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Job Family Group: Strategic Planning & Business Development
Job Description
Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner.
Role Synopsis
Power Asset Developer for bp’s flagship Net Zero Teesside (NZT) Power and Carbon Capture project. Bp is operator of the NZT project, a world first Gas with Carbon Capture power plant which took its Final Investment Decision in December 2024. Decarbonisation is expected to drive a doubling of electricity demand in the UK by 2050, and NZT will provide low carbon flexible power that is increasingly needed to complement the expansion in intermittent renewable sources.
The NZT Power Asset Developer will be responsible for implementing gas and power tolling, route-to-market and connection agreements, managing key government agreements, progressing power business development opportunities and providing gas and power expertise to the wider project as it moves towards start-up.
Key Accountabilities
- Lead tolling and route-to-market agreements, developing operational procedures and commercial/hedging strategies
- Negotiate and handle key gas and power commercial agreements (e.g. electricity and gas transportation and connection agreements)
- Progress gas and power business development opportunities such as private wire deals
- Lead evaluation of asset optimization and work with key technical fields such as engineering and operations
- Run key government agreements underpinning the project
- Lead key gas and power regulatory workstreams (private electricity networks)
- Maintain in-depth understanding of the GB electricity and gas markets to identify value creation opportunities
- Handle key internal and external partner relationships
- Provide gas and power expertise to the wider NZT project team and contractors in support of key technical decisions
- Provide mentorship and development to the wider team as required
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Essential Experience and Job Requirements
- Commercial experience of GB Power projects and operations
- Commercial agreement negotiation and management
- Self-motivation and ability to handle complex relationships and workstreams autonomously
- Ability to influence and work effectively with others
- Demonstrated planning, organizational, and interpersonal skills
Desirable Criteria
- Experience in:
- Origination and/or trading in GB power markets
- Power project development
- Optimizing generation assets
- Evaluation of long-term gas and power price dynamics
- Regulatory experience in GB power
Additional Information
- Please note that roles based out of SJS or Sunbury will move to Timber Square, Southwark, from Q4 2027
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
- Up to 10% 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
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