Elemental Specialist

**Job Profile Summary**

Our ambition is to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner, and to help the world get to net zero carbon. Our innovation and engineering community will be key in making this a reality.

We have a vacancy within this community for an Elemental Technologist in the Analytical Core Test team that performs high throughput, fast, high quality analysis to support stakeholders and the wider bp business.

**Job Advert**

To provide theoretical and practical Elemental testing expertise to support research, product development, product deployment, motorsport and blend plant activities.

To identify, evaluate and develop elemental technical capability and ways of working that enable bp to deliver our aims at pace and to showcase our technology and build high-value relationships with our partners and customers.

This is an operational role in a team of technical specialists responsible for the fast, efficient and accurate analysis of samples.

**What does the day to day look like?**
- Deliver safe and reliable operations through dedication to bp’s HSSE standards, values and behaviours.
- Provide a high level of theoretical and practical ICP and XRF expertise, with a strong problem solving capability and meticulous attention to detail.
- The safe operation, calibration, method development, maintenance and troubleshooting of Elemental analytical instrumentation.
- Support other analytical testing performed by the team.
- Support the Subject area Lead to ensure all laboratory documentation and equipment is aligned with the Laboratory Quality Management System and auditing bodies.
- Internal customer liaison and delivery of test results and interpretations in a timely and efficient manner
- Identify and implement opportunities for efficiency/effectiveness improvements in your area of responsibility

**What do we want to see from you**
- Degree in Chemistry (or relevant scientific field) and/or equivalent laboratory experience
- Proven expertise of elemental analysis using ICP-OES, ICP-MS with a proven troubleshooting track record.
- In addition XRF experience would be an advantage
- Capable of presenting technical information to a wide range of audiences.
- A knowledge and understanding of testing of electric vehicle fluids would be an advantage.

**What you can expect from us**

**Entity**
- Innovation & Engineering

**Job Family Group**
- Research & Technology Group

**Relocation available**
- No

**Travel required**
- No

**Time Type**
- Full time

**Country**
- United Kingdom

**About BP**

**INNOVATION & ENGINEERING**

Join us in creating, growing, and delivering innovation at pace, enabling us to thrive while transitioning to a net zero ‎world. All without compromising our operational risk management.
- Working with us, you can do this by:
- deploying our integrated capability and standards in service of our net zero and ‎safety ambitions
- driving our digital transformation and pioneering new business models
- collaborating to deliver competitive customer-focused energy solutions
- originating, scaling and commercialising innovative ideas, and creating ground-breaking new ‎businesses from them
- protecting us by assuring management of our greatest physical and digital risks

Because together we are:
- Originators, builders, guardians and disruptors
- Engineers, technologists, scientists and entrepreneurs‎
- Empathetic, curious, creative and inclusive

**Experience Level**
- Intermediate

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