Terminals & Joint Venture Lead

Job Family Group:

Operations Group

Job Description:

This role is accountable for delivering safe, reliable, supply-secure, quality, and cost-efficient operations across bp’s terminals in New Zealand. The network includes joint venture operated terminals, joint industry terminals, and third-party terminal access arrangements, making this a highly visible and impactful position within the supply chain.

As a key safety influencing role, you will play a critical part in managing and improving bp’s exposure risk across New Zealand terminals. This is achieved through living our safety leadership principles and ensuring effective non-operated joint venture (NOJV) management.

You will also own the New Zealand terminals budget, leading planning, in-year forecasting, and delivery. A core focus of the role is driving performance improvement with terminal operators to meet bp’s evolving supply chain needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver safe, reliable and efficient operations across bp’s New Zealand terminals network

• Manage and improve exposure risk through strong safety leadership and effective NOJV management

• Own the New Zealand terminals budget, including planning, forecasting, and performance delivery

• Drive performance improvement with terminal operators

• Build and manage strategic relationships to deliver risk management and long-term value for bp

• Act as bp’s representative for jointly owned assets, including industry pipelines

• Support the Midstream Infrastructure Senior Manager in delivering the ANZ infrastructure strategy as the New Zealand Terminals Subject Matter Authority

• Provide infrastructure and safety Subject Matter Expertise to the New Zealand Supply Optimisation team across planning, strategy, and forums

• Contribute Terminals Subject Matter Expertise to Crisis Management and Business Continuity Planning and Execution

Essential Experience

• Strong safety and risk management skills, with a focus on safe, reliable, and efficient operations

• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, both internally and externally

• Experience in hydrocarbon terminals operations and asset management

• Proven ability to manage NOJVs and/or third parties to drive performance and delivery

• Demonstrated capability leading complex cross-functional projects

• Ability to influence outside of direct line authority

• Experience in portfolio management

Desirable Experience

• Understanding of the New Zealand hydrocarbon supply chain and terminals

• Experience in hydrocarbon infrastructure contract ownership and/or negotiation

Why this role matters

This is an opportunity to directly shape the safety, performance, and resilience of bp’s New Zealand supply chain. You’ll operate at the intersection of infrastructure, safety leadership, and strategic partnerships, with the ability to influence outcomes across a complex network of collaborators and assets.

At bp, we provide the following environment and benefits to you:

• A company culture where we respect our diverse and unified teams, where we are proud of our achievements and where fun and the attitude of giving back to our environment are highly valued

• Possibility to join our social communities and networks

• Learning opportunities and other development opportunities to craft your career path

• Life and health insurance, medical care package

• And many other benefits!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, 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 or interview process, perform crucial job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Don’t hesitate to get in touch with us to request any accommodations!

Travel Requirement:

No travel is expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

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Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.

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