Civil Engineer

bp Offshore Wind Engineering is a fast-growing business and a key part of bp’s transition from an International Oil Company to an Integrated Energy Company.

If this is a transition you’d like to lead, come and join us!

You will join us as an Engineer for Foundations in the newly formed Offshore Wind division.

You will be deployed to the Mona and Morgan offshore wind projects in the Irish Sea.

These projects are in the FEED/develop stage by the bp-EnBW Joint Venture. You will support the engineering of the Gravity Base Substructures as part of an integrated project team and follow the project through to detailed design. The project team will be co-located, we operate hybrid working with 3 office based days per week. We work with international engineering contractors and you would likely travel for 25% of your time.

What you will deliver

• Support foundation engineering aspects of project development.
• Define and lead technical studies to inform key project decisions on the foundation package.
• Technical verification of contractor engineering including design reviews.
• Performance lead contractor package engineering.
• Work closely with the Quality Lead to define test and inspection requirements.
• Support technical bid evaluation.
• Review and approve deviations from codes and standards.
• Verify supplier documentation using the document review process, inform inspector visits and support client verification of construction work.
• Support technical integration with from other packages, particularly Transport and Installation and Wind Turbines.
• Collect lessons at keys stages during the package management lifecycle to continuously improve portfolio technical knowledge.
• Deliver foundation innovation, technology and designs that optimise the LCoE of the project.

What you will need to be successful (experience and qualifications)

• Engineering Degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
• Confirmed technical proficiency in structural engineering field and concrete design with broad understanding of the applicable codes and standards for the scope.
• Proficient written and spoken English language.
• Significant experience of project design stages (FEED/detailed design).
• A minimum of 7 years of proven experience of offshore structures.
• Understanding of the interfaces and interaction with supporting engineering fields for the scope of this package, particularly geotechnical.
• Understand technical risk identification and management processes to deliver safe and driven projects.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work efficiently across functions and within multi-disciplinary teams.
• Ability in performance management of others (including 3rd party engineering services providers) to support timely decision making.

Desirable Criteria

• Chartered Engineer or equivalent professional qualification.
• Understand Quality Management process for engineering, manufacture and installation.
• Understand technical aspects of driven procurement process.
• Experience of construction, installation and operations support.
• Experience of technology development.

You will work with

• You will collaborate with the Project Engineering Lead to deliver technical integrity.
• You will lead engineers (3rd party contractors) to deliver foundation engineering on projects.
• Coordination with the other engineering fields ensure the most efficient design and management of the technical interfaces.
• Work with multi-disciplinary teams locally and globally in OFW and across bp.
• Work with procurement and quality professionals and package managers.
• Work and coordinate with the respective engineering community, ensuring the knowledge sharing and best use of harmonies within bp.
• Network externally.

Why Join our team?

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.

We support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.

There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are significant, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, collaboration spaces in a modern office environment, and others benefits.

Reinvent your career as you help our business meet the challenges of the future.

Apply now!

Travel Requirement
Up to 25% travel should be expected with this role.

Relocation Assistance: This role is not eligible for relocation.

Remote Type: This position is a hybrid of office/remote working.

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