Specialist - Source Control

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Company: BP

Location: Houston, TX 77084

Description:

Entity:
Production & Operations

Job Family Group:
Wells Group

Job Description:

The Specialist - Source Control provides support to wells business teams in the Western Hemisphere to ensure contingency plans are in place to provide effective source control response to a major well incident. The Specialist - Source Control report directly to the Senior Manager Well Control and Barrier Health.

Key Accountabilities:
  • Act as a source control champion and improve awareness across the organization.
  • Support regions in preparation of and updates to Source Control Plans including, including capping and containment response and ROV intervention contingency plans.
  • Support the regional teams in preparation of regulatory documentation and permit applications.
  • Maintaining regional Source Control Tactics Manuals and embedding lessons learned.
  • Support central team mobilization of source control equipment in an emergency response i.e. capping stacks, shears, wellheads, tubulars.
  • Support business teams with self-verification of source control barriers through oversight of the process, checklist content, utilization and closure of gaps identified.
  • Support source control training delivery and exercises including table-tops, live exercises and virtual support. Identify and close gaps to demonstrate readiness to respond.
  • Represents bp and actively participates in selected industry consortiums (OSRL & MWCC) and new technology source control equipment related JIPs.


Job requirements and essential criteria:
  • Education to degree level Bachelor of Science (BSc) in an engineering or related field.
  • Well Control Certification, Combined Surface/Subsea Supervisor
  • A minimum of 10 years' experience with a demonstrated track record of delivering in planning and execution of well operations or well engineering including subsea experience.
  • Proven ability to provide technical expertise, high quality advice and the ability to mentor others.
  • Travel including occasional visits to onshore response facilities.


Why join us:

At bp, 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 benefits to enable your work to fit with your life, including flexible working options and paid parental leave policy, among others.

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 accommodation.

Travel Requirement
Up to 10% 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:
Casing and wellhead recovery, Casing and wellhead recovery, Casing Design, Cementing, Common process for wells activities, Cost-conscious decision-making, Cost Management, Crisis and emergency response management, Drilling data acquisition and well monitoring, Drilling Fluids, Drilling Operations, Drillstring component selection, Equipment integrity assurance, Managed Pressure Drilling, Management of change, Multi-lateral wells (Inactive), OMS and bp requirements, PPFG and geohazard principles for wells, Process Safety Management, Rig and vessel intake and start-up, Rig and vessel operations, Rig workovers, Risk Management, Side-track operations, Snubbing and hydraulic workover {+ 14 more}

Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, 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.

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.

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