Entity:

Production & Operations

Job Family Group:

Engineering Group

Job Description:

About Us:

bp Technical Solutions India (TSI) centre in Pune, aims to build on bp’s existing engineering and technical strengths to deliver high quality services to its hydrocarbons and new energy businesses worldwide. TSI brings together diverse engineering capability to provide technical services across a range of areas including engineering, maintenance, optimization, data processes, projects and subsurface, to deliver safe, affordable and lower emission energy, while continuously innovating how we work.

At bp, we’re reimagining energy for people and our planet. We’re leading the way in reducing carbon emissions and developing more sustainable methods for solving the energy challenge. We’re a team with multi-layered strengths of engineers, scientists, traders and business professionals determined to find answers to problems.
And we know we can’t do it alone. We’re looking for people who share our passion for reinvention, to bring fresh opinions, ambition, and to challenge our thinking in our goal to achieve net zero!

Role Synopsis:

The Senior Process Engineer will join the Projects India organisation in the engineering and quality team to provide engineering expertise, oversight, judgment and support to Projects.

The role is based at the Pune office but will require significant contractor facing work at major engineering contractor office locations in both India and possibly ex-India.

What you will deliver:

• Lead the development of the process scope of project options to ensure selection and progression of safe, driven and robust projects
• Lead preparation of core project work and give to development of design documents including Statements of Requirements (SOR) and Basis of Design (BOD), as well as engineering design philosophies and strategies
• Responsible to identify and lead technical studies and baseline assessments of brownfield scope including developing scopes of work and terms of reference; own key process design decisions and trade-offs
• Responsible to acquire, verify and consolidate technical inputs and assumptions from site and other collaborators; incorporate turnaround and operations requirements
• Owns design philosophies and provide oversight and support to the appointed engineering contractors in delivery of their scope during the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) and Detailed Engineering ensuring that process design aspects meet bp requirements, and the design intent and ISD principles are preserved
• Interpret and clarify technical practices and relevant codes and standards and provide review and assurance of process engineering and design work
• Ensure that process engineering and technical inputs to key project work such as schedules, cost estimates, case/economics, HSSE studies etc are provided adequately and timely.
• Accountable for the delivery of key design, safety and project evaluations and workshops such as design/PFD/P&ID reviews, plot plan, HAZOP, LOPA and environmental reviews and reporting
• Accountable for addressing process design issues with considerations of cost, schedule, and quality; resolve risks to project delivery and ensure adequate risk mitigation plans are in place
• Provide oversight on performance of engineering contractors and assist Engineer Manager in contract performance management for process engineering scope
• Provide guidance to contractor process design engineers and process technology providers, including technology selection, planning and readiness assessments
• Enable timely and effective engagement of other disciplines and Domain Experts (SMEs) and provide technical direction to project teams
• Functionally lead other process engineers and flow assurance deployed to the project
• Owns interface with process technology licensors and provide ownership of process design package
• Support the engineering leadership in compliance with the relevant project specifications, engineering technical practices including review and endorsement of deviations in process engineering
• Interface with and support environmental and social requirements with HSSE team.
• Support process design engineering capability and competence through the active mentoring, coaching and training of other process engineers

What you will need to be successful

Must have educational qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering or the equivalent

Preferred education/certifications:

• Chartered Engineer or Registered Professional Engineer

Minimum years of relevant experience:

• Minimum 18+ years in oil and gas/petrochemical/ refining/ chemical or equivalent, with minimum 8 years experience of process engineering work in capital projects

Must have experiences/skills (To be hired with):

• Experience as a lead process engineer in projects in FEED and Detailed Design of major projects; or experience as a lead process engineer in design or operational roles in oil & gas, refining or chemical plants or equivalent
• Experience working in a discipline leadership role, managing engineering contractor performance
• Experience of major projects with strong design engineering background and sound knowledge of project processes
• Knowledge of engineering practices and codes and standards
• Experience of operator practices application and importance of such
• Track record of consistent delivery under pressure and able to demonstrate effective project technical management and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to foster effective teamwork across multiple locations and teams and to integrate engineering across all disciplines
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate and influence with all levels of the project team, engineering contractors and project leadership

Good to have experiences/skills (Can be trained for – learning/on-the-job):

• Experience as a lead process design engineer on a large or complex project including a demonstrated ability to integrate engineering across all disciplines and manage contractors
• Experience in working in concept selection/FEED stages of projects
• Experience working under a range of Contracting models (reimbursable, lump sum, etc)
• Knowledge of gas processing, refining or petrochemical processes and typical flow schemes
• Experience and working knowledge of process simulation and other engineering software applications
• A self-starter and pragmatic decision maker, willing to challenge and ensure engineering value is delivered.
• Be self-motivated with a willingness to learn from others and work with minimum direction
• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills and ability to lead through influencing others

You will work with

• Projects Engineering Manager
• Engineering Contractor(s)
• Process Engineering Team
• Other bp Discipline Engineers
• Projects commissioning and start-up teams
• Operations & Maintenance teams
• Quality team

Why Join our team?

At bp, 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. Diversity Statement: At bp, we provide an excellent environment and 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!

Diversity sits at the heart of our company and as an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our mission by ensuring that our place can be anyone's place. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application and interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

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

Skills:

Application of hierarchy of control, Application of hierarchy of control, Asset health monitoring, Commercial Acumen, Defect Elimination, Design case for safety, Design development and delivery, Design performance standards, Economic evaluation methodology, Emergency process isolation and shutdown systems, Environment and Social Impact Assessment, Facility layout, Fluid characterisation, Hazardous area classification, Hydraulics, Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA), Lean Practices, Major accident risk, Operational performance standards, Personal Safety, Plant Layout, Process and process safety design philosophies, Process control and automation, Process performance monitoring, Process safety assurance {+ 5 more}

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.