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Midstream Operations Manager UK
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Entity: Supply, Trading & Shipping
Job Family Group: Supply & Trading Group
Job Description:
About the Role
The Midstream Operations Manager is accountable for the safe, reliable, compliant, and cost-effective delivery of fuel across bp’s UK inland supply network. The role leads fuel supply operations covering primary transport, terminal supply, pipeline movements, third-party terminal operations, and logistics support for retail, aviation, commercial, and wholesale customers.
The position is responsible for delivering resilient fuel supply through effective operational leadership, asset optimization, partner management, crisis response, and continuous improvement, while supporting bp’s strategic objectives.
What You Will Deliver
- Ensure safe and reliable fuel supply through pipeline, marine, terminal, and road transport networks.
- Handle operational performance, supply disruptions, and business continuity incidents.
- Optimize supply chain efficiency, asset utilization, and operating costs.
- Lead relationships with terminal operators, pipeline operators, logistics providers, government agencies, and internal partners.
- Drive compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements.
- Support infrastructure projects, new supply routes, and network resilience initiatives.
- Lead crisis management and operational response during supply incidents or market disruptions.
- Use data, analytics, and improvement methodologies to enhance operational performance.
- Develop and coach team members while fostering a culture of safety, accountability, and operational excellence.
What You Will Need to Be Successful
- Extensive experience in fuel supply, logistics, supply chain, or operations management.
- Strong understanding of petroleum supply networks and logistics operations.
- Confirmed leadership experience in complex operational and incident management environments.
- Strong commercial competence with excellent stakeholder management and decision-making skills.
- Ability to influence and collaborate effectively across operational, commercial, and senior leadership teams.
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You will work with:
- Midstream Operations Team
- Leadership and development of the team.
- UK Midstream Squad
- Alignment with the wider team to deliver integrated operational performance.
- Supply, Trading & Shipping (ST&S)
- Deliver and support the commercial strategy established by 25NC.
- Mobility & Convenience (M&C)
- Partner with key internal customers to ensure operational excellence and supply reliability.
- Finance
- Deliver accurate budget management, forecasting, and performance commentary.
- HSSE, Marine, Vetting, Cargo Assurance & Quality
- Leverage specialist expertise and support to deliver safe, compliant, and efficient operations across the fuel supply network.
Why join us?
At bp, we support our people to grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity.
There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, excellent retirement benefits, among others!
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation!
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Travel Requirement
Negligible 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:
- Ancillary cost management
- Commercial Acumen
- Communication
- Competitor intelligence
- Customer service delivery excellence
- Demurrage
- Developing and implementing strategy
- Influencing
- Inventory Management
- Listening
- Marine assurance
- Mentoring
- Negotiating
- Problem Solving
- Sentiment and Trends
- Shipping/transport
- Supply chain management
- Trade discipline and compliance
- Trading and scheduling operations
- Trading Fundamentals
- Trading knowledge
- Troubleshooting
- Voyage operations
Legal Disclaimer:
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics like race, religion, color, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, 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.
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