Entity:

Production & Operations

Job Family Group:

Project Management Group

Job Description:

About bp

The bp Technical Solutions India (TSI) 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 capabilities 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.

About the Role

• bp is looking for an experienced offshore planning engineer to support bp projects in India and globally.

• The planning engineer role is to support the development, implementation and operation of a comprehensive schedule of activities for bp team critical to achieving bp production objectives.

• The planning engineer role is to support development, implementation and operation of a comprehensive schedule control system, including day-to-day planning activities, performance management and reporting, and the integration of schedules from internal and third-party sources into the overall project planning process and in conformance with BP Planning, Scheduling (PSP) and Project Coordination (PCP) procedures.

• The role contributes directly to bp’s business by supporting the projects and functional teams and internal bp domain experts (including bp TSI), ensuring accurate information flow and integrated project planning.

• The planning engineer will be responsible for communicating and integrating various collaborators and contractors in support of integrated project delivery.

• This role will be based in Mumbai and work alongside bp projects and functional team supporting the asset.

Key Accountabilities

• Develop and assure integrity of the Level 1 and detailed Master Control Schedule integrating various functional inputs from key collaborators. Provide post update analysis, ensuring the project team are aware of key changes and impact to critical /near critical paths.

• Integrate key achievements from contractors into the Master Control Schedule and include asset maintenance and operational activities into the integrated plan.

• Ensuring the integrity and efficiency of planning and progress measurement. Support performance management of activities at a regular cadence.

• Provide planning support to the Project Controls Team and Project Manager to ensure compliance with the Project Planning and Scheduling Procedure and Projects Delivery common process (PDcp) guidance.

• Continuously improving the planning strategy, plans and procedures.

• Ensure contractor compliance with contractual planning, scheduling and reporting requirements especially those detailed contractually within the Project Coordination Procedures (PCP).

Education Requirement:

• Degree educated preferably in an engineering related field (or Higher National Diploma education)

• Membership of a recognized project professional body, e.g. APM or PMI.

Experience and Job Requirements:

• Minimum of 6 years’ experience in the offshore oil and gas industry or a related sector.

• Experience of using Primavera version 6 (P6) and Microsoft Project planning software.

• Demonstrable track record planning delivery with experience of 5+ years covering the accountabilities relevant to the job description described herein, gained on medium to large scale size projects.

• Proven track-record of managing schedules for projects, including communication of complex schedule information to senior management (e.g. development of Level 1 plans to describe interfaces between multiple near-critical paths).

• Ability and proven skills to engage and work within a multifunctional discipline team to establish high levels of collaboration and credibility for the planning function when working with the project team.

• Experience of early-stage planning for medium to large projects (pre-execute) to understand the wider project context, business drivers and development of Project Coordination Procedures.

• Ability and proven skills to engage and work within a multifunctional discipline team to establish high levels of cooperation and credibility for the planning function when working with the bp team.

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience with onshore, offshore projects and / or refining projects

• Working in a multi-project environment and handling several work-fronts consecutively

• Excellent inter-personal skills and behaviours

• Excellent influencing and communication skills

• Ability to work under own initiative or as part of a team

• Respectful of a multicultural working environment

• Competent with computers and IT including experience of using standard software (e.g. MS Outlook, MS Teams, MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint, Power BI an advantage)

Why join bp

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 fostering 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, a generous paid parental leave policy, and excellent retirement benefits, among others!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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:

Change control, Commissioning, Conflict Management, Construction, Design development and delivery, Frameworks and methodologies, Governance arrangements, Performance management, Portfolio Management, Project and construction safety, Project execution planning, Project HSSE, Project Leadership, Project Team Management, Quality, Requirements Management, Reviews, Risk Management, Schedule and resources, Sourcing Management, Stakeholder Management, start-up and handover, Strategy and business case, Supplier Relationship Management

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.