Early Careers at bp

Looking to turn your career dreams into global impact? Explore graduate 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 Supply, Trading & Shipping (ST&S) Graduate Programme

Early careers who join the Supply, Trading & Shipping early careers programme will follow one of these tracks: trading, analytics and commercial. 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.

Role and Responsibilities

About the Supply, Trading & shipping development programme
Once hired into the development programme your world-class learning journey will incorporate online and virtual learning with face-to-face classroom and on-the-job training, giving you the behavioural and technical skills you need to build a truly outstanding career. In addition, you'll have a buddy and mentor assigned to you, helping you to navigate the organisation, guide your development and learn what it takes to be successful.

Our supply, trading & shipping programme is global in nature – wherever you’re based, you’ll benefit from the same outstanding training, development, and support. The rotational structure of our programme provides you with variety which means you’ll be challenged in many ways – all of which will build your confidence, expertise and experience at pace, giving you the flexibility to eventually take your career in the direction that suits you best. We have designed the structure of our programme to allow for a degree of flexibility that create a personal development journey.

Supply, Trading & shipping development track and career pathway:

Analytics track

Analysts have an opportunity to directly influence the bottom line as part of a highly commercial and skilled team. Working in the fast-paced world of our trading business and with access to vast amounts of data and information, you’ll focus on rotations that are designed to build your skills and knowledge to drive continued growth in trading profits and acting as a subject matter expert on energy market fundamentals.

ST&S Analytics includes a range of disciplines, some of these are mentioned below:

• Short term market analytics (Strategists): seeks to identify and understand fundamental drivers that influence market prices up to two years forward. Analysts are often co-located on the trading desks, and employ models of supply and demand, physical storage, weather, shipping, and power generation, coupled with real-time data feeds, to provide actionable commercial insights to the front-line trading teams.

• Fundamentals Modelling & Innovation: We spearhead our digital ambition, advancing our fundamental modelling capabilities, leveraging AI and Machine Learning to generate data driven insights, increase automation, and delivered in line with the trading bench / discipline strategies.

• Strategic insights: Identifying high margin deployment of capital expenditure, offtake and sale decisions and highlighting investment and trading opportunities for T&S and bp in incubatory and established energy markets.

• Structuring: works closely with the trading and origination teams to structure and value complex financial and physical transactions. The modelling of key drivers of financial value, deal scenario analysis and designing tailored customer solutions are a strong focus for the team.

Requirements

Graduate: To apply for this role, you will need to be in your final year of study and be on track for a 2:1, or have completed your degree with 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 will be based in Canary Wharf, London.

Please note: Location will depend on business needs and can change for each rotation on your Early Careers development program, as you move between roles. If you are required to relocate during the program, depending on distance, you may be offered relocation assistance.

Start Date

7th September 2026

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.
• Assessment Centres are a key part of the assessment process and will be in person – bp will cover reasonable travel and accommodation costs, in line with the travel policy which will be shared with you. Please ensure you will be available to attend in person.
• 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

Starting Salary: £50,000 per annum + discretionary, performance related, annual bonus.

Sign on Bonus: £5000 (one off payment subject to tax and national insurance)

Holiday Allowance: 28 days + flexible bank holidays (to take at a time that suits you) + two wellbeing / duvet days.

Wellbeing Allowance: Claim up to £1,500 each calendar year (subject to tax and national insurance) for products and services that contribute to physical, mental, financial and social wellbeing

Flexible Benefits: In addition to your base salary, you’ll receive a flexible allowance (currently 20% of your base salary) that you can take as cash or use to buy a range of extra benefits, such as a pension, critical illness, dental care, personal accident and travel insurance, and our cycle to work scheme.

Private Medical Insurance: We’ll pay for private healthcare, and you only pay an income tax charge.

BP Share Plans: You can choose to take part in our share plan and buy bp shares every month.