Systems And Data Specialist - TSI

About Us

bp Technical Solutions India (TSI) centre in Pune, aims to build on bp’s existing engineering and technical strengths to deliver high quality services to its hydrocarbons and new energy businesses worldwide. TSI brings together diverse engineering capability to provide technical services across a range of areas including engineering, maintenance, optimization, data processes, projects and subsurface, to deliver safe, affordable, and lower emission energy, while continuously innovating how we work.

About The Role

About us

At bp we deliver the energy the world needs today and for tomorrow. Developing new projects to support the bp strategy is critical to delivery of value to shareholders and thoughtfully support the energy transition. Projects include new energies such as hydrogen and biofuels as well as hydrocarbon developments critical to keep the world moving and enable the transition.

Projects in bp is a dynamic, challenging and worldwide organisation taking on the most exciting projects ranging in size from $100m to multi $billions. We strive to do these even more safely, efficiently and predictably.

Our projects team is now building worldclass capability in India as a new hub of Production and Operations (P&O) Projects India supporting both local and international projects.

Role Synopsis

The Systems & Data Specialist role involves working with the Systems & Transformation Discipline Lead in support of the projects’ Digital Strategy, driving the delivery, deployment and adoption of several high-profile digital products, and prioritizing critical data initiatives within the digital portfolio as it relates to reusable and reliable data products. You will collaborate with multiple key stakeholders across project teams, disciplines and with our Technology partners

The role holder will be a member of the centralised systems and tools squad in bp’s major capital projects delivery organisation. The team have overall responsibility for driving the optimisation of the digital solutions being utilised and developed across the organisation ensuring business requirements are met and value is delivered with consistent adoption of the toolkit.

The squad is responsible for ensuring that core software systems are onboarded on projects with the required functionality, configuration, data standards and user support. This hands-on, customer facing role will involve administering vendor supplied applications (eg Primavera P6, Omega Pims) as well as in-house developed applications and providing outstanding levels of support to large user communities of projects professionals, including senior leadership.

The role holder will also be expected to act as the single SME for several of our key applications relating to core project processes (eg Project Controls, performance management, completions management, resource management) requiring specialist knowledge in the technology, people and process.

What You Will Deliver

• Onboard / stand up approved systems on projects ensuring they are appropriately configured and that our project teams are set up for success with the right tools at the right time during the project life cycle.
• Utilize advanced system edit rights to administer the suite of Project Management systems maintaining accurate user assignment for our 1,000+ user base whilst maintaining process defined settings, protocols and configurations.
• Respond to front line user requests via central inbox providing super user level support, including re-routing and re-assigning workflows, amending action target dates, maintaining user groups / scopes, troubleshooting user issues and providing guidance to globally based project teams ensuring standards and processes are followed.
• Provide advanced system & business process support to our end-user communities including training, coaching and discipline standard process.
• Provide technical data expertise in support of the major projects organization, building our data standards and maintaining the (Semarchy) tool / database.
• Implement data management processes and policies.
• Support the development of the portfolio’s data capabilities through knowledge sharing and leveraging learning.
• Collaborate with Technology Product Mangers to handle and support delivery of version upgrades, maintenance releases and major enhancements to existing software systems whilst minimising business impact ensuring change is controlled.
• Coordinate and conduct business led and user acceptance testing of software tools and enhancements
• Handle content for key applications (such as Resource Frames, headcount supply & demand, verification checklists, commissioning check sheets) ensuring procedures, approvals and change control are rigorously adhered to before entering data into the system of record.
• Perform regular audits within/between different datasets ensuring data accuracy and integrity and driving adherence to data standards across the suite of products
• Monitor and advise on quality of data and consistency to standards, supporting remediation initiatives with source systems.
  
  

What You Will Need To Be Successful

Must have educational qualifications:

• Engineering, Project Management, Finance, technical, or equivalent degree
  
  

Minimum Years Of Relevant Experience

• 8+ years
  
  

Total Years Of Experience

• 10+ years relevant industry experience
  
  

Must Have Experiences/skills (To Be Hired With)

• Previous experience working in a business support role, administering and maintaining software applications, handling complex user access, deploying new products, coaching users and providing process expertise
• Customer focused attitude, ability to work through and solve issues to resolution
• Track record of working on data-related projects and/or efforts, analysis or reporting.
• Experience in data analytics tools, data architecture, and data management with a strong focus on best practice and continuous improvement
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize, experience of agile ways of working.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Proven track record of project managing delivery of fit for purpose enhancements and deploying changes to existing products
• Strong stakeholder management skills; ability to interface, influence, and work effectively with people at all levels, able to build strong, trusted relationships
• Ability and flexibility to manage competing demands and tight deadlines as well as shifts in priorities.
• Self-motivation and a high level of individual initiative and self-reliance.
• Strong analytical skills with expertise in Microsoft Suite of tools including PowerBi, and ability to adapt quickly to new ‘digital’ technologies.
  
  

Good To Have Experiences/skills (Can Be Trained For – Learning/on-the-job)

• Understanding of concepts, standards, practices, tools, and technologies throughout a major capital project lifecycle
• Experience of formal Project Management / Project Controls roles, processes and tools
• Experience of working with data based software packages
• Familiarity with industry data standards and platform integration, experience in embedding these within software applications to support organizational objectives
  
  

Shift support

11.30am to 8.30pm IST

% travel requirements

Approx. 10%

Why join bp

At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.

There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are significant, 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, and 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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