Floating Systems Engineer

Entity:

Production & Operations

Job Family Group:

Engineering Group

Job Description:

About bp

bp Technical Solutions India (TSI) centre in Pune, aims to build on bp’s existing engineering and technical strengths to deliver high quality services to its hydrocarbons and new energy businesses worldwide. TSI brings together diverse engineering capability to provide technical services across a range of areas including engineering, maintenance, optimization, data processes, projects and subsurface, to deliver safe, affordable and lower emission energy, while continuously innovating how we work.

At bp, we’re reimagining energy for people and our planet. We’re leading the way in reducing carbon emissions and developing more sustainable methods for solving the energy challenge. We’re a team with multi-layered strengths of engineers, scientists, traders and business professionals determined to find answers to problems.

And we know we can’t do it alone. We’re looking for people who share our passion for reinvention, to bring fresh opinions, ambition, and to challenge our thinking in our goal to achieve net zero!

Let me tell you about the role

The floating systems engineer will provide field expertise for operation support, including brownfield projects and life extension work. The engineer will proactively interact with other fields and contractors to systematically resolve technical challenges and problems and apply sound engineering judgment to drive integrated, pragmatic solutions on risk management, project delivery, operational efficiency, defect elimination, and standardization.

The floating systems engineer will be based in Pune, India.

We are looking for a candidate with a solid technical background who can make fit-for-purpose recommendations for operations, including and not limited to the inspections, repairs, and Fabric Maintenance scoping. In addition, the candidate needs strong stakeholder management skills and ability to effectively communicate technical outcomes, to ensure engineering risks are understood, controlled, and continuously reduced across the business to deliver safe, reliable and cost-effective pragmatic results.

What you will deliver

Responsibilities

• You will be an integrated member of the central Civil & Structural (C&S) team, Pune branch, fully deployed to bp’s Gulf of America floating system integrity squad. You will act as asset responsible floating system integrity engineer to ensure the integrity delivery and the maintenance of operating assets in a suitable condition to deliver the company’s safety and business goals. You are also an integrated member of the Gulf of America integrity management team.
• As a floating systems engineer, you will:
• Deliver the regional floating systems and structural integrity management plans for supported assets based on company guidance and industry codes.
• Own the asset floating systems and structural inspection scoping, monitoring, and maintenance strategies to determine the facility's current condition.
• Own the floating systems and structural performance standards of the supported facilities. You will assess whether the facility meets the performance standards in its current condition, following company guidance and industry codes.
• Report significant deterioration in structural conditions or any deviation from the performance standards through the company Anomaly Assessment and Tracking tool. You will process and communicate the risks to the appropriate level following the operation dashboard, emerging risk process, and risk assurance tool as appropriate.
• Support the regional severe weather evacuation preparation and post-hurricane or winter storm inspection. You will supervise platform performance using the marine monitoring systems and data to ensure the floaters operate within the safe operation limits.
• Define the floating systems and structural engineering scope of work for new construction, modifications to existing assets, and life extension work, focus primarily on topside structural work.
• Provide technical assurance for third-party engineering deliveries, ensuring design and operations follow industry codes, company technical practices, and performance standards.
• Maintain relationships with third-party providers and contractors.
• Assess the impact of significant weight and metocean changes to operating assets.
• Deliver fit-for-purpose solutions that consider operational constraints and asset as-is conditions.
• You will actively contribute to the floating systems Community of Practice by sharing best practices and learning. Additionally, you will:
• support the Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) with the development and upkeep of company engineering technical practices, ensuring they are fit for purpose, and
• work with SMEs to address lessons learned.
• You will drive efforts to ensure floating systems risks, including pre-service and in-place conditions, operation, or metocean factors, are understood, controlled, and continuously reduced across the business to deliver safe and reliable results, and effectively communicate these risks to business and technical stakeholders.

People and business related:

• Provide visible safety leadership in accordance with bp safety leadership principles, lifesaving rules, and process safety fundamentals to model desired safety behaviors
• Record relevant lessons learned in the bp shared learning system, escalate as vital and incorporate into local activities and specifications/ practices/ procedures.
• Support performance management through implementation, measurement, and analysis of relevant KPI’s to drive continuous improvement

What you will need to be successful

Must have educational qualifications:

• BSc or BEng (UK), BSc (US), or international equivalent in civil/structural engineering, naval architecture, ocean engineering, or a closely aligned field.

Must have certifications:

• Chartered engineer, professional engineer, or near chartered/professional status in a closely aligned field, or evidence of progression towards full chartered/professional status.

Preferred education/certifications:

• Postgraduate qualification in civil/structural engineering, naval architecture, ocean engineering, or a closely aligned field.

Minimum years of proven experience:

• 7+ years

Total years of experience:

• 7+ years

Must have experiences/skills (To be hired with)

• Knowledge of discipline-related industry standards (API RP 2FPS, 2SK, 2TOP, 2A-WSD, AISC WSD, and ISO 19900/19904 series) and class codes (ABS, DNV, or BV).
• Proven industry experience in semi and FPSO topside design, construction, installation, and integrity management.
• Experience in nonlinear finite element analysis, hot spot stress calculations, and spectral fatigue analyses for topside structures.
• People leadership, teamwork, communication skills, and an ability to network and influence across organizational boundaries.
• Capable of communicating both verbally and in writing clearly and succinctly.
• Fluent in English, both written and oral.
• Individual must be highly motivated and a self-starter.

Good to have experiences/skills (Can be trained for – learning/on-the-job):

• Experience in management of change, risk assessment, performance management, maintenance, and repair strategies.
• Experience in applying risk-based methodology for platform inspection and anomaly management.

You will work with

• Other central field engineering teams
• Regional IM Teams
• Regional and central IM execution teams
• Regional facility supports squads and operations teams
• Projects delivery leads
• Maintenance teams within bpTSI and Regions
• External Vendors and Contractors.
• Ad hoc teams as required

Why join bp team?

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

We provide an excellent environment and 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!

Diversity sits at the heart of our company and as an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our mission by ensuring that our place can be anyone's place. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application and interview process, to perform complicated job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Travel Requirement

Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is eligible for relocation within country

Remote Type:

This position is not available for remote working

Skills:

Agility core practices, Analytical Thinking, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Creativity and Innovation, Data Analysis, Design approaches, Designing for climate change and zero carbon, Digital Fluency, Emerging technology monitoring, Engineering evaluation, Incident investigation and learning, Inspection and monitoring strategy, Numerical modelling, Scripting, Sustainability awareness and action, Technology Development, Uncertainty Quantification

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