Vacant Jobs at bp

Job Description:

• Responsible for coordinating activities of a team and providing Engineering Leadership to projects or operations, including maintenance, inspection and turnaround, promoting collaboration with other fields, teams, subfunctions and contractors to systematically resolve problems and developing capabilities of the team to apply integrated, pragmatic solutions focused on risk management, operating efficiency, defect elimination and standardisation.

Job Requirements

Risk Engineer

• Monitor and translate new Group and industry requirements into local bpSA practices.
• Continually review the bpSA Site Technical Practice (STP’s) relevant to the position.
• Advise the bpSA on Group and bpSA requirements.
• Develop / facilitate the development of training material related to the requirements.
• Train relevant bpSA employees where and when required on the activities related to this position.
• Provide assurance and track KPIs as per the STP and report in the Engineering and Operations, Health and Safety Forums.
• Interact with the Assets and operations department to progress risk assessment and mitigation implementation.
• Conduct assurance reviews in accordance with STP requirements and report the relevant stakeholders.
• Facilitate bpSA activity on QRA, MAR, HAZOP, LOPA, PHSSER and ISD for existing facilities, JVs, NOJV’s  and new projects/developments. This also includes the facilitation of MHI assessment and reporting.
• Lead the annual Risk Process and ensure that GDP 3.1 risk workshops to calibrate bpSA risk and develop the CAPEX/REVEX estimates for additional/new items not covered in the operational budget.
• Incident investigation and learning
• Participate in the Human Performance AOP and related activities
• Implement the OMS Elements for Organizational Learning and Incident Management, which includes the following;
• Implement the GDP ‘s Incident reporting, investigations and learnings for the Entity
• Draft and Maintain the Learning Alerts, Bulletins and HVL register
• Conduct learning forums
• Implement HVL actions and maintain a register of reviewed High Value Learnings, Learning Alerts and Quarterly Bulletins
• Share Learning and facilitate bpSA activity on HVL close out.
• Allocate actions from reviews of Alerts to relevant SME/ TA
• Lead and participate in incident investigations
• Update the procedures to be in line with the GDP’s

Education

• Engineering degree or equivalent experience with progress towards professional registration essential. Tertiary qualification in risk assessment and management is recommended.

​​​​​​​Experience

• Minimum of 8 years demonstrated experience in a related technical environment with engineering office (design & standards), maintenance, HSSE risk assessment and compliance assurance. 
• Engineering experience in the petroleum environment would be a distinct advantage

​​​​​​​Skills & Competencies

• Knowledge of BP/OSHA requirements
• Ability to work well in a team environment
• Proven track record of managing multiple priorities and flexing to respond to unanticipated events as needed
• Strong program management skills
• Ability to influence across a wide range of stakeholders and management.
• Proven ability to think and act both operationally and strategically
• Ability and track record of engaging at all levels of the organization and effectively building trust, support, and commitment
• Listens carefully and considers diverse perspectives
• Self-starter – strong delivery focus
• Agile training and experience beneficial

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Job Description:

• The key responsibility of the job includes but not limited to dip, sample and operate all valves during and after the run down.
• Compile all relevant documents related to the receipt of a slug. This includes tank farm operations, updating of the tank status board as to which tanks receive which products and supplies the road and rail gantry.
• The Pipeline operator’s role exists to comply fully with BP ‘s HSSE (health, safety, security & environment) policies, standards, procedures and practices, more specifically to the relevant S&H Task Procedures, as are required during the course of receipt, storage & dispatch of bulk fuel & bulk fuel additive. The task procedures are derived from / contained in the Terminal Operating Manual (TOM) &
• also include maintenance & product quality processes. In addition to personal safety, it is imperative the incumbent consistently adheres to process safety guidelines as it applies to each task.

Key Accountabilities

• Ensure that the pre and post tank dips are verified, sampling is taken, and valves are closed and opened during operation
• Ensure opening and closing meter readings is taken for bulk lines meters for reconciliation purposes
• Ensure that the suction valve including all other valves which can affect the contents of the tank during the delivery are sealed or locked
• Monitor the filling or run down of the slug
• Handling queries related to the slug run down and tank farm operations
• Take post delivery dips and samples upon completion of the delivery
• Complete the following documentation : Dips sheets, Quality control register and Pipeline communication register
• Calculating and advising the storage and Handling manager the losses and gains from each slug and updating the losses and gains spreadsheet
• Adhere and comply with the site rules, obligations and duties imposed by all revant HSES aspects of his task
• Being the only person responsible for the updating of tank status board at the rail office
• Open and closing of tank farm inlet and outlet valves
• To do correct calculations and ensures that tanks do not receive and supply at the same time.
• Ensuring that the Tanks protective systems ( High and low level alarms are functional at all times and report any malfunctioning
• Receive BP Diesel and ULP 95 additives into the appropriate tanks
• Dip the tanks for stock Management as and when required
• Walk the site daily as part of operator rounds and report any deviations
• Monitor site operations from control room including but not limited to tank levels, alarms and product quality
• Draw and package monthly water samples for external analysis.
• Sample and release results for Paraffin for every tanker load.

Educational Background

• Minimum Matric or equivelent qualification
• 2 to 3 years demonstrated ability in Operations in the Oil and gas industry.
• Shift work including weekends and public holidays