Geology Team Leader Sedimentology & Stratigraphy Specialist

Entity:

Production & Operations

Job Family Group:

Subsurface Group

Job Description:

Production & Operations (P&O)

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.

Role Summary:

bp is seeking a Geology Team Leader – Sedimentology & Stratigraphy Specialist. The ideal candidate is an experienced technical leader who aspires to further develop people and business leadership capability. The role is open to both integrated and specialist geologists.

GSS Specialist Team Leaders and their team members provide flow-to-work support for business and technical delivery across global locations, flexibly switching between projects as directed by the Subsurface prioritization process. This role will manage a team of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Specialists primarily located in the UK, USA and Canada.

Team members may be deployed into Region, Exploration, or GSS squads; therefore, the Team Leader must work in close partnership with Region and Business Team Leaders, Advisers, PSMEs, and SMEs to enable timely and impactful business delivery, technical verification, people development, and effective deployment.

This role is open to existing FLL (G) and SLL (F) applicants from the UK, Houston and Trinidad.  The preference is for UK location.  The role is not eligible for expatriate assignment.

Your Team will be expected to deliver well framed, strategically impactful business and technical products across the portfolio.  You will be expected to support this delivery, through technical and leadership development of others and by improving technical bench strength in the team to deliver what is required both today and in the future.

• Supports activity planning, delivery and prioritisation – Partners with business unit leaders and other Team Leaders to ensure squads are appropriately resourced and skilled. Drives framing discussions leading to delivery of high-quality technical work products, solves complex business challenges, verifies technical quality, and leads team and federal initiatives. Actively identifies opportunities to share learning across Exploration, Regions, and GSS.

• Strengthens risk and uncertainty management – Works with squad leads and other Team Leaders to ensure technical planning is fit for purpose, integration with broader subsurface workflows is effective, and verification plans are in place and executed, including compliance requirements. Promotes a strong technical and business “speak up” culture that encourages constructive challenge, transparent uncertainty communication, and closure of verification gaps to mitigate risk.

• Supports people development and deployment – Supports staff development, deployment, and performance management in partnership with P&C. Motivates team members to build technical and leadership capability and supports career progression. Builds future capability for bp through ownership of the Carbonate ADP.  Recognizes and addresses wellbeing, workload, and discipline health risks. Creates a culture of inclusion, cross-discipline collaboration, and sustainable performance.

• Defines and delivers work standards – Provides technical coaching when required and contributes technical expertise to squads. Seeks input from relevant specialists and advisers to drive technical excellence and resolve complex technical challenges aligned with team and unit priorities.

• Drives innovation and continuous improvement – Identifies opportunities to test and deploy new technologies and workflows through collaboration with other Team Leaders, I&E, and active Community of Practice participation. Leads knowledge management, lesson sharing, and continuous improvement across squads and units. Recognizes workflow and toolkit gaps and partners with Subsurface Transformation and I&E to address them.

Essential Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Geology

• Relevant industry experience as an integrated or specialist geoscientist supporting work across multiple geographies/geological settings & across the value chain.

• Demonstrable ability to partner effectively with Team leads and subject matter experts to frame and deliver impactful technical work.

• Strong geoscience background and capability in subsurface characterization and integration, with depth in sedimentology and stratigraphy.  Strength in SURM/Risk Management activities.

• Demonstrable ability to provide technical coaching, verification and leadership by setting direction while enabling autonomy; strong desire to develop new skills and deliver through others.

• Role models constructive challenge within and between teams.

• Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, complex environments across multiple work fronts.

• Ability to connect across Subsurface, I&E, Wells, Projects, Production and Finance to embed lessons learned and leverage organizational alignment.

Desirable Skills:

• Supports Subsurface transformation through testing, adoption & deployment of digital solutions and innovative workflows into technical delivery.

• Experience working in diverse global teams and managing partners.

• Encourages collaboration within and between squads to build a connected geoscience community.

• Proactively exchanges feedback and creates development opportunities that drive continuous improvement.

• Demonstrates sound judgement on when to influence, support, direct, engage hands-on, or delegate.

• Role models psychological safety & transparency.

Why join our team?

We support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. 

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, collaboration spaces in a modern office environment, and many others benefits!

Apply now!

Travel Requirement

Up to 10% travel should be 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:

Basin resource evaluation, Basin resource evaluation, CO2 utilisation and storage, Core acquisition and analysis, Cost-conscious decision-making, Data acquisition strategy, Data Management, Depositional framework, Fluid Properties, Fluid sampling and analysis, Geodesy and coordinate integrity, Geohazard Assessment, Geomechanical analysis, Integrated Well Delivery, Operations Geology, Petroleum Systems Analysis, Petrophysical Dynamic Reservoir Description, Petrophysical Seismic Lithology and Fluid Prediction, Petrophysical Static Reservoir Description, PPFG detection, Research and Development, Reservoir geomechanics, Reservoir quality, Seismic Interpretation, Seismic stratigraphic interpretation {+ 6 more}

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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