Additional Information
Entity:
Technology
Job Family Group:
Research & Technology Group
Job Description:
At bp, we provide an excellent working environment and employee benefits such as an open and inclusive culture, a great work-life balance, tremendous learning and development opportunities to craft your career path, life and health insurance, medical care package and many others.
About Fuels & Low Carbon Technology: F&LCT is a team of over 300 technologists, scientists and engineers who provide pioneering solutions to support bp's Fuels, Refining, Bioenergy and Hydrogen businesses. We also support the Technology group through Innovation Management, Modelling, Digital Science and our academic research programmes.
Let me tell you about the role:
The Refining and Advanced Fuels Technology (RFT) team sits in the Fuels and Low Carbon Technology group within Applied Sciences Technology. The team consists of over 120 people who work closely with the business groups to assure the quality of our fuels along the whole of the Fuels Supply Chain - from our Refineries and 3rd party suppliers to our Customers and Products businesses. The RFT team also develop differentiated fuels products for retail customers and deploy these into global markets. The range of fuel products is evolving as part of the energy transition, with a growing number of bio-based fuel offers. The RFT team run technical programs to understand and mitigate the risk of processing biobased feedstocks in our refinery assets.
You will be part of the global Refining Technology team, providing technical support to while implementing novel bio-feedstock opportunities in our refineries.
What you will deliver:
Lead studies, with business and technology colleagues, to deliver optimization and constraint busting solutions through the application of physical science knowledge into our manufacturing assets.
Contribute to technology programmes supporting bp's refining base, enhancing the performance of existing assets, troubleshooting and evaluating novel opportunities.
Contribute to programmes to develop foundational understanding of scientific challenges that cut across the adoption and conversion of new feedstocks.
Support experimental and process modelling work, and the communication of results, to meet the needs of the defined program, including internal work and with industrial partners or third parties
Support delivery of safe, compliant and reliable operations, fostering the development of an excellent HSSE culture aligned with the goals of applied sciences
Provide engineering and technical support to the detailed design, assurance and installation of research-scale experimental equipment. Provide start up assistance to new units that are commissioned at the site.
Work well with operations team who run experimental units
What you will need to be successful (experience and qualifications) :
MEng with appropriate experience (3+ years) or PhD in chemical engineering or chemistry, or equivalent
Rounded early career professional with experience of one of:
Conversion process R&D&C Refinery site technical team Relevant heterogeneous catalysis R&D
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
About bp: 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!
We support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.
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, collaboration spaces in a modern office environment, and many others benefits.
Travel Requirement
Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role
Relocation Assistance:
This role is eligible for relocation within country
Remote Type:
This position is not available for remote working