Process Engineer

bp; Scotland; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy company is seeking a Process Engineer to join their North Sea operations. This role involves supporting process engineering tasks, managing risks, and enhancing production efficiency. Candidates should have a degree in Chemical Engineering and relevant experience. The position offers hybrid working with a supportive and inclusive culture, excellent benefits, and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Health insurance

Flexible working options

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Extensive technical understanding of process engineering.
• Proven ability to apply engineering standards.
• Delivery focused, effective technical knowledge application.

Responsibilities

• Provide process engineering support and resolve issues.
• Support delivery of MoCs and project modifications.
• Provide input to hazard identification processes.

Skills

Technical understanding of process engineering

Risk management practices

Engineering standards delivery

Strong relationship building

Engaging and influencing skills

Education

Degree in Chemical Engineering

Chartered Engineer

Tools

Process modeling tools

Risk barrier diagrams

Job description

Entity:
Production & Operations

Job Family Group:
Engineering Group

Job Description:

Production & Operations (P&O)

A career in production & operations is an opportunity to help shape the future of bp. As part of the team, you'll apply digital technologies and an agile approach as we transform our operating assets in pursuit of our net zero ambition. You'll also help to develop hydrocarbon resources, delivering transformative projects and growing your talent in all kinds of new and rewarding ways within the operational heart of bp.

About the role:

We have an opportunity for a Process Engineer to join the North Sea business, initially deployed to the central North Sea (CNS) production delivery unit as a member of the ETAP facility support squad. The squad's mission is to keep the hydrocarbons in the pipe and keep equipment available to sustain planned production over the life of the facility.

The role provides a great opportunity to develop your process engineering skills, working on a varied range of tasks from engineering modifications, risk management activity, emissions reduction plans, reliability and production efficiency improvement.

There is a lot of interesting activity planned at ETAP, including the Murlach project and an infill drilling program at Mungo. This is a great opportunity to broaden your technical skills, help to deliver resilient oil and gas production while contributing to reductions in bp's operating emissions.

What you will deliver:

• Provide process engineering support to ETAP, working closely with the site team and other engineers in the facility support squad to resolve issues.
• Provide process engineering expertise to other teams by performing and reviewing process engineering calculations and analyses.
• Support the delivery of MoCs and brownfield projects and modifications by advising on regulatory compliance, proposing deviations from technical practice/specifications, design reviews, procurement support for complex packages, assessing life cycle operability etc.
• Provide process engineering input to hazard identification and risk assessment processes, such as MoCs, HAZOPs, LOPAs, HAZIDs, human factors analysis, what-Ifs, vulnerability studies, bow-ties and risk action plans.
• Provides process engineering support to incident investigations and production deferral investigations.

What you will need to be successful:

Education requirements:

• Degree in Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering or equivalent

• Chartered Engineer

Essential skills:

• Extensive technical understanding of process engineering, understanding of process modeling tools, good understanding of risk management tools and practices including the use of risk barrier diagrams
• Proven ability in practical application of engineering standards and practices for process engineering.
• Delivery focused and able to demonstrate effective application of technical knowledge.
• Ability to establish strong working relationships
• Ability and confidence to engage with and influence senior leadership on technical matters

Desirable skills:

• Engaging, influencing and leading across teams and functions to deliver engineering improvements
• Passion for excellence in project delivery and continuous improvement
• Pragmatic decision maker, willing to challenge and ensure engineering value is delivered
• Self-motivated with a willingness to learn from others and work with minimum direction.
• Experience of agile working methods such as Kanban
• Experience of upstream oil & gas operations

Why Join our team?

At bp, we provide an excellent working environment and employee benefits such as an open and inclusive culture, a great work-life balance, tremendous learning and development opportunities to craft your career path, life and health insurance, medical care package and many others.

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 significant, 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 others benefits.

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

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

Skills:
Application of hierarchy of control, Application of hierarchy of control, Asset health monitoring, Commercial Acumen, Defect Elimination, Design case for safety, Design development and delivery, Design performance standards, Economic evaluation methodology, Emergency process isolation and shutdown systems, Environment and Social Impact Assessment, Facility layout, Fluid characterisation, Hazardous area classification, Hydraulics, Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA), Lean Practices, Major accident risk, Operational performance standards, Personal Safety, Plant Layout, Process and process safety design philosophies, Process control and automation, Process performance monitoring, Process safety assurance {+ 5 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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