Geophysics - Summer Internship 2025 (Sunbury)

Job Details

Summer Internship - Subsurface - Geophysics (Sunbury)

About the Internship

Join bp for an 11-week summer internship where you’ll gain hands-on experience working on meaningful projects from start to finish. You’ll be part of a dedicated team with continuous support from a line manager and a buddy from bp’s early careers network. You’ll also attend social events, network with leaders, and take part in training sessions designed to enhance both your technical and interpersonal skills. This programme is carefully structured to build your expertise while offering an authentic look at life at bp.

Role and Responsibilities

As a Geophysics Summer Intern, you’ll be a vital part of bp’s journey to provide reliable energy for the world while supporting a transition to a net-zero future. Our Geophysics team focuses on acquiring, processing, interpreting, and analysing seismic and other geophysical data (such as gravity-magnetic surveys) to create detailed images of the subsurface. Could you be the next geophysicist to join our team?

In this role, you’ll work with cutting-edge technology and integrate with a multi-disciplinary team to drive bp’s energy goals. From exploring for hydrocarbons to advancing bp’s lower-carbon energy projects, such as hydrogen, geothermal, carbon capture, and bioenergy, our geoscientists play a crucial role in bp’s energy transition. You’ll help bp make informed decisions that reflect not only geological insights but also economic, political, technological, and societal factors.

What You’ll Be Doing

Your exact role and project will align with your skills and the needs of bp, but you’ll be responsible for:

• Project Collaboration: Working with your team to develop effective solutions for geophysical challenges.
• Team and Performance: Supporting the performance of your team and contributing to bp’s wider goals.
• Building Relationships: Collaborating with colleagues across bp and engaging with external partners to deliver results.
• Commitment to bp Values and Safety: Demonstrating bp’s values and dedication to safety in all your activities.

Beyond the Role

As part of bp, you’ll also have opportunities to engage in community initiatives, participate in bp’s Business Resource Groups, and pursue activities that matter to you.

Ideal Candidates

We welcome applications from geoscience students with strong data science skills. If you have experience in statistical analysis of large datasets, or skills in Python, R, and development environments such as Jupyter or RStudio, you’ll find these valuable as a geophysicist at bp.

Why bp?

This internship offers you a chance to grow professionally and personally in a global company committed to sustainable energy solutions. Join bp to develop your geophysical expertise, build lasting connections, and gain real-world experience that supports your career goals and the future of energy.

We particularly encourage applications from students working towards a Petroleum Geoscience or Geophysics MSc and from PhD candidates, who have completed either a relevant BSc or MSc, who are now conducting research in geophysics specializations (seismic acquisition, processing & imaging, signal analysis, coding, etc)

Requirements 

To succeed you’ll need a willingness to learn, a passion to excel and deliver results, and to be undertaking or committed to further study of a relevant BSc (as a minimum) MSci, MSc or PhD beyond a 2:1 bachelor’s degree in geology, earth science, natural sciences, environmental science, maths, and physics.

• Must be in penultimate year of study (those going onto a Master’s and PhD students can apply) 
• We would like to allow those who are penultimate year from starting work to apply so this would include those who are approaching their final year and taking a year out immediately after that final year traveling. 
• Completing a PhD and have 9-18 months remaining until your PhD completion date 
• 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 the following UK office:

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

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.