Graduate Process and Process Safety Engineering Programme 2025 (Sunbury)

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Graduate Process and Process Safety Engineering Programme 2025 (Sunbury)

Join Our Early Careers Programme

Are you ready to start your engineering career with a company that’s leading the way in the energy transition? Our One Engineering Early Careers Programme at BP is designed for ambitious graduates who are ready to take on challenges, build transferable skills, and help shape the future of energy. This programme will give you the opportunity to develop as a well-rounded engineer, while contributing to some of the most exciting and complex projects in the industry.

What You Can Expect from the Programme

This three-year programme combines on-the-job experience, world-class training, and specialist support to help you grow into a fully qualified and competent professional. As a graduate in Process and Process Safety Engineering (P&PSE), you will rotate through different roles, gaining exposure to various aspects of the discipline and helping you progress toward becoming a chartered engineer with the Institution of Chemical Engineers.

Alongside these rotations, you’ll follow a technical development pathway, focusing on building the skills you need for your future career. You will also complete our Ignite training modules, which will help you develop the soft skills needed to succeed in any engineering role.

You’ll be part of a dedicated support network, with mentorship and career guidance to help you reach your goals. You will also have the opportunity to connect with fellow early career professionals at BP through networking events and social activities.

Role and Responsibilities

At BP, we’re tackling the energy challenge of a generation: how to meet growing demand for energy while reducing carbon emissions. Process and Process Safety Engineering is at the heart of this challenge, supporting everything from oil and gas production to the development of sustainable solutions like hydrogen, carbon capture, and green fuels.

As part of your role, you’ll work across the entire lifecycle of major energy projects, from developing business cases and conceptual designs to optimising, building, commissioning, and operating energy facilities. You’ll also be involved in pioneering innovations that will drive future success.

Above all, safety is a top priority. You’ll use your chemical engineering skills to ensure the safety of our operations, constantly looking for ways to mitigate risks and make our facilities safer and more environmentally friendly.

What You Will Do:

• Apply your chemical engineering expertise to solve real-world problems in technology development, projects, and operations.
• Develop a strong focus on safety, always striving to identify safer solutions and mitigate risks.
• Take responsibility for reducing the environmental impact of the facilities you work on.
• Build strong working relationships within BP and with external partners.

If you're passionate about solving the world's toughest energy challenges and want to make a real difference, this is your chance to join an exciting, forward-thinking team.

Requirements 

To apply for this role, you will need:

• to be in your final year of study and be on track for a 2:1, or have completed your degree with a 2:1 
• a master’s degree in Chemical, Process or Biochemical Engineering, or a bachelor’s degree in one of these core subjects supplemented by a post-graduate qualification in a relevant topic such as Advanced Chemical Engineering, Process Safety, Petroleum Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or studies related to sustainability or low carbon energy
• You are also expected to have strong spoken and written English language skills, including business and technical English. Language skills will be assessed throughout the recruitment process.

Location

You will likely be in our main UK hub – Sunbury. Location will depend on business needs and is likely to change for each year on the Early Careers development programme as you move between roles – with potential for a rotation offshore in the UK or our overseas assets.

In the longer term, P&PS engineers can develop into many roles. Some prefer to stay in engineering and may become subject matter experts or advisers, some prefer to work on projects and may become project managers, some prefer operations and may become facilities managers. But there is no limit; several of our recent CEOs started their careers as P&PS engineers!

• bp Sunbury - ICBT (International Centre for Business & Technology), Chertsey Road, Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex, TW16 7LN

Start Date:

• 8th September 2025

Other Information: 

Please note the following when applying:

• You can only apply to one bp early careers opportunity globally per academic year – within this time, we will only process the first application you make. You will be withdrawn from any subsequent applications. 
• Exploration Days are a key part of the assessment process and will be in person – bp will cover reasonable travel and accommodation costs, in line with the travel policy which will be shared with you. Please ensure you will be available to attend in person. 
• Unless you apply to a role with a location explicitly stated, role locations are not guaranteed – where not stated, you will be placed in a location based on business need.
• Accommodation – once confirmed, where you need or decide to move closer to your location, you are responsible for organising and funding this accommodation.

Reward:

• Starting Salary: £39,100
• Sign on Bonus: £3,000 (One off payment, subject to tax and national insurance)
• Wellbeing Allowance: Claim up to £1,500 each calendar year (subject to tax and national insurance) for products and services that contribute to physical, mental, financial and social wellbeing
• Flexible Benefits: In addition to your base salary, you’ll receive a flexible allowance (currently 20% of your base salary) that you can take as cash or use to buy a range of extra benefits, such as a pension, critical illness, dental care, personal accident and travel insurance, and our cycle to work scheme.
• Private Medical Insurance: We’ll pay for private healthcare, and you only pay an income tax charge.
• bp Share Plans: You can choose to take part in our share plan and buy bp shares every month.

About bp

bp is a global company that offers a world of opportunities for professionals as well as those starting out in their career. We’re guided by our purpose and ambition to become a net zero company by 2050 or sooner, and help the world get there too.

What does this mean for you? It means you can expect purposeful work, world-class training and the flexibility to realize your full potential. Not to mention the chance to join a company committed to delivering more sustainable energy for all. Ready to crack on? Your perfect job match awaits.

How to apply

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Please note that applications may close before the application deadline, so apply early to avoid disappointment.

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