BP Graduate Programme

The graduate programme is conducted within the Business, Engineering and Science divisions, across the company facilities in Sunbury, Aberdeen, Canary Wharf, Pangbourne, Hull and Milton Keynes. Each programme includes full support for obtaining relevant professional qualifications and credentials from the industry and discipline specific professional bodies.

The formal training programme is dependent on the specific area of business in which the graduate employee is based, mainly across three core activities: Upstream Refining & Marketing, and Integrated Supply & Trading (IST). Each of these business areas employs a mix of graduates and professionals from the Business, Engineering and Science streams. The content and structure of the main training programmes is provided below.

Upstream and Refining & Marketing: A 2-3-year programme known as ‘Challenge’, consisting of placements on the technical and business side with the help of a dedicated buddy and mentor. A highly structured programme offering real professional roles in which you will develop your technical expertise. Training and other opportunities to develop competencies within your disciplines and the opportunity to learn from and network with a group of peers and more experienced BP colleagues.

IST: The training programme runs for a period of three years, with three placements of 12 months duration across various departments within the Commercial, Trading, Analytics and IT&S business areas.

Applications for the graduate programmes are open from mid September and can be submitted until 30 December.. The link to access the online application form is https://ukgrad.bp.com/apply.asp. The recruitment process involves 5 different stages which are listed below:

1. Submission of online application form;
2. Completion of two online tests to assess numerical and verbal aptitude;
3. Review of test scores and application form by a member of the recruitment team;
4. First round of interviews, broken up into technical and personal interviews (final stage of selection for internships);
5. Assessment centre for graduate applicants; a business simulation exercise consisting of several issues to be solved on both individual and team basis.

For queries and clarifications please call 0800 279 2088.

Sources: www.bp.com/ukgraduates

The annual benefits package consists of certain core/common benefits (applicable to all employees) and other flexible benefits which can be tailored to suit the employee’s requirements.

Benefits include: participation in the employees’ share plans; a defined-contribution pension plan; car lease; private medical insurance; health screening; flexible working hours; 25 days of paid annual vacation, plus bank holidays; access to onsite sports facilities or subsidised memberships of offsite facilities; interest-free season ticket loans; employee discounts on a wide range of retail products and services; subsidised restaurant and/or refreshment facilities; and a free employee assistance programme providing family, marital, financial, health and legal advice.