Entity:

Technology

Job Family Group:

Subsurface Group

Job Description:

Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner!

About the role

We are recruiting a Reservoir Engineer to join bp’s Rapid Technology Deployment team within Subsurface & Wells Technology. This role provides an opportunity to build on a strong reservoir engineering foundation while shaping the next phase of digitally enabled, uncertainty‑aware decision support.

The role sits at the intersection of reservoir engineering, data science, and agent‑enabled workflows, working closely with asset teams and subsurface specialists to deliver timely, decision‑ready insights that are used directly in the business.

What you will do

• Apply reservoir engineering fundamentals (material balance, surveillance, forecasting, uncertainty analysis) to support asset decisions across appraisal, development, and optimization.
• Lead and supply to probabilistic and scenario‑based reservoir evaluations, translating geological and petrophysical uncertainty into robust engineering inputs.
• Develop and apply data‑driven and analytical workflows, combining engineering judgement with statistical and computational methods.
• Work with agent‑enabled and automated workflows to accelerate analysis, improve reproducibility, and support consistent decision‑making.
• Collaborate closely with geoscience, petrophysics, wells, and production engineers to integrate subsurface understanding across subject areas.
• Support the development, deployment, and adoption of digital tools and agents that are used directly by asset teams.
• Clearly communicate technical conclusions, uncertainty, and assumptions to a wide range of interested parties, including senior technical leadership.

What we’re looking for Essential

• Degree or equivalent experience in Petroleum / Reservoir Engineering (or equivalent).
• Strong grounding in core reservoir engineering principles and their practical application.
• Hands‑on coding experience, ideally using Python or similar languages, applied to subsurface or engineering workflows.
• Experience supporting real asset or project decisions.
• Ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly and pragmatically.

Desirable

• Experience with probabilistic, uncertainty‑aware, or scenario‑based workflows.
• Interest or experience in data science, analytics, or computational methods applied to subsurface problems.
• Familiarity with Python, analytical scripting, or modern subsurface toolchains.
• Exposure to automation or agent‑based workflows (e.g. scripted pipelines, decision support agents, or AI‑assisted analysis).
• Experience working across fields or in technology‑focused teams.
• Comfort operating with ambiguity and exercising sound engineering judgement.

Why this role

• Step into a well‑established, high‑impact position with strong visibility across the organization.
• Work in a small, agile team closely connected to assets and decision‑makers.
• Shape how modern reservoir engineering, data science, and agent‑enabled workflows are applied in practice.
• Balance technical depth with breadth, exposure, and professional growth.

Who this role suits

This role is well‑suited to a Reservoir Engineer who enjoys combining first‑principles engineering with data‑driven and automated approaches, and who is motivated by seeing their work used quickly and importantly in business decisions.

Please note that roles based out of SJS or Sunbury will move to Timber Square, Southwark, from Q4 2027.

Why join us?

At bp, we support our people to grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity.

There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, excellent retirement benefits, 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.

Reinvent your career as you help our business meet the challenges of the future. Apply now!Travel Requirement

Some travel may be required with this role, this is negotiable

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Data acquisition strategy, Data Analysis, Data Management, Depletion and Storage Development Planning, Fluid Properties, Fluid sampling and analysis, Geological Reservoir and Storage Unit Modelling, Integrated Resource Progression, Measuring and Verification for Carbon Storage, Monitoring, Operations Geology, Petrophysical Dynamic Reservoir Description, Petrophysical Static Reservoir Description, Reservoir Forecasting and Business Planning, Reservoir quality, Rock Properties Framework, Subsurface integration, Subsurface uncertainty and risk management, Subsurface verification and assurance, Well and Area Performance Management

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