Overview

Electrical power is a fundamental requirement for all of BP’s businesses. Electrical systems provide light, heat and energy and drive motors for rotating equipment, providing the motive power to move products to the marketplace, and the power for all related control systems.

As an Electrical Engineer, you’ll ensure existing production plants remain safe and reliable by effectively using manpower and equipment to carry out electrical maintenance, repairs and improvements. For new plants, like onshore oil and gas processing plants and offshore oil and gas production platforms, you will design all the electrical systems and equipment. Covering generators, transformers and electric motors, your hard work will ensure power is produced and used in the safest, most efficient and cost-effective way.

Your role and responsibilities

In the early development part of your career, you may work in cross-discipline engineering. This work is designed to build your core knowledge of key functions including:

  • How industrial electrical systems work.
  • How electrical equipment can be safely used in potentially hazardous areas.
  • How to analyse system performance to maximize safety, efficiency and reliability.

Through further opportunities that could take you to our sites around the world, you’ll develop all the skills you need as you work towards potentially becoming an electrical technical advisor or a chief engineer. This will give you exposure to a wide range of technical and development experiences that are specifically designed to get you to chartered engineer status and beyond.