1. Senior Engineer, Intelligent Operations
Downstream Future Leaders Program
Role Title
Digital Lead
Reporting to
Business Area
Refining
Downstream Distinctive Capability
Technology
Role Level
Location & expected travel
Naperville, up to 20% TRAVEL
BFHR contact for this role
Direct Reports? No
Role in context of Future Leaders Program
The Intelligent Operations Team within Refining Technology & Engineering supports the deployment of new digtial technologies to support our advantaged manufacturing agenda.
Role Purpose
Accelerate digital transformation in Refining through refinement of digital strategy, driving execution of proof of concepts, industrialisation of digital tools and integration with existing manufacturing excellence programs. Develop and apply data-driven solutions deriving value through Improved Availability, Optimized Production, and Workforce Productivity. Apply ‘Agile’ project approaches to drive adoption of digital opportunities .
Team membership
The Senior Engineer – Intelligent Operations is a member of the RTE Intelligent Operations Team. The team has accountability for creating a technology portfolio to deliver technology options across both the near and longer term time horizons to enable the growth and resiliency agenda in Petchems . We evaluate and recommend new technology participation options and are a key conduit to BP Group Technology and other BP teams to leverage broader BP technology capabilities. We are tasked with implementing a digital strategy in the area of Intelligent Operations and work closely with Petrochemicals to progress the digtial agenda in Downstream. We also work collaboratively with the Upstream and with other BP segments and functions in to support the company-wide digital transformation.
Specific Role Description
Support the refinement of digital Intelligent Operations strategy
Driving execution of proof of concept projects in Refining including optimised production, provide real-time predictive failure, digtial safety and reliability
Identify new opportunities to develop and apply data-driven solutions within our refineries
Evaluate the success of proof of concepts across other BP groups in upstream and downstream to develop plans for industrialization of digital tools in Refining
Apply ‘Agile’ project approaches to drive adoption of digital opportunities in an efficient and timely manner
Leadership skills and technical competencies
(aligned to a Distinctive capability)
Leadership Expectations and behaviours
Maximizing value: Take ownership to create enduring value through identification and delivery of opportunities.
Build enduring capability: Take ownership of career and be open to and act upon feedback.
Energize people: Create trust based relationships and connections across BP, seek to always understand and listen to others to successfully influence
Lead though our values: Role model BP’s V&Bs through all actions and decisions.
Core attributes:
Achievement: Passionate about making a difference and makes things happen, results focused and resilient.
Relationships: Develops trust based relationships, vertically and horizontally for the benefit of the organization not their personal agenda.
Judgement: Ability to think broadly and deeply, manage the big picture detail to make sustainable ‘one team’ decisions.
Learning Agility: Quickly assimilates and applies new learning and quickly reaches exceptional performance in new and different situations.
Technical competencies
The competencies required from the technology CDF.
Technology project management
Business acumen
Intellectual asset management
Modelling and data analysis
Creating insight and innovation
Experience
/Education
Post graduate degree
Undergraduate degree in Engineering
Essential work experience:
5+ year works experience aligned to the application of innovative data science / digital technologies, preferably in a manufacturing context.
Aspiration to develop into a specialist future leader within this distinctive capability: