One Subsurface Program - Geospatial Technology Graduate - Houston, TX
Bp
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Houston, TX, USA
Posted on Aug 16, 2025
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About bp
As a leading global energy company with a presence in over 61 countries, bp is dedicated to delivering energy to the world, today and tomorrow. Across the bp landscape, we’re home to a range of brands across many areas of our industry.
For over 100 years, we’ve focused on discovering, developing and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner.
It's an exciting time to join bp. From wellbeing programs to mentorship and career growth opportunities, we aim to ensure you can thrive – in work and in life.
About One Subsurface Programme
One Subsurface is our early careers programme designed to create a pipeline of subsurface professionals. Early careers will follow a structured development offer to accelerate the acquisition of foundational technical skills, experience and knowledge; and application in the business world. The programme supports transition from university to discipline professional and provides a framework of ‘non-technical’ skills to support building personal effectiveness skills. Early careers will build their experience through challenging development assignments, grow a toolkit of transferable skills for the future, and have a dedicated network of support to help them succeed.
This is a three-year program with two 18-month rotations, including field experience.
About the role
The Geospatial Technology Graduate will interface closely with other Geospatial SMEs, Technology, and business stakeholders to develop and deploy Geospatial technology, data & analytical solutions to meet business challenges to global stakeholders across a wide range of domains including Production, Projects, Subsurface & Wells, Crisis, Supply Trading & Shipping, and Refining. They will join a unit as part of the wider Geospatial team within Oil and Gas Technology gaining exposure to cutting-edge technologies and their real-world applications
Key technical capabilities and expectations:
Geospatial Technology: Some experience working with the ArcGIS Desktop and Enterprise suite of tools (ArcGIS Pro, Server, Portal and associated API’s).
Geospatial Data Management: Experience on the use of spatial databases, spatial access methods, coordinate reference systems, representation of spatial objects, raster processing, query processing, spatial data infrastructures, data manipulation, data security.
Geospatial Analysis: Experience with query operations and languages, earth geometry and geodesy, analytical operations, analysis of surfaces, spatial statistics, geo-statistics, spatial regression, data mining, network analysis, optimization, and location allocation modeling. Exposure to one or more data-related technologies/languages (e.g. SQL, Arcade, Python, R, Java Script, etc.).
Spatial Data Visualization: Knowledge of the principles of map design, cartography and graphic representation techniques, map production, development of web-based maps, applications, and dashboards.
Remote Sensing: some knowledge on concepts of remotely sensed earth observation data, associated data formats and properties, and imagery based geographic analysis.
Benefits
One-time sign on bonus
Annual cash bonus
Retirement benefits (401K and Pension)
Relocation and moving assistance
Health and welfare benefits
Competitive base salary
You may learn more about our generous benefits here Explore Our Benefits.
Minimum Requirements
Pursuing a Master’s or PhD degree in Geospatial, Geography, Geoscience, Applied Geography, Geographic Information Science, Survey, Environmental Science, Computer Science or closely related discipline.
Graduating between December 2025 and May 2026
Current Cumulative GPA Minimum 3.0
On a case-by-case basis, bp may support US Immigration sponsorship for full-time or long- term employment
Must be available to start on agreed upon global programme start dates (January 20, 2026 or July 13, 2026).
Legal Disclaimer
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics like race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, 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.
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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.
