Senior Process Engineer

Entity:

Technology

Job Family Group:

Engineering Group

Job Description:

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.

The Senior Process Engineer personally delivers process engineering activities across the Bengaluru Cenre, and is accountable for process safety and engineering integrity.  The role leads by example, designing laboratory infrastructure and small bespoke experimental apparatus as well as owning key chemical and process engineering systems.

The role provides technical leadership for a small facilities engineering team, leading operational process engineering support to industrial and bench scale laboratories, and delivering expert process engineering consultancy across the lab.

As the focal point for facilities process design, engineering assurance, and technical risk management, the Senior Process Engineer both delivers and leads the design and modification of laboratory OSBL infrastructure, and leads the technical assurance of third party equipment.

This is where bp’s physical research and development work happens; we cover the science behind everything bp does. We lead scientific innovation right through the lifecycle - from research, product development, demonstration, technical scale-up, commercialization and support for users in the real world.

This is an opportunity to join a business with an enviable position touching and working with many of bp’s internal businesses and external partners in supporting today’s opportunities whilst focussing on delivering the future technologies.

Job purpose and primary objectives:

This role plays a key part in the assurance of chemical engineering principles within an R&D business and will provide oversight and verification of the standardised engineering delivery and detailed engineering solutions.

The role will also provide operational line technical query support to the operating teams across our operating sites.

Success is developing and assuring our inherently safer design, safe systems of work, whilst facing the challenges of a research, development and technology driven business.

Key responsibilities include:

•            Act as steward for chemical engineering standards and systems that ensure process technical integrity, including Management of Change, pressure systems, area classification, and P&ID standards.

•            Lead and personally deliver process engineering deliverables for projects, and complex modifications for a range of hydrocarbon research activities, including accountability for OSBL design

•            Provide authoritative technical assurance and challenge of contractor and third party research equipment designs, ensuring full alignment with bp standards and best practice and suitability for experimental programmes.

•            Lead development and implementation of chemical engineering systems and procedures appropriate for a research environment, meeting company and regulatory requirements.

•            Lead  HAZOP, HAZID, LOPA, Process Safety Reviews (PSRs), and Management of Change.

Qualifications & Experience

•            Bachelor’s and/or master’s degree in chemical/ process engineering or related discipline relevant to chemical/ process engineering.

•            Significant experience (5-10 years), with exposure to small scale facility or equipment desin

•            Good working knowledge of relevant industry standards

•            Demonstrated leadership in HAZOP/ HAZID/ LOPA studies

•            Strong leadership skills, ability to influence and drive decisions.

•            Fluent written and spoken English language.

•            Ability to challenge and assure complex safety critical decisions are made

•            Good communicator, able to technically address with conviction verbally and written across Projects and Operations on technical matters at all levels of the company.

•            Able to demonstrate pragmatism when balancing technical decisions and operational needs (deliver safe & competitive solutions).

About bp

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!

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

Additional Information

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, veteran status, or disability status.

Even though the job is advertised as full time, please contact the hiring manager or the recruiter as flexible working arrangements may be considered.

What you can expect from us!

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion:

At bp, you could be part of Business Resource Groups (BRGs) which belief in the power of inclusion, deeper connections, and shared experiences. They provide a place for employees to learn and share knowledge, to connect, and to improve. The BRGs focus on and encourage talent engagement, development, and retention while creating a broadened sense of community and inclusion for bp employees. The groups cultivate leadership growth by involving employees in developmental opportunities they would not otherwise have access to. Formal and informal mentoring also helps employees develop their professional goals and connect with colleagues. The BRGs’ dedication to growth at all levels helps employees feel more engaged and energized. The BRGs break down barriers, so we can all do better together. Examples of BRGs include (but are not limited to):

bpWIN (bp Women’s International Network)
Pride
Working parents
PEN (Positively Ethnic Network)
bpInclusia (bp’s Asian community)
bpEnergía (bp’s Latin community)

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:

Laboratory Design, Laboratory Development, Laboratory Experiments, Pilot Plants, Process Engineering, Research and Development, Research Projects, Use of Laboratory Equipment

Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics like race, religion, color, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, 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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