Active Openings at bp

Key Responsibilities

• Accountable for the development and implementation of asset strategies and technical requirements for all electrical power, control and instrumentation including but not limited to LV distribution systems & associated equipment, motors, plant control philosophies, systems, truck load rack equipment, and field instrumentation across bp SA Terminals in Johannesburg and Cape Town, respectively
• Develop, manage, and control the inspection and testing of power distribution systems, instrumentation, and electrical equipment including ATEX.
• Coordinate electrical and equipment outage programme with Supply and business partners to meet business and technical integrity requirements.
• Responsible for ensuring the maintenance of adequate records (including Electrical drawings) and work histories for major items of plant, equipment, and systems.
• Accountable for reviewing and approving inspection reports declaring assets fit for service or otherwise based upon inspection and condition reports.
• Single point of authority for ASDS. Manage PCN inventory/assets updates/firewall approvals/circuit diagrams/IP addresses allocation in line with conformance requirements.
• Provide input into annual Revex & Capex programme based upon risk assessed priorities.
• Share and implement industry engineering best practice and changes in statutory engineering requirements including NEDeRS (National Equipment Defect Reporting Scheme)
• Provide technical advice and project support for the terminals.
• Provide technical advice and support to Terminal Managers and Maintenance teams on all aspects of EC&I engineering matters.
• Accountable for the Alarm Response manual standard and verification of application and coordination of continuous improvement requirement by Terminal operations.
• Ensuring the relevant Inspection Authorities are clearly identified, approved and authorise in accordance with BP
• Act as focal point for competent authority enquiries regarding EC&I and technical integrity of SA terminal assets.
• Liaise closely with SA HSSE team and provide technical advice when required.
• Reside on the Global Terminal and Pipelines Technical Services Team, sharing best practice, lessons learnt, application of new technologies and the development of SA wide Engineering strategies.

Education & Experience Required:

Education

• Engineering Degree - Electrical and/or Control Systems

Experience

• min of 5 -8 years EC&I Engineer experience within the Oil & Gas industry
• Experience and knowledge of Electrical distribution systems, control systems, and ATEX.
• Knowledge of Terminals and the storage and handling of bulk petroleum products an advantage
• 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 crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. 
• 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, collaboration spaces in a modern office environment, and many others benefits! We operate a hybrid model with 60% from the office and 40% from home with flexibility as agreed with line management.

Travel Requirement

• No travel is expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

• This role is not eligible for relocation

​​​​​​​Remote Type:

• This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

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• Procurement & Supply Chain Management Group

Job Description:

• The purpose of the role is to assure that bp users and suppliers are enabled to follow a compliant and efficient procurement process. The type of incoming requests can vary, i.e. answering ’how do I’ related questions as well as providing technical support and managing user/supplier system & process training activities.
• Additionally, Procurement Helpdesk Senior Analyst plays a ’distributor role’ in the request handling process so that incoming requests are channelled to the right teams.
• The Helpdesk Senior Analyst is required to initiate and manage continuous improvement ideas, which result in a standardized, automated way of working.
• The Procurement Helpdesk Senior Analyst  role has the primary responsibility to ensure that we manage, control and develop our operations in a “process designed” manner to deliver value to the respective business for which services are provided.  A core part of this responsibility includes:
• Be responsible for System Query Management (SRM or Ariba) and Issue resolution across the E2E Purchase to Pay process and be responsible for the delivery against to the operational key performance metrics' target for the assigned business
• Be responsible of process simplification, standardisation and continuous improvement with the respective operations and leading relevant GPO or other standardisation initiatives or regional standardisation initiatives in FBT Africa
• Management of appropriate stakeholder relationships within the FBT and the businesses/functions
• Being responsible for the operational activities delivered by the Helpdesk Team

Key Responsibilities

• Resolve issues and escalate to the relevant channel (if required)
• Analyse the content of the incoming query, and work on the solution with relevant resolver groups
• Analyse and explore process improvement opportunities (i.e. eliminate inefficiencies in the request handling process) by proposing system and process enhancements
• Accountable for controls being in place and working effectively across all processes and systems in relation with the Helpdesk Team/ helpdesk team members
• Delivering process standardization by identifying improvement opportunities and process change proposals
• Responsible for implementing new/re-designed processes and making sure they are operated properly within the team
• Responsible for highlighting improvement areas for reaching the PPI/ KPI or other targets
• Responsible for the performance management of the Helpdesk Team and for the daily operations of query handling and issue resolution
• Acting as first level of escalation for the Helpdesk Team members (Second level is the Team Leader)
• Build up and maintain professional relationship with Business partners and other functions.

Essential Education

• Recognised professional qualification in a business or finance field or similar field.

​​​​​​​Essential Experience

• 3-4 years business experience is required
• Demonstrated process expertise in a given process tower such as PTP, OTC, RTR Customer Services or Supply Chain Management
• Relevant operational experience gained in a business or similar environment.
• Experience supporting and implementing strategic plans across a team.
• Relevant previous experience in a leadership and supporting continuous improvement position with similar accountabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to use a wide range of systems and application tools and techniques to guide, motivate, train and support staff and makes full use of opportunities to coach and develop direct reports or virtual teams to maximise their performance.
• 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 crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. 
• 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, collaboration spaces in a modern office environment, and many others benefits! We operate a hybrid model with 60% from the office and 40% from home with flexibility as agreed with line management.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​