P&C Senior Advisor

bp; Blaine (MN); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

401(k) matching

Health insurance

Job summary

bp's Cherry Point Refinery is seeking a People & Culture Senior Advisor to partner with leaders and frontline teams, delivering practical, people-focused solutions in a dynamic refinery setting.

You will advise on employee lifecycle decisions, proactively manage employee relations matters, and help translate bp's people strategy into meaningful site-level outcomes across the integrated People & Culture team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Human Resources or other relevant field.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to influence and build relationships with stakeholders across different levels.

Responsibilities

• Understand the business and drive organizational change initiatives.
• Lead talent management initiatives aligned to business priorities.
• Support performance management and reward/recognition programs.
• Partner with bp entities to translate people strategy at the site level.
• Provide ER coaching and drive employee engagement.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Influence stakeholders

Communication

Project management

Organizational skills

Talent management

Workforce planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or HR

Job description

Entity

People, Culture & Communications

Job Family Group

HR Group

Job Description

Why join bp at Cherry Point?

At bp, our people are central to delivering safe, reliable operations and to achieving our ambition of reimagining energy for people and our planet. As a People & Culture Senior Advisor at Cherry Point Refinery, you will play a hands‑on, influential role supporting leaders and employees at one of bp’s largest and most complex operational sites.

This is an opportunity to make a real, visible impact—partnering with leaders, supporting frontline teams, and shaping an inclusive, high‑performance workplace in a dynamic refinery environment.

As a People & Culture Senior Advisor, you will work closely with leaders across Cherry Point to deliver practical, people‑focused solutions aligned with business priorities and bp values. You will advise, coach, and influence leaders on employee lifecycle decisions, proactively manage employee relations matters, and help maintain a positive and engaged workforce.

Working as part of bp’s integrated People & Culture team—alongside P&C Services and Centers of Excellence—you will help translate bp’s people strategy into meaningful outcomes at the site level.

Key Accountabilities

• Develops a deep understanding of the business they support and focuses on driving and delivering organizational change initiatives as appropriate.
• Drives talent management initiatives for the business they support, enabling people to build the capabilities our business values, and ensuring implementation of focused talent management processes that are aligned to business priorities and objectives, developing their impact on organizational effectiveness.
• Enables a compliant and high-performance culture through aligned performance management, reward and recognition frameworks, managing the delivery of integrated reward/recognition solutions to the business and overseeing the annual reward process.
• Leverages standard methodologies and identifies efficiencies and opportunities for alliances across entities based on deep experience delivering agile projects across a variety of businesses across bp
• Ensures personal and team compliance with the function's safety and ethics rules and processes, follows procedures, and provides an exemplary display of BP's Who we Are framework.
• Delivers people & culture advisory support to leaders and facilitates resolution of everyday queries and coaching to drive engagement, pre-empting and resolving employee relations (ER) cases and ensuring that inclusion is the foundation of the business people plan and supported throughout all people management activities.

Education

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Human Resources or other relevant field.

Experience & Requirements

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret data and translate insights into business recommendations
• Demonstrated ability to influence and build relationships with stakeholders across different levels of an organization
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and presentation skills
• Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment
• Interest in talent management, organizational effectiveness, employee relations, and workforce planning
• Ability to work effectively in a matrixed and collaborative business environment

Desirable

• Experience in Human Resources, employee relations, organizational development, or business operations
• Experience working in a large multi-national organization
• Exposure to manufacturing, energy, industrial, or other operational environments
• Familiarity with employment laws, labor relations concepts, and workforce engagement practices
• Professional HR certification (SHRM-CP, PHR, or equivalent) or interest in obtaining certification

Why join us

At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and ambitious 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 ( https://exploreyourbenefits.com/landing.html) 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.

How much do we pay (Base)? $80,000 - $120,000 *Note that the pay range listed for this position is a genuinely expected and reasonable estimate of the range of possible base compensation at the time of posting.

This position offers paid vacation depending on your years of relevant industry experience and will range from 120 – 240 hours of vacation per year for full times employees (60 - 240 hours of vacation per year for part time employees). You will also be eligible for 9 paid holidays per year and 2 personal choice holidays. You may learn more about how we calculate paid vacation and view our generous vacation and holiday schedules at benefits@bp. Bp has a parental leave policy as well, which offers up to 8 weeks’ paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child. Learn more at benefits@bp.

We offer a reward package to enable your work to fit with your life. These offerings include a discretionary annual bonus program, long-term incentive program, and generous retirement benefits that include a 401k matching program. These benefits may include a pension for eligible employees. You may learn more about our generous benefits at benefits@bp.

As part of bp’s wellbeing package, bp offers access to health, vision, and dental insurance, as well as life and Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability. You may learn more about our generous benefits at benefits@bp.

Travel Requirement

Negligible travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

Relocation may be negotiable for this role

Remote Type

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills

Legal Disclaimer:

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