Career Development Path (Engineering)

Instrumentation, Control & Automation Engineer Career Development Paths Surface Career Atlas

Experiences and on-the-job Development Any specific engineers path is likely to move between these 3 types of work (Operations, Projects and Central Engineering Support) at some point.
“Instrumentation,
and control systems
keep the process
• Work as an Assistant to Asset Support • Prepare specifications for a project modification • Be contract accountable manager for support • Assess competency of staff and contractors • Plan & manage obsolescence facilities operating
Control/Instrument Engineer contracts
Operations

• Manage changes from proposal to completion • Manage maintenance improvements to achieve • Plan and manage C&I part shutdowns (TAR) automatically.
• Investigate a technical problem area and propose • Be Technical Authority for C&I for an asset performance standards at lower cost Our job is to maximise
• Manage maintenance improvements to reduce • Work as asset support or EPTG Control/Instrument
solutions production efficiency
backlogs • Cross discipline responsibility for an activity in an • Lead alarm rationalisation project Engineer
• Perform or oversee sizing and selection of a
• Participate in an alarm rationalisation project
asset
• Invite Peer Review of asset C&I activities from • Transition from participating to leading and
safely and at a
control valve minimum cost.
• Prepare specification for a modification or project other assets or EPTG commercially managing all activities on this Career
• Participate in SIL determination and SIS
• Perform or oversee selection of measurement Path Our growing capability
performance review • Participate in Peer Reviews and PHSERs • Manage OPEX budgets
instrumentation
• Be consulted on C&I and commercial decisions for remote monitoring
• Work as Asset Support Control/Instrument • Lead a remote monitoring or collaboration project and collaboration is
• Prepare specifications for a project modification
Engineer
changing how we do
• Become a Chartered Engineer / Professional business.”
Engineer
Mervyn Currie
Advisor Controls &
Instrumentation

• Work as BP/Operations C&I Engineer in capital • Participate in factory acceptance testing • Be Contract Accountable Manager for support • Define BP/Operations requirements for the project • Work as Senior EPTG ICA
project contracts
• Prepare operating philosophy procedures • Review and approve design documents
Projects

• Review engineering studies, specifications & • Be C&I Technical Authority for the project
• Evaluate bids for technical content • Develop strategy for operations
design drawings
• Be responsible for cross-discipline activity
• Take part in HAZOP/risk assessments • Participate in partner meetings
• Perform or oversee sizing and selection of a
control valve

• Review engineering studies, specifications & • Prepare specification for a modification or project • Prepare ICA Technology briefing and training • Advise specialist ICA suppliers as consultant
Central Eng.

design drawings materials for internal use

• Define BP/Operations requirements for the project • Contribute to internal processes
Support

• Evaluate bids for technical content (i.e. Competencies, ETPs, PSAs)

• Review and approve design documents

Professional Recognition "BP strongly

encourages all
UK Chartership Associate Chartered Fellow engineers to achieve
professional status
US Professional Registration Engineer in Training Licensed Professional Engineer through their home
country or
Most of the World Select Suitable Professional Framework
internationally.”
John Baxter
Technical Development Processes Director of Engineering

To follow are training courses shown in colours to illustrate range from most generic and basic to specialist and advanced. You are encouraged to develop yourself with increasing experience. We anticipate as you progress you will increasingly
do this by developing others.

Developing through
sharing experience
Personal Training

Blue: Common to all Engineers Grey: Training on related non-core disciplines Pink: Specialised
Coach less experienced Attend &/or present at
Standard basic Measurement Fiscal/Custody Transfer Control Valve Sizing Maintenance Deliver internal training
Instrumentation Reliability Analysis ICA Engineers BP ICE Conference
courses for all Techniques Management and Selection Strategies
engineers in Work on internal processes Organise internal ICA Networking
first 4 years are Reliability Centred Safety Instrumented Coach & train Operators
Fire and Gas Detection Fieldbus (competencies) Conference
provided in Maintenance Systems
Challenge Plan & Lead BP Technology Supervise Engineering Develop Engineering Technical
Contractor
Programme Hazid, HAZOP and QRA Control Loop Tuning Subsea Control Systems programme Support Contractors Practices & Standards
Management
literature
Participate in discipline sharing Participate in Technical Networks Influence development of National
Database Contractor Telecomms and & learning relevant to ICA Standards & Regulations
Control/automation Alarm management
Management Management Datacomms
Fieldbus

Attend &/or present at

Hazid, HAZOP Digital Networks Upstream Process Simulation and Carry out Peer Reviews and PHSERs
Advanced Control External Conferences
and Chazop and Security Engineering Optimisation

Last updated June 2005

June 2005 47 online at: http://globalsddn.bpweb.bp.com