Entity:

Customers & Products

Job Family Group:

Engineering Group

Job Description:

Organisation:
Our purpose is to reimagine energy for people and our planet. We want to help the world reach net zero and improve people’s lives. We will aim to dramatically reduce carbon in our operations and in our production, and grow new low carbon businesses, products and services. We will advocate for fundamental and rapid progress towards Paris and strive to be a leader in transparency.

bp is one of the largest international energy companies in India. In addition to its gas value chain alliance with Reliance Industries Ltd., bp’s activities include Castrol lubricants; oil and gas trading; clean energy projects through its investment in Lightsource bp; IT and procurement back-office activities; staffing and training for bp’s global marine fleet; and the recruitment of skilled Indian employees for its global businesses. bp’s recent retail joint venture with RIL, ‘Jio bp’ signals a paradigm shift in fuels marketing and mobility solutions. It will incorporate and build on RIL’s current fuel retailing network of 1,400 sites and 30 aviation fuel stations across India to up to 5,500 retail sites and 45 aviation fuel stations over the next five years. Castrol lubricants will also be available across the venture’s network.

Role:

The Global Manufacturing and Engineering Manager is responsible for defining the Manufacturing Excellence/CI Strategy and program execution, the Smart Factory/Digital Strategy and program execution, the Global CapEx Engineering Management and The Global Process Engineering and Process Safety Program within the Castrol Supply Chain reporting to the Global Operational Excellence Director.

Being part of the Global Operational Excellence Lead team you ensure seamless integration of processes, products and optimizations e2e with Supply Planning & Logistics.

You will play a pivotal role in leading and optimizing manufacturing processes on a global scale. This position requires a strategic thinker with a very strong manufacturing background, a passion for continuous improvement, and the ability to drive operational excellence across diverse manufacturing facilities.
You will be responsible for ensuring consistent, high-quality production standards while implementing innovative manufacturing digital products and improved ways of working and efficiencies at our factories based on solid yearly funding for safe, reliable, high performance meeting all safety conformance in our assets.

As a result, our key Manufacturing KPS (CPL, PCC/OCC, OEE; productivity, Energy intensity, Cash and Incurred CapEx) deliver at increasing targets and rise cost completeness of our assets towards Q1 performance.
The role leads a global team of 6 and reports to the Global Operational Excellence Manager. The appointee will work closely alongside Supply Chain Directors, Global SGC Directors (Competitiveness, Industry & Marine, HSE&C) BP Stakeholders in HS&E and I&E Castrol Digital Program Leaders, Manufacturing Leaders and Engineering Managers.

Deliverables:
• Lead design and operating standards for Castrol plants and key 3rd party partners/JVs.
• Focus on strategic production hubs to drive benchmarked competitiveness and multi-year improvement roadmaps.
• Translate strategies into key KPIs: CPL, PCC/OCC, OEE, Yield, Energy Intensity, MAX Score, CapEx, and Cash Out.
• Deliver and communicate findings/action plans from the external manufacturing benchmarking study (PIMS).
• Steer quarterly MAX performance reviews and oversee Engineering Capital Committee and Smart Factory/I4.0 Governance processes.
• Establish a best practice sharing system to promote systematic reapplication and a strong sharing culture across manufacturing.
• Provide engineering functional support to Global Supply Chain for concept, basic, and detailed engineering of major projects.
• Ensure process design and safety competence, particularly for lubricant processes; review and approve relevant MoCs.
• Promote a loss-elimination mindset and support the growth of MAX/CI, digital, engineering, and process safety capabilities in plants.

Essential experience and job requirements:
• 10–15+ years of broad manufacturing and technical experience across multiple plants or above-plant level roles.
• Proven experience in leading or steering large ($5–10M) engineering projects.
• Skilled in managing process plant maintenance and ensuring asset integrity.
• Demonstrated leadership with experience in managing large teams, coaching, talent development, and driving organizational change.
• Strong commitment to continuous improvement and active champion of change.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills across senior management levels; adept at influencing and conflict management.
• Strong networking capabilities; able to build and maintain professional networks across plants and regions to share best practices.
• Comfortable working across diverse cultures.
• Willingness to work flexible hours and travel up to 50%.

Education:
• Minimum: Graduate

Travel Requirement

Up to 50% 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

Skills:

Asking for Feedback, Authentic Leadership, Coaching, Creating a high performing team, Delegation, Empowering Others, Giving Feedback, Goal Setting, Inclusive Leadership, Leading through ambiguity, Leading through Change, Long Term Planning, Managing Performance, Mentoring, Receiving Feedback, Shaping strategy, Strategic Thinking, Team Development, Translating strategy into plans, Workload Prioritization

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.

If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.