Entity:

Technology

Job Family Group:

Research & Technology Group

Job Description:

This role requires a 7+ years of total experience with 4-5 years relevant experience.

About Fuels & Low Carbon Technology: F&LCT is a team of over 300 technologists, scientists and engineers who provide groundbreaking 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.

• Take the technical lead in technology programmes supporting bp’s refining base, enhancing the performance of existing assets, troubleshooting and evaluating novel opportunities

• Identify and implement programmes to develop foundational understanding of scientific challenges that cut across the adoption of new feedstocks and their conversion

• Design and lead both experimental and modelling work, including 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, chipping in to 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

• Supervise and mentor junior scientists and engineers

What you will need to be successful (experience and qualifications):

• MEng or PhD in chemical engineering or chemistry with CEng, or equivalent

• Practical, large scale experience in a refining environment

• Experience of relevant Research, Development and Commercialisation programmes. This could include vendor catalyst evaluation, novel model development or implementation of new feedstocks.

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!

Travel Requirement

Negligible travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is eligible for relocation within country

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Agility core practices, Analytical Thinking, Bioprocess Design, Catalysis (Inactive), Chemical kinetic modelling, Communication, Creativity and Innovation, Curiosity, Experimental Design, Group Problem Solving, Industry technology knowledge, Intellectual Asset Management, Life cycle and circularity, Multi-physics modelling, New process technology scale-up, Novel process development, Pilot and demonstration plant operation, Presenting, Process Safety Engineering, Science and Technology Leadership, Scientific publication, Talent Matching, Technoeconomic evaluation of processes, Thermophysical modelling, Thought Leadership

Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, 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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