Senior Geotechnical Engineer

Job Description

Job Profile SummaryReporting to the Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Manager, this role is an opportunity to join bps Civil and Structural engineering team. The focus of the role is the geotechnical aspects of onshore and offshore oiland gas field developments and operations. It includes geotechnical site characterization, foundation design and installation, as well as in-service foundation assessment and risk characterization in support of bps resilient hydrocarbon projects and operations.This is an opportunity to work on a range of global tasks from one of our offices in Sunbury or Houston.Roles & Responsibilities:

• Providing geotechnical engineering subject matter expertise to support oil and gas projects development and operations to help bp achieve its resilient hydrocarbons ambition.
• Provide understanding and advise on the following aspects of foundations:
  • Management of geotechnical site investigations.
  • Development of integrated ground models using geophysical and geotechnical site investigation data.
  • Identification of geohazard risks such as boulders, rocks, seismic considerations, liquefiable soils, slope stability, mud volcanoes, or other challenging ground conditions.
  • Design and analysis of offshore foundations including driven piles, jetted piles, suction anchors, shallow foundations, spudcans.
  • Soil-structure interaction for input into pipeline and riser design.
  • Compliance with bp and industry technical practices and standards.
• Supporting conceptual development studies and site selection activities.
• Provide input to technology development initiatives.
• Adhering to bps code of conduct, ethics and compliance rules, and values & behaviors.
• Ensuring safe and cost-efficient design and integrity management throughout asset life.
• Quantifying and communicating risks to relevant stakeholders to ensure they are understood, controlled and continuously reduced across the business.
• Maintaining relationships with third party suppliers, contractors, and other stakeholders.
• Representation of bp in relevant industry working groups and committees.
• Actively contributing to the geotechnical engineering community of practice to share knowledge and learnings.
• Participating in mentoring and coaching by actively sharing expertise and experience with team members.

Job AdvertEssential Experience:

• Degree in civil/geotechnical engineering.
• Appropriate professional accreditation (e.g. Chartered civil engineer, P.E. status, or chartered status in closely aligned discipline).
• Significant, proven experience in the design, construction, and installation of foundations for offshore and/or onshore structures
• Deep geotechnical engineering subject matter expertise, including:
  • Knowledge of soil sampling and in-situ testing tools for clays and sands.
  • Knowledge of laboratory tests and how they are used in design methods and constitutive models.
  • Experience in the integration of geophysical and geotechnical data to develop ground models.
  • Design, installation, testing and as-built assessment (e.g. driving analysis) of deep foundations (hammer or vibratory driven, drilled shafts and cast-in-place piles) for a wide range of limit states.
  • Experience with the design of mooring systems for floating structures such as suction anchors, driven piles, drag embedded anchors and other types of anchors.
  • Experience with the design of subsea foundations such as mudmats, jetted piles, hybrid foundations, and suction piles.
  • Experience with soils structure interaction for modeling steel catenary riser near the touch-down area and top-tensioned riser fatigue analyses.
  • Experience with soil-structure interaction for the design of pipelines and flowlines for on-bottom stability, walking, and buckling.
  • Experience with well drilling support activities: spudcan penetration analyses, design of jetted conductors.
  • Experience in use of numerical methods (finite element and finite difference) for engineering design applications including development of input parameters for constitutive modelling of geo-materials.
  • Experience in earthquake engineering (e.g. site response analysis, liquefaction)
  • Excellent knowledge of industry codes and standards.
• Ability to communicate both verbally and in writing in a clear and succinct manner.
• Ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams with minimal technical supervision.
• Ability to use strong technical skills to think strategically and provide powerful insights.

Desirable Experience:

• Awareness of structural aspects of foundation design.
• Experience in design of rock socketed piles.
• Experience in design of GBS foundations.
• Experience with machine learning techniques to develop synthetic ground models (e.g. CPT profiles)
• Experience with software such as OPILE, GRLWEAP, GeoStudio (Slope/W, Seep/W and Sigma/W), PLAXIS 2D/3D, ABAQUS.
• Experience in the identification and management of geohazards for onshore and nearshore developments
• Experience in earthworks, ground remediation, foundation improvement (e.g. pre-load, wick drains, stone columns, soil mixing, etc.), shoring systems (e.g. sheet piles and retaining walls), slope stabilization and erosion protection.
• Experience in onshore and near shore oil & gas industry with activities for plants, ports and terminals.

EntityInnovation & EngineeringJob Family GroupEngineering GroupRelocation availableNegotiableTravel requiredYes - up to 10%Time TypeFull timeCountryUnited Kingdom, United States of AmericaAbout BPPRODUCTION & OPERATIONSThis is the place to truly drive change. Our people develop hydrocarbon resources, deliver projects, operate refineries as well as oil and gas production assets.Join us and make a difference by: making our production and operations safer and more standardised driving quicker reduction of our carbon emissions growing cash returns and delivering improved reliability and optimisation maximising efficiency through sharing resources accelerating the digital transformation of our operating assets developing our people faster, leveraging the scale of P&O building greater integration and collaboration in service of our purposeLegal disclaimerIf you are selected for a position in the United States, your employment will be contingent upon submission to and successful completion of a post-offer/pre-placement drug test(and alcohol screening/medical examination if requiredby