Entity:

Production & Operations

Job Family Group:

Wells Group

Job Description:

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!

Please note that roles based out of SJS or Sunbury will move to Timber Square, Southwark, from Q4 2027.

The Senior Wells Engineer is accountable for delivering high‑quality engineering designs and influencing well concepts to enable competitive, safe, and value‑driven outcomes across both operated early‑phase development and non‑operated ventures. The role plays a critical part in shaping exploration opportunities, new country access, appraisal strategies, and full‑field development plans by integrating well design thinking early, while also applying bp expertise to challenge, improve, and strengthen JV operator performance and decision‑making.

This position combines technical leadership, iterative development planning, and value-based decision support, alongside proactive engagement with external operators and partners to generate insight, manage risk, and protect value. Through effective cross‑functional influence and external collaboration, the role supports capital discipline, strengthens partnerships, and ensures robust, well‑informed investment decisions.

Key Accountabilities

• Create executable well concepts from incomplete and uncertain subsurface data.

• Plan wells from the ground up, applying rigor appropriate to Front End Loading (FEL) maturity.

• Develop and refine well concepts iteratively across FEL stages, increasing definition, confidence, and decision quality as subsurface understanding and project maturity improve.

• Frame decisions in terms of options, risk, trade‑offs, and value, not single‑point answers.

• Balance technical accuracy with decision velocity, prioritizing what truly matters.

• Use engineering tools (e.g., Compass, WellPlan, StressCheck, EDM suite) pragmatically to inform decisions, not over‑engineer outcomes.

• Provide well inputs to early cost, risk, and value assessments.

• Operate as a senior wells interface across subsurface, facilities, commercial, HSE, and project teams.

• Communicate clearly and credibly with non‑wells stakeholders and senior leaders.

• Coach and mentor engineers in concept thinking, judgment, and prioritization.

• Work effectively in ambiguous, evolving environments and pivot as information matures.

• Shape operator decisions by applying bp expertise and structured challenge to improve well performance, design quality, and execution strategies.

• Drive data‑led insight and benchmarking to identify value opportunities, improve cost transparency, and proactively manage JV well risks.
   

Required Experience & Capabilities

• University degree in Science / Engineering / Economics or equivalent technical degree

• Typically 10+ years wells engineering experience, including early‑phase or front‑end work.

• Strong understanding of drilling and completions fundamentals across various environments.

• Demonstrated business and commercial awareness—thinks in terms of value, not just technical aspects of the project or well.

• Proven ability to influence across disciplines through credibility and leadership presence.
   

What Success Looks Like

• Creative thinking, resilience and innovative ideas supporting improved business performance.

• Well concepts that shape decisions early.

• Leaders & Stakeholders understand options, key decision, risks, and value impacts clearly.

• Projects move forward with aligned expectations and clear conditions of satisfaction.

• Wells engineering is viewed as a strategic enabler in early development and trusted partner to the regional businesses and Advisor community.

• Measurable impact on Joint Venture well performance, including cost, efficiency, and risk reduction through bp influence.

• bp is viewed as a preferred technical partner, with strong relationships enabling early engagement and meaningful input to key decisions.
   

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.

Reinvent your career as you help our business meet the challenges of the future. 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:

Casing and wellhead recovery, Casing and wellhead recovery, Casing Design, Cementing, Common process for wells activities, Completions and Interventions Fluids, Control of Work, Cost Management, Directional Drilling, Drilling, Drilling data acquisition and well monitoring, Drilling Operations, Drillstring component selection, Electric-line, Equipment integrity assurance, Managed Pressure Drilling, Management of change, monitoring and maintenance, 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 {+ 14 more}

Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics like race, religion, color, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, 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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