Senior Wells Engineer - ConneXus

Entity:

Production & Operations

Job Family Group:

Wells Group

Job Description:

Role Overview

In Wells, our vision is to be the operator of choice in the basins where we choose to operate. Safe, reliable, and competitive well operations are essential to achieving this ambition.

We are seeking a Senior Wells Engineer to join the ConneXus team, where you will play a key role in coordinating engineering and operational solutions across the businesses. This role offers a unique opportunity to work closely with both delivery and enabling teams, gaining a global perspective of our operations and contributing to continuous improvement across the Wells organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide engineering and operational solutions to support business needs across the Wells organisation.
• Coordinate efforts to deliver fully developed, integrated well solutions in collaboration with discipline specialists.
• Document, validate, and embed lessons learned into future designs, systems, and operational practices.
• Develop clear knowledge summaries based on events, lessons learned, and best practices to support a single source of truth.
• Participate in peer reviews and peer assists as a contributing member of the review team.
• Support businesses by leading or participating in NPT (Non-Productive Time) investigations and driving actionable outcomes.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or an equivalent technical discipline.

Experience & Job Requirements

• Experience in Drilling, Completion, or Intervention Engineering.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively across diverse teams and functions.
• High motivation with the ability to set goals, drive progress, and deliver results collaboratively.
• Strong problem-solving capability, with the ability to identify, prioritise, and resolve issues through focused effort and effective networking.
• Ability to manage performance across projects and support timely, high-quality solutions.

Why join us?

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 other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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:

Casing and wellhead recovery, Casing and wellhead recovery, Casing Design, Cementing, Common process for wells activities, Cost-conscious decision-making, Cost Management, Crisis and emergency response management, Drilling data acquisition and well monitoring, Drilling Fluids, Drilling Operations, Drillstring component selection, Equipment integrity assurance, Managed Pressure Drilling, Management of change, Multi-lateral wells (Inactive), OMS and bp requirements, PPFG and geohazard principles for wells, Process Safety Management, Rig and vessel intake and start-up, Rig and vessel operations, Rig workovers, Risk Management, Side-track operations, Snubbing and hydraulic workover {+ 14 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.

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.