Expert Technologist

Entity:
Technology Job Family Group:
Research & Technology Group

Job Description:

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.

Downstream R&D is a team of over 300 technologists, chemists, scientists and engineers who provide pioneering solutions to support bp’s Fuels, Refining, Bioenergy and Hydrogen businesses. We also support the Technology group through Innovation Management, Modelling, Digital Science and our academic research programmes. Please note that roles based out of SJS or Sunbury will move to Timber Square, Southwark, from Q4 2027.

The Refining and Advanced Fuels Technology (R&AFT) team sits in the Downstream R&D group. The team consists of over 150 people who work closely with the business groups to assure the quality of our fuels along the whole of the Fuels Supply Chain - from our Refineries and 3rd party suppliers to our Mobility and Convenience businesses. The R&AFT team also develop differentiated fuels products for retail customers and deploy these into global markets.

The range of fuel products is evolving as part of the energy transition, with a growing number of bio-based fuel offers. The R&AFT team run technical programs to understand and mitigate the risk of processing biobased feed stocks in our refinery assets. You will sit within our Marketing Technology and ESA Fuels team, developing and deploying new fuel claims and products for global markets.

• Design and lead technology programmes to develop new fuel marketing claims offers for the regional businesses.
• Analyse complex data sets gained from vehicle and engine testing, to generate performance claims that will delight our fuels customers in the different regions. For example, to prove the performance benefits of using premium bp fuels.
• Use advanced modelling software to support the physical engine testing, accelerating the time to market for new claims and offers.
• Participate in new fuel project teams to provide technical guidance through every stage of the project cycle including launch in the region.
• Provide deep subject matter expertise on fuel claims development for the broader Downstream organization.
• Work with a global network of laboratories and vehicle test centres both inside and outside of bp, to deliver high quality, repeatable data in a systematic way.

• Proven experience in fuels product development or similar.
• Chemistry or Engineering degree.
• Deep understanding of vehicle fuels claim development methodology, including use of digital modelling tools to complement physical testing.
• Strong technical leadership; bring technical rigour to data collection and analysis, share expertise with the broader team.
• Excellent team work / partnership skills to enable close connection with the business marketing team and adjacent technology teams.

Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner!

At bp, we support our people to grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, excellent retirement benefits, among others!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive…