Entity:

Production & Operations

Job Family Group:

Engineering Group

Job Description:

Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner!

Deliver process engineering duties in the Production and Support Systems Squad, within the Production Management Unit (PMU). Reporting to the PMU Process Engineering Team Lead.

The PMU uses innovative digital and data science technologies to perform Monitoring & Surveillance, model-based optimization, and capacity assessments. Focused across 4 chokes (Reservoir – Wells – Plant – Export) and 4 product streams (Oil – Gas – Water – Carbon).

The Production and Support Systems Squad is a multi-discipline squad of petroleum, process, instrument and control, electrical, and rotating equipment engineers that delivers monitoring & surveillance, model-based optimization, and capacity assessments to the Production Delivery Units (PDUs). The P&SS squad works in partnership with the PDU production management squad to deliver against the production management workflows and realize increased production or production protection opportunities.

The Process Engineer within the P&SS Squad owns the tools deployed for system monitoring and surveillance in Palantir Foundry and PI AF systems, and for topsides optimization using Hysys through the Vertex Foundry interface. Additionally, the process engineer will support definition and deployment of new solutions for M&S and optimization.

The PMU is global unit created during Reinvent with a fantastic opportunity to build new capability that delivers huge value to the existing hydrocarbon businesses in production but also transferable skills and capabilities that can be deployed to future Net Zero operations. The PMU has embedded new ways of working in the oil regions (North Sea, Gulf of America, AGT, and Trinidad) and is now rolling out to the P&O gas regions.

Key Accountabilities

PMU Process Engineer:

Conducts routine monitoring and surveillance of production systems using deployed analytical tools to identify anomalies and alerts.
Conducts routine optimization of production systems as part of a cross-discipline petroleum and process engineering effort to identify improved operating points using BP Vertex toolset.
Partners with production delivery units on alerts and findings to ensure early intervention/execution and value realization.
Collaborates with BP Technology to deploy standardized process monitoring solutions and enhance existing toolkit.
Leads delivery of bespoke process monitoring and surveillance solutions in Palantir Foundry environment focused on early detection of weak signals related to equipment and system performance degradation.
Actively participates in the global PMU Process field to develop, deploy and embed new ideas and solutions.
Collaborates with other PMU fields (Rotating equipment, Automation, Power, Petroleum, Subsea, Production Chemistry) to deliver integrated insight and equipment performance understanding.
Supports other regions on high priority PMU activities/deliverables in the monitoring, surveillance and optimization (as needed).
Follows workflow management using agile principles established in the regional PMU P&SS squad.
Supports stand-up of new PMU hubs in the Wave 2 regions (as needed).

Essential Education:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Process or Chemical Engineering

Essential Experience and Job Requirements:

Process engineering knowledge of unit operations in the upstream oil and gas environment.
Experience in supporting facilities through surveillance, monitoring and optimization.
Process simulation and modelling skills using Hysys.
Strong communication skills and the ability to work with multiple stakeholders and across related engineering subject areas.

Desirable criteria

Experience in analyzing operational plant data to identify, understand and then propose solutions to operational issues.
Experience in optimization of production operations across 4 chokes (reservoir, wells, plant and export) as a part of cross-disciplinary team.
Experience with developing dashboards, analytics and analysis in Palantir Quiver; familiar with Workshop, Fusion and Contour applications.
Understanding of data science aspects related to forecasting and pattern analysis for troubleshooting equipment issues.
Understanding AI and machine learning applications in identifying equipment performance anomalies.
Understanding of agile principles for workflow management.

Why join us?

At bp, we support our people to grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity.

There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, excellent retirement benefits, among others!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Reinvent your career as you help our business meet the challenges of the future.Apply now!

Travel Requirement

No travel is expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Asking for Feedback, Asking for Feedback, Coaching, Collaboration, Communication, Conflict Management, Creating a high performing team, Defect Elimination, Delegation, Design case for safety, Design development and delivery, Design performance standards, Economic evaluation methodology, Emergency process isolation and shutdown systems, Empowering Others, Environment and Social Impact Assessment, Facility layout, Fluid characterisation, Giving Feedback, Goal Setting, Hazardous area classification, Hydraulics, Inclusive Leadership, Influencing, Layer of protection analysis {+ 17 more}

Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics like race, religion, color, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.

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