Career development

At BP, we're prepared to move quickly when new opportunities emerge. We take the same approach to developing the capabilities and skills of the people in GPO.

With us, you can accelerate your career progress through a structured programme that gives you both short and long-term goals. You’ll build the skills and knowledge you need to make a difference to the future of energy. The portfolio of the Global Projects Organization is large and varied. We need to find people who share our focus on innovation and progress to take us forward.

The eXcellence Programme

The eXcellence Programme is a roadmap to your technical development in BP. The programme is a comprehensive development framework for your continuous professional development after our Challenge programme. By providing a structured roadmap for technical and professional roles, the programme offers:

- Real on-the-job experiences
- Formal training curriculum
- Structured informal support
- Development reviews

The Learning Centre

The Learning Centre opened in Houston in early 2010. This state-of-the-art facility serves as a flagship for delivering training to employees around the world, both physically and virtually. The centre hosts innovative training facilities such as online based classrooms, Telepresence, and an audio-visual control room and editing studio. Additional training hubs are being planned, the first being in Sunbury, UK, at BP's International Centre for Business and Technology.

University links

BP has a long-track record of investment in research and technology, and has for many years collaborated with scientists, academics, business partners and others to tackle energy challenges. In today's energy industry, where new challenges abound, collaboration between partner organisations has become highly sophisticated. An integral part of BP's approach has been the establishment and funding of a co-ordinated programme of research activities in premier universities around the world. The programmes, which have been operating for more than a decade, form an essential part of our technology research and development work, focused on tackling the long-term energy challenges we face.

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Working at BP

We believe that strong teams, shared goals and large, innovative projects give people more opportunities. At BP, we’ll give you the structured training and professional challenges that will help you progress your career.