BP – Company Profile

BP is a global company engaged in the production of oil and gas. Worldwide, the company employs 80,000 people in various core, technical and support roles, based across multiple facilities, including refineries, offshore platforms and offices on six continents. In the UK, BP operates out of six main locations: Aberdeen, Canary Wharf, Hull, Pangbourne, Sunbury, and Milton Keynes.

BP began life in 1909 as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company after oil was discovered in Persia; the company was renamed the British Petroleum Company in 1954. Apart from this entity, present-day BP consists of heritage oil companies such as Standard Oil of Ohio or SOHIO; Amoco, Arco, Castrol and Aral.

The Pitch

As a global company with a wide-ranging business in the crucial power/energy sector, BP offers great career opportunities at various levels to individuals across the employment spectrum, from fresh graduates to experienced professionals, whether technical, scientific or commercial. At each level and function of business, employees receive attractive compensation; benefits and recognition awards; a career-long programme of comprehensive training and professional development; company support in implementing innovative projects and schemes geared towards sustainability; mobility across departments, businesses, functions and locations; a stable work-life balance by way of health and lifestyle benefits and flexible work arrangements; a distinctive work culture, focussed on three core objectives: safety, people and performance.

Work Focus

BP has several distinctive brands including: BP, Castrol, Aral, Ultimate, AM/PM and the Wild Bean Cafe. Worldwide, the business is organised into two main segments – Upstream, Refining & Marketing along with its Alternative Energy business. In brief, BP’s work involves finding, extracting and transporting oil and gas; producing fuels and petrochemical products; selling fuels and lubricants products; and generating low-carbon energy.

BP’s operations extend across more than 80 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia and the Americas. London is the company’s global headquarters.

BP’s products and services across retail, domestic and commercial segments include:

• Retail Markets: biofuels; gas and fuel cards; gas and petrol stations; motor oil and lubricants; travel planners; fuel station locators; and TargetNeutral, a carbon offsetting initiative;
• Domestic/Home: LPG;
• Commercial: Air BP aviation fuels and lubricants; asphalt/bitumen; petrochemicals for packaging and textiles; BP Shipping; gas and fuel cards; industrial lubricants; marine fuels and lubricants; photovoltaics (solar power), and others.

Requirements

Academic requirements vary by business areas and degree disciplines, but include the following essential criteria: 220 UCAS points not including General Studies; a 2:1 or higher undergraduate degree in any discipline for Business roles; undergraduate and accredited graduate degrees in relevant Engineering disciplines for the Engineering division; a 2:1 or higher degree in Mathematics or Science-related disciplines for roles in the Science division; vacation internship candidates should be on track to achieve the prescribed 2:1 degree, based on the programme they’re applying for, and should be in their penultimate year of study; industrial placement trainees should be enrolled in a relevant four-year sandwich degree programme

Internship Programme

Summer vacation placements and 12-month industrial training programmes are offered in Business, Engineering and Science. The company takes on around 130 interns each year, for summer placements of 11 weeks duration and year-long industrial training schemes. At the beginning of each programme, a detailed set of programme objectives and expectations is finalised in discussion with the line manager and these are frequently revisited through a formal performance appraisal process. Apart from the line manager, each intern is also assigned an exclusive mentor for providing additional guidance and support when necessary.
Benefits

Interns receive a pro rata salary based on their undergraduate qualification and period of internship at the company. Interns based in or around London receive location allowances and travel expenses to cover relocation costs at the beginning of the programme. Benefits include spot bonus awards for exceptional performance; private medical cover; health screening; 25 days of paid annual leave for industrial trainees and 0.5 days per week for summer interns, in addition to bank holidays; access to sports facilities; employee discounts on retail products and services; employee assistance programme; and a share-matching plan, in which industrial trainees receive two shares for every share they buy with their pre-tax salary.

How to Apply?

The recruitment process for Internships are as below:

1. Submission of online application form;
2. Completion of two online tests to assess numerical and verbal aptitude;
3. Review of test scores and application form by a member of the recruitment team;
4. First round of interviews, broken up into technical and personal interviews (final stage of selection for internships);
5. Assessment centre for graduate applicants; a business simulation exercise consisting of several issues to be solved on both individual and team basis.

For queries and clarifications please call 0800 279 2088.

Closing date: 31 January 2012.

Click on the 'Jobs with us' tab above to find out more about the undergraduate opportunities with BP, or visit the website via the button below:

www.bp.com/ukgraduates

Are you a student in your second, third or final year of a degree or Masters course? Frustrated by the lack of internships on offer?

The Ultimate Field Trip 2012 is a team competition. The winners will spend six to eight weeks on a paid internship with our operations in the Gulf of Mexico and get involved in real projects at our largest deepwater oil field, Thunder Horse. While you’re in the vicinity, we’ll introduce you to New Orleans, the birthplace of Jazz and home to some of America’s best food and nightlife. You’ll also discover what BP is doing in Trinidad & Tobago by working directly with our gas operations there. And to make your experience complete, you’ll swim with stingrays in the Caribbean.

What is the challenge?

Can you create the world’s first zero CO2[J1] oil refinery by 2030.
We want you to use your imagination. We’ll be looking for innovative thinking.

To take part, you’ll need to get a team of three people together and register on our website. We’ll send you an email to confirm what to do next and how to submit your entry.

If you get through the first round, you’ll take part in a regional semi-final. From there, we’ll choose the best teams to go through to the grand final in London – where industry leaders will judge the entries.

Important Dates

• Register online Now
• Initial submissions by 16 December 2011
• Short-list: 17 January 2012
• Semi finals: 20-24 February 2012
• Grand final: 8 May 2012

Are you up for the challenge?

www.bp.com/fieldtrip