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Entity:

Production & Operations

Job Family Group:

HSSE Group

Job Description:

bpx Investigation and Learning Manager

Why bpx?

At bpx energy, we think big and embrace change. We strive to be modern, innovative, and collaborative within every function of our business. Our mission is to become the best-in-class onshore operator in the United States.

bpx energy is bp’s US onshore oil and gas business. bpx energy has world-class unconventional assets that span across Texas and Louisiana. We focus on delivering free cash flow not only by continued strong returns and operational performance but also by relentless innovation aimed at making our business even safer, smarter, and more environmentally sustainable.

Role Synopsis:

+ The Investigation and Learning Manager will be leading the investigation and learning team. The investigators are responsible for leading investigations to identify root causes to deliver high-quality corrective actions that impact organizational learning. The Organization Learning team is mainly responsible for ensuring systematic, compliant and sustainable implementation of learnings and lessons identified either from bpx or from external sources.

+ The ideal candidate will lead incident reporting and investigations process across all aspects of the business and operations. Additionally, they will liaise with bpx central and business unit staff to share learnings from completed investigations, incident trends, and reporting trends and/or from external sources.

+ Strong communication skills are required to manage multiple internal and external stakeholders in a fast-paced environment. The Investigation and Learning Manager must possess the ability to lead a diverse team of experienced investigation and learning advisors and a problem solver who works on multiple activities with constantly changing demands and deadlines. Continuous improvement is a priority, and the Investigation and Learning Manager collaborates with the team to think critically.

+ The position will report to the Head of Safety. Systems and Risk.

Key Accountabilities:

+ Lead Major Incident investigations

+ Investigations will include but are not limited to traveling to the incident scene, conducting human factors-focused interviews, analyzing data, developing recommendations, reporting findings to senior leaders, and writing detailed technical reports.

+ Be the first point of contact for businesses to assist with incident notification, investigation, and learning activities within bpx

+ Provide assurance of investigation quality and efficiency of significant incident investigations. Intervene as vital to drive consistently high-quality incident investigations

+ Own and drive investigation & learning quality and capability in bpx

+ Coach, mentor, train and assess all investigators and learning leads within bpx to develop and maintain competencies.

+ Identify insights and recommendations from incident investigations that inform bpx, and where applicable wider BP, action to reduce the risk of incidents and strengthen bpx operations.

+ Assist in the implementation of the investigation training process within BPX Energy.

+ Own bpx Incident Reporting and Investigation Policy, the bpx Investigation Standard Operating Procedure, and the bpx Organizational Learning Standard Operating Procedure.

+ Provide investigative support to field investigators throughout bpx energy.

+ Track the progress of corrective actions, which includes assuring corrective actions relating to investigations are completed in a timely and successful manner.

+ Confirm reporting and archiving of investigations records.

+ Facilitate and improve learning processes in bpx, including oversight of learning forums to ensure systematic, compliant and sustainable implementation of lessons identified.

+ Identify emerging risks from bpx investigations to ensure risk mitigation is occurring in all relevant areas of bpx Energy.

+ Ensure the development of Learning Summary documents for non-safety-related learnings across the organization.

+ Ensure incident-related learnings are embedded in bpx Energy and shared with BP Group, as necessary.

+ Ensure the development of Organizational Learning materials, such as Flash Call presentations, Safety Alerts, Safety Action Messages, etc. and deliver of Monthly Learnings within bpx’s business units.

+ Embrace digital and contribute to the development of investigation processes, training resources and tools to support and improve bp incident investigation capability and simplify investigation processes.

+ Drive Continuous Improvement of Incident Investigation and Organizational Learning processes, training, and supporting tools within bpx energy.

Essential Education

+ Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in engineering or sciences or 10 years of operational/HSE&C experience in the oil and gas industry.

Essential Experience and Job Requirements:

+ Experience in incident investigations, preferably in the oil and gas industry

+ Be comfortable with agile principles and working within agile squads

+ Organisational Learning experience and understanding

+ Innovative & forward thinking

+ Entrepreneurial thinker, able to connect with and challenge leadership. Ability to influence and lead people, including those outside of own team.

+ Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills to work optimally with all levels of leadership, professional staff, and field employees.

+ Good presentation and written communication skills which include: the ability to share information to a wide range of professional staff with varying degrees of technical expertise, promotes closure of gaps and delivers information in a clear and concise manner, and facilitates good decision making is required.

Travel Requirements

+ Travel is required for this role. We estimate travel will be 25% on average, but may exceed or fall below that estimate, based on business needs.

Salary and Benefits

We offer a reward and wellbeing package to enable your work to fit with your life. These can include, but not limited to, access to health, vision and dental insurance, flexible working schedule, paid time off policy, discretionary annual bonus program, long-term incentive program, and a generous 401K matching program. How much do we pay (Base)? $160,000- $200,000

*Note that the pay range listed for this position is a good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible base compensation at the time of posting.

Travel Requirement

Up to 25% travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Accounting for people, Accounting for people, Agility core practices, Communication, Continuous Learning, Cost-conscious decision-making, Crisis and emergency response management, Driving and transport safety, Fire incident response, Hazard communication, Hazard Identification, Health risk management, HSE data knowledge, HSSE auditing and self-verification, Human Performance, Incident investigation and learning, Large scale evacuation, Managing exercises and drills, OMS and bp requirements, Personal Safety, Process safety culture, Process Safety Management, Project and construction safety, Reporting and classification, Risk Management {+ 4 more}

Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us .

If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.