Petroleum Engineer Sand Management

bp; Aberdeen City; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

bp is seeking a Sand Management Senior Petroleum Engineer to join Global Subsurface Solutions. You will provide deep technical insight on sanding challenges, integrate surveillance data, and drive reliability across reservoir, well, facility, and export domains.

You will lead capability-building, shapes global standards, and represent bp in partner discussions and industry forums, collaborating with multi-discipline teams to deliver proactive sand management solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Petroleum/Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
• Experience in sand management, well integrity, and production optimization.
• Strong surveillance integration and predictive modeling expertise.
• Ability to influence global standards and collaborate across teams.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement, including external representation.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance on sanding challenges with surveillance data and modeling.
• Influence safe operating envelopes and sand management plans globally.
• Develop and maintain global standards, processes, and guidelines.
• Lead capability-building through training and mentoring.
• Collaborate with multi-discipline teams to embed proactive sand management strategies.
• Represent bp in partner discussions and industry forums.
• Document lessons learned and best practices.

Skills

Sand management

Predictive modeling

Surveillance integration

Global standards

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's or advanced degree in Petroleum/Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Job Family Group

Subsurface Group

Job Description

Please note that roles based out of SJS or Sunbury will move to Timber Square, Southwark, from Q4 2027.

Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner!

Over the past five years, sand‑related deferrals have routinely exceeded 2 mboed net (~1.3 mmboe/yr) equivalent to ~$80MM/yr at $60/bbl. This excludes the additional opex and capex required to restore well capacity, often resulting in paying twice for the same reserves and consuming rig time that could otherwise be directed toward new wells.

With lower oil prices and increasing development complexity, improving production reliability, capital efficiency, and simplicity becomes even more critical. In several operating regions (e.g., North Sea, Deepwater GoM, Asia Pacific), as well as for water injectors, the range of viable mechanical sand‑control options is often limited to lower cost solutions like Standalone Screens or Cased and Perforated, which increases the need for higher‑confidence sand prediction and assurance, particularly in environments that fall outside our historical operating experience.

As a greater share of production comes from complex, sand‑prone reservoirs, and as well costs continue to rise, bp requires an integrated sand management strategy that can detect, mitigate, and remediate sanding risks early. Strengthening sand management in operated assets also enhances our influence in NOJV and JV partnerships, which represent a material portion of our capital and production delivery.

The Sand Management Senior Petroleum Engineer plays a critical role by providing deep technical insight, integrating surveillance and modeling, shaping safe operating envelopes, and driving reliability across the four chokes (reservoir, well, facility, export). The role establishes standards and best practices, represents bp in partner and industry engagements, and leads capability‑building initiatives to elevate technical excellence across the organization.

About The Team

Global Subsurface Solutions (GSS) leverages global experience to deliver prioritized, fit-for-purpose products and unbiased technical support to regional businesses. The Sand Management Central Team plays a critical role in safeguarding asset integrity, optimizing production, and embedding proactive sand management practices across bp’s global portfolio.

Key Accountabilities

• Provide technical guidance on sanding challenges, integrating surveillance data, predictive modeling, and mitigation strategies.
• Influence regional safe operating envelopes and sand management plans through technical assurance and best practice recommendations.
• Develop and maintain global standards, processes, and guidelines for sand management.
• Lead capability-building initiatives, including training programs, knowledge-sharing sessions, and mentoring to uplift sand management competencies globally.
• Collaborate with multi-discipline teams (completions, interventions, flow assurance, erosion-corrosion, operations, and subsurface) to embed proactive sand management strategies.
• Ensure integration of sand management practices across the four chokes – reservoir, well, facility, and export – to deliver holistic sand management solutions.
• Drive technology innovation and adoption, including digital tools and AI/ML applications for predictive sand management.
• Represent bp in partner discussions, joint ventures, and industry forums to promote technical leadership and collaboration.
• Document lessons learned, case studies, and best practices to continuously improve sand management delivery.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree or equivalent in Petroleum Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related disciplines.
• Experience in sand management, well integrity, and production optimization within oil and gas operations.
• Strong technical expertise in surveillance integration, predictive modeling, and sand control strategies.
• Proven ability to influence global standards and collaborate across multi-discipline and multi-region teams.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, including external representation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with advanced sand modeling tools and predictive analytics platforms.
• Experience in industry forums, technical committees, and joint venture engagements.
• Demonstrated leadership in capability-building and technical assurance roles.

Skills

• Technical assurance and standardization
• Predictive modeling and surveillance integration
• Stakeholder engagement and external representation
• Training and capability development
• Continuous improvement and technology adoption
• Curiosity, coachability and courage

Up to 10% global travel may be required for partner engagements, industry forums, and regional capability-building initiatives.

Travel Requirement

Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Future Location Notice

This role will start in Sunbury, London. bp has announced a planned office move to Timber Square, London, with all positions currently advertised in Sunbury, including this one, expected to relocate around Q4 2027-Q1 2028. This presents an exciting opportunity for all employees and leaders to come together in one London location. The specific date of the move will be confirmed closer to the time.

Why join us?

At bp, we support our people to grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity.

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, 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.

Reinvent your career as you help our business meet the challenges of the future.

Success Measures

• Adoption of global sand management standards and processes across regions.
• Reduction in sanding-related well failures and unplanned deferrals.
• Increased technical capability and competency uplift in regional teams.
• Positive representation of bp in industry forums and partner engagements.

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