Instrument & Control - Summer Internship 2025 (Aberdeen)

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Instrument & Control - Summer Internship 2025 (Aberdeen)

Overview of the Internship

Join bp for an 11-week summer internship, where you’ll be immersed in real-world projects that you’ll lead from start to finish. You’ll work closely with a dedicated line manager and a buddy from our early careers programme, providing you with mentorship and guidance throughout. Alongside your responsibilities, you’ll participate in social events with fellow interns, engage in training sessions to enhance your skills, and network with bp leaders. This programme will boost your technical knowledge and give you an in-depth view of life at bp.

Role and Responsibilities

As part of our Instrument & Control team, you’ll experience the critical role that automation and control engineering play in creating safe, efficient, and digitally secure energy solutions across bp’s diverse operations. From refineries and biofuels plants to offshore wind and hydrogen facilities, automation is at the core of bp’s energy production.

The role of an Instrumentation and Control Engineer at bp involves an extensive range of activities, including:

• Designing and maintaining:
• Process Control Systems
• Safety Instrumented Systems
• Fire and Gas Detection Systems
• Field Instrumentation
• Analyser Systems
• Metering Systems
• Telecommunication Networks
• Security and Cybersecurity Systems

These systems collectively enhance safety, optimise production, and improve the reliability of bp’s global facilities.

What You’ll Be Doing

During your internship, your responsibilities may include:

• Designing Control Systems: Creating and implementing control systems for diverse operations. One day, you might be determining the best way to control a biofuels reactor, and the next, installing advanced control systems for blue hydrogen production.
• Working with Cutting-Edge Instrumentation: Learning to design and apply the latest in safety systems for production facilities across energy sectors, from refining and carbon capture to renewables.
• Integrating Protection Systems: Collaborating on systems for electric vehicle integration, battery storage, or utilising miniature sensors for renewable energy solutions.
• Utilising Wireless and IoT Technology: Supporting the development of industrial IoT systems and modernising legacy operations using wireless technology.
• Collaborating with Global Teams: Working with bp’s diverse team of engineers on automation projects that span our facilities worldwide. Automation touches nearly every part of bp’s energy network, even extending to secure control systems for rapid battery charging solutions.

Why bp?

This internship offers an opportunity to gain hands-on experience in automation, a field at the heart of bp’s mission to safely and sustainably power the world. As an Instrument & Control intern, you’ll develop valuable technical and interpersonal skills, connect with experts across the industry, and explore future-focused energy solutions. Join us and see where a career in automation at bp could lead.

Requirements 

To apply for this role, you must be in your penultimate year of study (those going onto an MEng and PhD students can apply), and be on track for a 2:1 from the below:

• Electrical & electronic Engineering
• Electrical Power Engineering
• Automation & Control Engineering 
• Electronic & Electrical Engineering with Control focus
• Instrumentation & Control 
• Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
• Electrical Engineering with 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(s)

This role will be based out of:

Bp Aberdeen – NSHQ (North Sea Headquarters), 1 Wellheads Avenue, Dyce, Aberdeen, AB21 7PB, UK

Start & End Dates

23rd June to 5th September 2025 

Please note: Our internships are full-time. If you will struggle to be available for these dates &/or may not be able to work full time, please flag this if you are invited to a technical interview, or earlier if possible.

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. 

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.

Adjustments

We are keen to make our recruitment process accessible to all. If you require any adjustments/accommodations, to any stage of the recruitment process, please mention this in the allocated section on your initial application form. Someone will then be in touch to discuss or confirm the adjustments/accommodations as appropriate for you. Alternatively, if you would like to discuss adjustments before applying, please get in touch:

T: +44 1635 584149

E: enquiry@bpgraduates.co.uk

Reward

Salary: £35,200 p.a. (prorated for the duration of your internship)

Legal Disclaimer: 

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/ accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us. 

T: +44 1635 584149 

E: enquiry@bpgraduates.co.uk 

If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.

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

To apply for this role and to find out more, please click on the apply button.

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