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Applied Sciences sits under our Innovation and Engineering entity and is home to all of bp’s physical sciences and technology capability. It’s primary purpose is to support bp’s various businesses whilst helping to accelerate the transition to Net Zero.

As an Applied Science Engineering graduate, you’ll begin your career by embarking on our world-class One Engineering early careers development programme. This will provide you with the necessary skills and experience to become a fully fledged professional engineer within your chosen domain. You will also work towards professional accreditation with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

You’ll be expected to work in several technology and engineering focussed placements lasting between 9-18 months over a 3-year period. Throughout the programme you will acquire a variety of technical, management and leadership skills through a combination of structured and unstructured learning. Training and development will be managed according to a syllabus encompassing the overarching bp One Engineering programme, Applied Sciences development, and Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) professional engineer competency framework.

Examples of activities you could be involved in include

  • Fundamental research, advanced development and innovation
  • Product development
  • Data science and application development.
  • Physical product testing
  • Computer modelling, simulation and statistical analysis
  • Product deployment and technical support
  • Joint engineering projects

In this role your primary responsibilities will be

  • Adherence to bp’s Code of Conduct and uphold bp’s Value & Behaviours.
  • Completion of the Applied Sciences Challenger rotation and training programme.
  • Self management of personal and professional competence development across a range of engineering, technology, digital and business fields in accordance with the bp Challenger, One Engineering and Applied Sciences training syllabuses.
  • Work towards achieving professional recognition of competence or chartered membership of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
  • Work within secondments to deliver assigned projects and tasks that provide opportunity for personal development, fulfil business needs and help deliver bp’s strategy.
  • Develop personal leadership skills and behaviours consistent with becoming a future first level or senior level leader.
  • Provide unique insights, innovate and apply thought leadership in areas of academic specialism.
  • Act as ambassadors for bp, Applied Sciences and the engineering profession both within and outside of bp.
  • Make positive contributions to the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), bp’s business resource groups and the wider community.

You’ll become part of an organisation committed to a diverse, energetic and inclusive culture that thrives on open, transparent and constructive feedback. You’ll have a good understanding of

scientific and mechanical principles, be dedicated, enthusiastic, committed and a great organiser. From the beginning you’ll be expected to act as a leader, prepared to speak up, and demonstrate a sincere commitment bp’s values.

Requirements

To apply for this role, you’ll need a Mechanical, Automotive or Aeronautical engineering Master’s degree at a 2:1 or above, preferably IMechE accredited.

It would also be expected that you can demonstrate your knowledge and awareness of the energy and transport sector.

The successful candidate would preferably also have:-

  • Industrial experience in an engineering capacity.
  • Digital skills in computer aided engineering techniques, programming and data analytics

To meet the eligibility criteria to apply for this role, you will need to be in your final year of study or have completed your degree 

Location – Pangbourne

We support our graduates to get professional accreditation and become chartered engineers. Therefore, it’s essential that your degree is accredited to MEng (or equivalent) level. To find out if your degree is accredited, please visit the links below. If you don’t find your degree within the links and know it is accredited, then please continue to submit your application and we can confirm this for you.

Remember, you can only apply for ONE opportunity. If you are not sure that this is the opportunity for you, please return to our Candidate Matcher to review your other matches.   

Within the education section please list all information for any degrees that you have studied or are currently studying.  If you need to make any adjustments to any stage of the recruitment process, for example due to an illness, injury or a disability, please contact us on 0800 279 2088 or email [email protected]. If you are calling from overseas, please dial +44 1635 584149.    

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