Entity:

Production & Operations

Job Family Group:

Engineering Group

Job Description:

About bp

bp Technical Solutions India (TSI) center in Pune, strives 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 balanced 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!

Let me tell you about the role

The global inspection engineering team delivers technical solutions to businesses.

The team identifies and solves bp’s highest priority materials challenges by supporting hundreds of individuals that plan and perform inspections to handle the risk of equipment mechanical integrity failure. Value is delivered to bp businesses around the world by completing many activities among the inspection technology themes: non-destructive evaluation (nde), robotics, corrosion monitoring sensors, and data.

The inspection engineer role is adaptable; work activities are matched to each individual’s unique capabilities and ambitions. Deliverables are dynamic and vary from quick immediate consulting mentorship to long-term technology developments. This prominent role has exposure to all parts of bp, influences high impact business decisions, collaborates with leading industry experts, and brings to bear global engineering bp resources including access to the bp inspection lab.

What you will deliver

The accountabilities of this role include:

• Deliver innovative and pragmatic technical solutions by accepting co-ownership of business challenges and understanding the needs of bp internal customers in projects and operations teams.

• Answer ambitious inspection questions from bp internal customers by applying knowledge, experience, and engineering judgement; complete inspection technology validation trials as vital.

• Share learnings with the bp inspection community, develop engineering technical standard documents, and provide technical training.

• Support efforts to ensure equipment material mechanical integrity risks are understood, controlled, and reduced across the business to deliver safe operating results.

• Maintain awareness of significant inspection activities @ bp and significant industry advancements; build links with inspection companies and represent bp at industry technical groups.

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

The crucial requirements for this role include:

• Technical understanding and work experience in at least one of the following inspection technology themes: non-destructive evaluation (visual/optical, ultrasonic, radiographic, electromagnetic, or thermography), robotics (crawlers, drones, subsea remote operated vehicles, or quadrupeds), corrosion monitoring sensors (wireless instrumentation or digital architecture), or data (inspection database management systems, risk-based inspection, or sophisticated statistical analysis).

• Ability to independently complete some of the following tasks: establish equipment inspection work scope and prescribe inspection techniques, define inspection technique measurement requirements, review and validate inspection technique calibration procedures and measurement performance, train and qualify inspection technicians, witness field inspections, analyse inspection data, review reports and plan for future inspections.

• Engineering degree or equivalent experience in materials, mechanical, non-destructive evaluation, or equivalent field of study.

• Ability to travel periodically to: bp inspection lab, bp project/operation sites, and industry conferences.

The desirable requirements for this role include:

• Experience with projects or operations in at least one of the following businesses: subsea oil/gas production, topside oil/gas production, pipelines/terminals, refining, wind, solar, hydrogen, or carbon bring together/storage.

• Technical understanding of the physics and practical limitations of at least one of the following advanced non-destructive evaluation techniques: 3D metrology laser scanning, ultrasonic phased array or time of flight diffraction, mid-range or long-range ultrasonic guided wave, digital real time radiography, eddy current, magnetic flux leakage, alternating current field measurements, moisture detection imaging, or acoustic emission.

• Operational understanding of the maintenance and inspection strategy for at least one of the following equipment types: pressure vessels, process piping, pipelines, storage tanks, furnaces, heat exchanger tubes, topside structures, subsea equipment, well casings, wind turbines, solar panels, or Electrolysers components.

• Awareness of material failure risk management practice throughout the product lifespan; this includes: material compose and selection, fabrication/weld quality, corrosion/degradation mechanisms, inspection strategy, failure mechanics, and fitness-for-service analysis.

• Professional Engineer, Chartered Engineer, ASNT Level III, or similar accreditation/certification

You will work with

The global inspection engineering team is part of the innovation and engineering entity @ bp and strategically handled to support the existing hydrocarbon businesses while simultaneously growing the low-carbon energy businesses. A unique resource for the team is the bp inspection lab which promotes a culture of agile innovation and fast experimentation. The team consists of early, mid, and late career inspection guides located around the world with over 100 years of combined proven experience. Individuals in the team have diverse and complimentary technical skills; we collaborate, support each other, and deliver tremendous value to bp.

Would you like to discover how our diverse, hardworking people are leading the way in making energy cleaner and better – and how you can play your part in our world-class team?

At bp, we provide the following environment & benefits to you:

Life & health insurance, medical care package

Flexible working schedule: home office up to 2 days / week, based on team agreement

Opportunity to build up a long-term career path and develop your skills with a wide range of learning options

Family friendly workplace e.g.: parental leave, Mother-baby room

Employees’ wellbeing programs e.g.: Employee Assistance Program, Company Recognition Program

Possibility to join our social communities and networks

Assets like phone and company laptop are provided from the first day of employment with other equipment if requested

Why join bp:

We support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and exciting 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

Skills:

Action Closure, Action Closure, Advanced & Robotics Inspection Technologies, Asking for Feedback, availability, Coaching, Collaboration, Communication, Conflict Management, Continuous Improvement, Control of Work, Corrosion Management, Creating a high performing team, Data domain knowledge, Data Management, Data visualization and interpretation, Degradation monitoring, Degradation threat assessment, Delegation, Design and Operating Limits, Design Assurance, Document Management, Empowering Others, Engineered Barrier Health, Engineering codes {+ 53 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.

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