Early Careers at bp

Looking to turn your career dreams into global impact? Explore intern opportunities with bp. Here you get to work on challenging projects, learn from experts and mentors, and be part of a high-performing team from the get-go. You get the freedom to think boldly, the licence to innovate and the chance to grow in multiple directions. And you get supported, recognised and rewarded along the way.

Our Internships

Our summer internships are 11 weeks. You’ll be based in one team throughout your internship, working on real projects that you’ll be able to manage through to completion. Throughout you’ll have the support of a dedicated line manager and a buddy from one of our early careers programs. Alongside your day-to-day responsibilities, you’ll have the opportunity to attend events and socials with other interns, take part in training sessions to help develop your interpersonal skills and network with leaders from across bp. The program is designed to help build your skills and technical knowledge whilst also allowing you to learn more about life at bp.

Role and Responsibilities

The summer internship programme is designed to give you maximum exposure to our supply, trading & shipping business. You will be working on projects with real impact to our business. You’ll be placed in a team with opportunities to showcase and enhance your skillset, follow your ambition and be part of the team’s success.

Examples of previous projects include:

• Carrying out research and analysis into a particular market or new jurisdiction and producing a strategy to help support trading decisions and growth.

• Producing daily news/customer information reports to highlight market information and opportunities for trading and origination.

• Analytics in support of our fundamental and demand supply view for short/medium term revenue activity.

• Working to automate and optimise systems, reports, and analysis to speed up trading processes and decisions using various data science techniques.

Throughout, you will have on the job training as well as industry-leading learning to develop technical and soft skills. Alongside this, a graduate buddy will help you network and learn everything you need to perform in the organisation. During the 11-week internship programme you will be assessed for your suitability for the T&S development programme. You will have the opportunity to learn about the development tracks through networking, training & information sessions before deciding on whether you would like to be considered, and if so, which development track you'd like to apply to.

Supply, Trading & shipping development track career pathway :

Commercial track

Every year, bp invests billions of dollars searching for new sources of energy, supplying our customers with the fuels they need. You’ll help to ensure we make the best use of our investment for bp and for our customers. We want you to be in the best position to propose new and creative ways to maximize value. This could see you working in our Marketing & deal Origination teams or in physical operations or other areas which support trading ideas and deals. The commercial track will help you to develop strong commercial acumen which is supported by the different rotations you will undertake.

Trading track

You’ll be part of the teams managing our trades on all the major energy commodity exchanges as well as our daily exposure to global currency and interest rate fluctuations. You’ll have the opportunity to experience different trading disciplines and styles from physical trading to paper trading, even the possibility to specialise in quantitative trading. Over the course of the 3-year programme you’ll complete rotations that are designed to give you the opportunity to build your skills and knowledge in a trading environment.

Requirements

Intern: To apply for this role, you must be in your penultimate or final year of study (those going onto a Master’s and PhD students can apply), and be on track for a 2:1.

You are also expected to have strong spoken and written English language skills, including business and technical English. Language skills will be assessed throughout the recruitment process.

Please note: We value individuals who take initiative, are committed to excellence, and can adapt positively to change and challenges in a supportive environment.

Location(s)

This role is likely to be based in Canary Wharf, London.

Start & End Dates

22nd June to 4th September 2026

Please note: Our internships are full-time. If you will struggle to be available for these dates &/or may not be able to work full time, please flag this if you are invited to a technical interview, or earlier if possible.

Other Information

Please note the following when applying:

• You can only apply to one bp early careers opportunity globally per academic year – within this time, we will only process the first application you make. You will be withdrawn from any subsequent applications.
• Unless you apply to a role with a location explicitly stated, role locations are not guaranteed – where not stated, you will be placed in a location based on business need.
• Accommodation – once confirmed, where you need or decide to move closer to your location, you are responsible for organising and funding this accommodation.
• Hybrid working – please note, bp operates on a 60:40 hybrid working work policy (3 days in the office) for most office-based roles. This may vary for non-office-based roles.

Adjustments

We are keen to make our recruitment process accessible to all. If you require any adjustments/accommodations, to any stage of the recruitment process, please mention this in the allocated section on your initial application form. Someone will then be in touch to discuss or confirm the adjustments/accommodations as appropriate for you. Alternatively, if you would like to discuss adjustments before applying, please get in touch:

T: +44 1635 584149

E: enquiry@bpgraduates.co.uk

Reward

Salary: £45,000 per annum (prorated for the duration of your internship)