Natural Resource Specialist 3/4 (PCN 10-0254)

State of Alaska•Anchorage, AK

10h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil & Gas, is recruiting for a Natural Resource Specialist 3/4 in Anchorage. This position is open to Alaska Residents only. The primary responsibilities for this position are adjudicating new or complex project applications associated with Alaska Statute 38.35 transportation pipelines, including new rights-of-way leases, assignments, transfers-of-interest, releases-of-interest, each requiring extensive research and adjudication, stakeholder engagement, and interagency coordination, holding oneself and stakeholders to strict deadlines. The position is responsible for cradle-to-grave adjudication and records management. The State Pipeline Coordinator's Section (SPCS) provides regulatory oversight of common-carrier and contract-carrier transportation pipelines, such as the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS), authorized under Alaska Statute (AS) 38.35, the Right-of-Way Leasing Act. This position adjudicates applications for AS 38.35 pipelines that require in-depth technical and financial fit, and the willingness and ability to analyze.

Requirements

Competencies in Analytical Thinking/Problem-Solving: uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.
Competencies in Decision-Making: Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.
Competencies in Environmental Science: Knowledge of the interdisciplinary concepts, principles, theories, and methods of investigating the natural and physical environment, including examination of ecology, biology, physics, chemistry, plant science, zoology, mineralogy, oceanography, limnology, soil science, geology and physical geography, atmospheric, and other related sciences in the protection and improvement of the environment and its resources.
Competencies in Legal, Government, and Jurisprudence: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, legal practices and documents, Government regulations, Executive orders, agency rules, Government organization and functions, and the democratic political process.
Competencies in Writing: Recognizes or uses correct English grammar, punctuation, and spelling; communicates information (for example, facts, ideas, or messages) in a succinct and organized manner; produces written information, which may include technical material, that is appropriate for the intended audience.
Education in a natural resource field such as forestry, geology, agronomy, and hydrology, law, public administration, planning, economics, or a closely related field and/or progressively responsible professional experience in natural resource management.
Competencies in Influencing/Negotiating: Persuades others; builds consensus through give and take; gains cooperation from others to obtain information and accomplish goals (for Natural Resource Specialist 4).
Possession of a valid driver's license.

Nice To Haves

A professional writing sample that you authored, a technical, regulatory, or policy document, is preferred.
A copy of your last two performance appraisals or two letters of recommendation, if evaluations are not available.
A list of three professional references with current contact information.

Responsibilities

Adjudicating new or complex project applications associated with Alaska Statute 38.35 transportation pipelines, including new rights-of-way leases, assignments, transfers-of-interest, releases-of-interest.
Conducting extensive research and adjudication.
Engaging with stakeholders.
Coordinating with interagency representatives.
Adhering to strict deadlines.
Managing cradle-to-grave adjudication and records.
Providing regulatory oversight of common-carrier and contract-carrier transportation pipelines.
Analyzing applications for technical and financial fit.
Gathering and analyzing technical information for writing documents such as DNR decisions.
Coordinating with agency and industry representatives.
Using and interpreting laws and regulations, surveys, and plats.
Using a variety of computer software.
Traveling to field locations on the highway system or in remote Alaska, such as the North Slope, on a year-round basis, to observe active pipeline and material site activities.