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About Fuels & Low Carbon Technology: F&LCT is a team of over 300 technologists, scientists and engineers who provide pioneering solutions to support bp’s Fuels, Refining, Bioenergy and Hydrogen businesses. We also support the Technology group through Innovation Management, Modelling, Digital Science and our academic research programmes.
What you will deliver:
Delivery of safe and compliant operations, contributing to the development of an HSSE culture aligned with the goals of Applied Sciences and Technology in particular, and bp in general.
Lead work, with business and technology colleagues, to identify needs and opportunities involving process engineering, and deliver results and insights to meet these needs.
Take the technical lead in early technology appraisal studies and/or due diligence studies, including techno-economic assessments.
Design and contribute to the successful execution of process development and modelling work, and the communication of results, to meet the needs of defined programmes, conceptual designs, or active projects, including with industrial partners or third parties.
Develop others by mentoring junior engineers and proactively sharing expertise and interests with others.
What you will need to be successful (experience and qualifications):
Bachelors or higher degree in Chemical Engineering with a strong grasp of underlying fundamentals of physics, reaction engineering, kinetics, and various process technologies.
8+ years of demonstrated professional experience
A background which mixes deep understanding of chemical engineering fundamentals with practical, large scale experience in a chemical or refining manufacturing environment.
A personal understanding of new areas of process technology based on bp relationships, internal documents and the academic literature.
Setting the scope of research programmes and leading studies to understand technical challenges faced by bp businesses, particularly the techno-economic assessment of new conversion technologies.
Designing detailed experimental plans, participating in the operation of experimental units, and analyzing the results.
Developing conceptual and mathematical models and applying them to deliver insight into research programmes.
Undertaking technical due diligence studies in support of venturing opportunities
Conceptual design flow sheeting and process simulation - ASPEN+, PetroSIM or similar
Good to have experiences/skills:
Prior experience working in the renewable / low carbon fuels space
Practical experience operating, troubleshooting, and designing of larger unit operations; examples could include fixed bed reactors, hydrogen production, syngas production, fermentation, carbon-capture, compression, fired operations
Pilot and demonstration scale operations management or direct experience
Prior demonstrated experience in scaling / commercializing new process technologies.
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.
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!
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