Internship - Supply, Trading & Shipping

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Supply, Trading & Shipping Job Family Group:

Business Support Group, Supply & Trading Group

Job Description:

About bpbp operates at the heart of the global energy system, helping countries meet their energy needs and serving millions of customers every day. With world-class assets, technology, trading capability and partnerships, we deliver energy at scale today while investing with discipline in the energy transition.

Our internships

Make an impact on cutting-edge projects. Help find solutions to complex challenges. Be part of a company that invests in you and your growth. You can do it all as an intern  one year internship programme gives you the opportunity to build your technical knowledge, develop key skills and learn more about life 'll be part of one team throughout your internship, supported by a dedicated line manager and buddy.

There’ll be opportunities to connect with other interns, take part in training and grow your network across the business.

Role and responsibilities

The summer internship programme is designed to give you maximum exposure to our supply, trading & shipping (ST&S) business. You will be working on projects with real impact to our business. You’ll be placed in a team with opportunities to showcase and enhance your skillset, follow your ambition and be part of the team’s success.

Examples of previous projects include:

Carrying out research and analysis into a particular market or new jurisdiction and producing a strategy to help support trading decisions and growth.

Producing daily news/customer information reports to highlight market information and opportunities for trading and origination.

Analytics in support of our fundamental and demand supply view for short/medium term revenue activity.

Working to automate and optimise systems, reports, and analysis to speed up trading processes and decisions using various data science techniques.

Throughout, you will have on the job training as well as industry-leading learning to develop technical and soft skills. Alongside this, a graduate buddy will help you network and learn everything you need to perform in the organisation. During the 11-week internship programme you will be assessed for your suitability for the ST&S development programme. You will have the opportunity to learn about the development tracks through networking, training & information sessions before deciding on whether you would like to be considered, and if so, which development track you'd like to apply to.

Supply, Trading & shipping development track career pathway

Commercial track

Every year, bp invests billions of dollars searching for new sources of energy, supplying our customers with the fuels they need. You’ll help to ensure we make the best use of our investment for bp and for our customers. We want you to be in the best position to propose new and creative ways to maximize value. This could see you working in our Marketing & deal Origination teams or in physical operations or other areas which support trading ideas and deals.

The commercial track will help you to develop strong commercial acumen which is supported by the different rotations you will undertake.

Trading track

You’ll be part of the teams managing our trades on all the major energy commodity exchanges as well as our daily exposure to global currency and interest rate fluctuations. You’ll have the opportunity to experience different trading disciplines and styles from physical trading to paper trading, even the possibility to specialise in quantitative trading. Over the course of the 3-year programme you’ll complete rotations that are designed to give you the opportunity to build your skills and knowledge in a trading environment.

Analytics track

Analysts have an opportunity to…