Upstream Instrument and Control Intern

Job Family Group:

Business Support Group

Job Description:

Early Careers at bp  

Looking to turn your career dreams into global impact? Explore graduate opportunities with bp. Here you get to work on challenging projects, learn from experts and mentors, and be part of a high-performing team from the get-go. You get the freedom to think boldly, the licence to innovate and the chance to grow in multiple directions. And you get supported, recognised and rewarded along the way.    

Our Internships  

Our summer internships are 10 weeks. You’ll be based in one team throughout your internship, working on real projects that you’ll be able to manage through to completion. Throughout you’ll have the support of a dedicated line manager and a buddy from one of our early careers programs. Alongside your day-to-day responsibilities, you’ll have the opportunity to attend events and socials with other interns, take part in training sessions to help develop your interpersonal skills and network with leaders from across bp. The program is designed to help build your skills and technical knowledge whilst also allowing you to learn more about life at bp.   

Role and Responsibilities  

Instrument and Controls includes a range of engineering subdisciplines including instruments, process control, safety systems, measurements, communications and cyber security.  It enables digitally secure, safe, reliable and optimal control of complex energy facilities, which include our oil and gas production facilities, pipelines, oil refineries, biofuels plants, green and blue hydrogen production, on-shore and off-shore wind, solar and integrated mobility solutions.   
   
The instruments and protective systems role consist of three primary specialist areas including field instrumentation, safety instrumented systems (SIS), and fire and gas systems, all these systems playing critical roles in safe and reliable operations, environment and personnel protection. It is the control & automation engineer’s job to optimize production and enhance safety by making improvements to process control, as well as designing and maintaining the distributed control systems that house these controls.  Operations critical telecommunications engineers enhance bp’s safety, security, communications, and operations in the field by engineering and supporting critical operational technology systems, connectivity and networks.  The automation systems digital security role supports operations, projects and emerging technologies in understanding cyber security risks related to automation systems, developing solutions and processes to conform to bp requirements.   

  
As an intern you could find yourself:   

• Working with the latest sensing, measurement & analysis instrument technologies; learning design and application of safety instrumented systems in production, refining, pipelines, carbon capture, hydrogen generation, biofuels and renewable energy facilities.   

• Designing and building process plant control systems for offshore production, processing terminals and pipelines.    

• Working with the latest wireless technology to support development and use of industrial IoT as we build new energy systems and modernize our legacy operations.   

• Working with an incredibly diverse and distributed team of experienced engineers with a global perspective.  Instrumentation and Controls touch everything in bp to make our processes and systems operate safely and reliably.   

Requirements  

• Azerbaijani citizenship  

• Relevant bachelor’s and/or master’s degree   

• 2028 academic year graduates are eligible to apply  

• CGPA 75% (2.5) 

Specializations: 

• Engineering - Electrical/Electronic 

• Engineering - Instrument and Control  

• Engineering - Process Automation  

Important:   
You can apply to one role only!  

Start Date  

1st of July 2027

Please note: Our internships are full-time. If you will struggle to be available for these dates &/or may not be able to work full time, please flag this if you are invited to a technical interview, or earlier if possible. 

If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy.  This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks. 

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:

Adaptability, Authenticity, Collaboration, Communication, Continuous Learning, Courage, Creativity and Innovation, Curiosity, Decision Making, Digital Fluency, Ethical judgement, Excellence, Influencing, Knowledge Sharing, Listening, Managing volatility, Problem Solving, Resilience, Self-Awareness, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Understanding Emotions, Writing skills

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If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.