successful reclamation and stormwater management through assessing regulatory compliance at oil and gas locations. The responsibilities include conducting evaluations of locations with regard to interim and final reclamation; comparing field observations against permit conditions of approval, construction layout drawings, and other approved plans; and addressing compliance issues that may warrant enforcement actions. The role also involves technical soil data analysis and soil field observations aimed at ensuring compliance. 

Additionally, the position involves reviewing reclamation-related variance applications, including drafting a “Director’s Recommendation” to inform the Commission’s decision to approve, approve with conditions, or deny the variance. This review includes an assessment of the technical adequacy of the request, proposed surface reclamation processes and procedures, weed control, stormwater management, and adherence to rule-specific requirements and a determination of whether granting a variance would be protective of public health, safety, welfare, the environment, and wildlife resources. 

A key aspect of the position is to respond to public complaints, which involves engagement with complainants and on-site inspections. Additionally, the Position will review Topsoil Protection Plans, Stormwater Management Plans, and Interim Reclamation Plans, Migratory bird surveys, as these are essential to ensure compliance with relevant rules and regulations. 

The Position may act as a Subject Matter Expert and resource to regional ECMC staff and operators within the region and for enforcement proceedings. Overall, the objective of the position is to safeguard public health, safety, welfare, the environment, and wildlife resources by ensuring operators implement sufficient measures to protect and minimize adverse impacts.  

Minimum Qualifications: 
Experience Only:
Six (6) years of relevant experience in oil and gas operations, including expertise in performing or overseeing reclamation oil and gas locations involving tasks such as, soil and vegetation sampling, species-level vegetation monitoring, and the development implementation, review, and monitoring of reclamation and stormwater management programs.
OR
Education and Experience:
A combination of related education in Range Ecology, Biology, Botany, Ecology, Ecosystem Science, Wildlife Biology or a related field and/or specific relevant reclamation experience in oil and gas operations, including expertise in performing or overseeing reclamation oil and gas locations involving tasks such as, soil and vegetation sampling, species-level vegetation monitoring, and the development, implementation, review, and monitoring of reclamation and stormwater management programs. equal to six (6) years.