This is Engineering

From the shoes you wear and the phone in your hand, through to the music you listen to and the games you play, engineering is at the heart of everything. It brings ideas to life and turns dreams into reality. Whether you’re into sports, beats, fashion, festivals, trainers or tech, there’s a place in engineering for you

Young engineer of the year

Mechanical engineer Ross O’Brien has made an impact on BP in his first four years with the company and inspired future engineers - and now he’s won the prestigious Young Engineer of the Year award

BP joins the Royal Academy of Engineering’s 'This Is Engineering' campaign as a principal partner to help inspire young people to choose engineering careers

Woman in BP t-shirt showing child an engineering game

A capital approach to STEM

Our relationship with science when we’re young can have a dramatic impact on our career decisions. But could a recent study from the Enterprising Science programme have found a solution to help increase the uptake of STEM subjects?

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Supporting STEM education

A female BP engineer shows model to a group of secondary school boys and a girl

Aspiring STEM heroes

Five teams of aspiring engineers have been presented with special awards for their innovative solutions to complex engineering problems at the 11th STEM festival at BP’s international centre for business and technology in Sunbury

Four schoolgirls, wearing hard hats, demonstrate the engineering model they built

BP's Ultimate STEM Challenge

Our competition has been designed to help young people develop their creativity, problem-solving skills and employability by tackling real-world challenges

Two secondary school girls look at an engineering model

This is Engineering - inspiration day

In a bid to inspire the next generation of innovators, inventors and problem solvers, 60 BP engineers spent the day talking to students about their careers at BP

A group of secondary school girls and boys admire an F1 racing car

This is Engineering - inspiration day

Local students spent the day at BP's offices in Pangbourne for an exciting look into the world of fuels and lubricants. We even brought in an F1 car for them!

Primary school girls work with BP engineers to design an experiment

This is Engineering - inspiration day

Balloon rocket races, marshmallow and straw structures and perfecting team work with the help of colourful Lego towers were part of BP Hull’s STEM inspiration day

Meet our engineers

A photo montage of women who work as engineers

Women in engineering

Celebrating women in engineering helps to raise the profile of women in engineering careers and encourages other women to get inspired. We hear from nine BP engineers on why they think that engineering is a great career for women

A male technician solders parts on a computer motherboard

Why engineering is a mega job

What is science capital and how can it influence your career? Boris Ertl talks about his childhood influences and why he chose to study chemical engineering

Cloud-catching to bubble science

Seeing how you can use simple science and engineering principles to change people’s lives for the better was the inspiration behind process engineer Amrita Lulla's career path

A remote operated vehicle (ROV) is deployed at sea

The call of the sea

A passion for the sea led Nathalie Descusse-Brown to study the frequency of waves. Now as a senior riser engineer she faces incredible challenges such as working at depths of 1250 metres below sea level and using subsea robots

Projects and modifications engineer Tamara Holmgren

Wanted: Creative, team-playing communicators

Tamara Holmgren rose from an apprentice at Foster Wheeler to a BP projects and modifications manager. Find out more about her career ...