Instruments & Protective Systems Opportunities

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About BP

Heat. Light. Power. Mobility. BP deliver energy safely to the world. Joining us as a summer intern on our Control & automation engineering programme, you’ll discover how we do it – getting to grips with some of the many processes it takes to turn oil and gas into products you and everyone on the planet depend on every day.

To say these programmes are an inspiring way to launch your career would be an understatement. But exhilarating though they are, they’re really just a starting point for even more amazing discoveries to come.

We are still open for intern applications for 2014.

Overview

Safety Instrumented Systems consists of an engineered set of hardware and software controls that are used on critical process systems. These systems are essential to the safe and reliable operation of production facilities. The energy supplies of whole countries often depend on these facilities, which in turn depend on the Safety Instrumented Systems.

I&PS safeguard our processes and plants, safely shutting down our facilities if they deviate from a strict operating envelope. Additionally, they incorporate measurement systems that provide process and production data acquisition for control, optimisation and allocation of production revenue.

Facilities include offshore oil and gas production platforms, petrochemical complexes and transportation systems. In many cases, the Instrument, Protection and Measurement systems are the basis for meeting international standards, safety cases and in-country revenue and taxation regulations. They are tied directly to our licence to operate.

Technology constantly changes in the I&PS world and engineers are always reviewing and implementing innovations in a variety of areas (e.g. topsides or increasingly sophisticated subsea metering, fire and gas detection, composition analysers, etc.). It is challenging but exciting to keep pace with the changes.

Your role and responsibilities

You’ll work on tasks assigned by experienced engineers and be responsible for problem-solving, feasibility studies, reliability reviews and initiatives which will expose you to field equipment and powerful computers, software and monitoring sensors. You may be part of a multi-disciplinary support team in an advanced collaborative environment, working across video conferencing to support critical operations. Alternatively, you may work on a project to design and build process plant safety systems using state-of-the-art technology.

I&PS engineers apply critical instrumentation used to measure process variables such as pressure, temperature, flow, level, analysers and fire and gas detection systems and perform higher level tasks such as emergency shut-down, process control and flow measurement for commercial use. Instrumentation is similar to that of an aircraft cockpit, but on a much greater scale and with equal importance. The systems help protect our people, process plants and the environments where they are located.

Some I&PS engineers go on to become measurement engineers, looking after sophisticated sensors for fiscal metering and allocation of production, as well as oil reservoir optimisation.

Development opportunities

Your training will be tailored to suit your needs. You’ll have the chance to gain early and valuable ‘hands-on’ site experience on this Challenge Programme.

From the outset, you’ll have constant feedback and appraisals, plus plenty of opportunity for cross-discipline job rotations. Through this, and a mix of theoretical and practical training, you’ll build a solid foundation in engineering.

Requirements

To apply for this role, you’ll need a background in Biomedical Engineering, Chemical/Process Engineering, Control Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Instrument & Control Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Offshore Engineering or Petroleum Engineering.

How to apply

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