Job Description

Entity: Production & Operations
Job Family Group: Engineering Group
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Role Synopsis
We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Facilities Engineer to support the BPX Permian Operations team. The Permian asset is the focus of significant annual capital investment for 2025 and beyond, with a long-term plan to profitably grow production and optimize our well management strategy.
This role will work closely with field staff, other engineers, and management to apply Production Engineering practices to maximize the value of the Permian asset. This role will be responsible for executing a consistent facilities performance management cadence, with specific focus on the safety, reliability, and modification of facilities in support of broader Permian Operations Objectives.
The Permian Operations engineering team is based out of Denver, CO.
Key accountabilities

• Perform brownfield project level and rapid response engineering across the Upstream Permian Operations Organization.
• Drive production efficiency and process safety improvement by actively supporting operations with Management of Change, HAZOP / LOPA, design reviews, and procedure development.
• Embrace and pioneer the Intelligent Operations model, cultivating an interdependent culture and a relentless pursuit of continuous improvement through effective root cause analysis.
• Lead and cultivate the relationship between engineering and field operations to identify systematic improvements and eliminate repeat failures.
• Participate in risk assessments inclusive of HAZOP / LOPA to eliminate personal and process safety risks through effective implementation of the hierarchy of controls.
• Responsible for facilities engineering processes, ensuring efficient and effective integration with front line field personal for all accountable execution activities including procurement and specialty 3rd party coordination.
• Work closely with maintenance and operations teams in performing RCFA and defect elimination to continuously improve facility reliability and integrity management.
• Provide positive leadership while being a team player, and share lessons learned across disciplines and between business functions.
• Provide facilities engineering expertise, by performing multi-discipline engineering activities through technical practices across multiple disciplines in the design and execution of small projects, maintenance, or operations support.
• Participate in BP technical networks and communities of practice, maintaining a strong awareness of technical learnings and developing links with specialists and engineers from a range of disciplines.
• Follow BP's Engineering Principles, comply with BP's Code of Conduct, and model BP's Values & Behaviors. We will expect travel to the field approximately 25% percent of the time to meet with the field team and critical contractual partners.

Essential Experience and Education:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering
• 7-15 years experience in production, facilities, or electrical engineering
• Knowledgeable in upstream facilities engineering in liquids rich basins; facilities design, troubleshooting and optimization
• Experience with cost modeling, root cause analysis, systems optimization

Travel Requirement:
Up to 25% travel should be expected with this role
How much do we pay (Base) $156,000-$184,000. Note that the pay range listed for this position is a good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible base compensation at the time of posting.
Why join us?
At bpx, 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 fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.
We offer a reward and wellbeing package to enable your work to fit with your life. These can include, but not limited to, access to health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible working schedule, paid time off policy, discretionary annual bonus program, long-term incentive program, and a generous 401(k) matching program.
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 accommodations.
Discover your place with us and help our business meet the challenges of reimagining and reinventing the future of energy.
Travel Requirement Up to 25% 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: Agility core practices, Agility core practices, Asset Availability Strategy, Asset health monitoring, Asset Life Cycle Management, Cost-conscious decision-making, Defect Elimination, Digital Analytics, Equipment criticality assessment, Equipment general, Equipment strategies, Facilitation, history and coding, Influencing, Maintenance, Maintenance fundamentals, Management of change, Plant Economics, Problem Solving, Process Safety Management, Production loss accounting or deferrals, Reliability analytics, Reliability Fundamentals, Reliability in Design, Reliability leadership and governance {+ 6 more}
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