Entity:
Technology
Job Family Group:
Subsurface Group
Job Description:
Please note that roles based out of SJS or Sunbury will move to Timber Square, Southwark, from Q4 2027
Job Summary
Remote Sensing technology is used across all parts of bp business for tasks such as asset monitoring & classification, market intelligence & analytics, weather monitoring & reporting, crisis monitoring, activity tracking and change detection. Supporting this work, the Geospatial Technology Engineer – Remote Sensing is responsible for geospatial and remotely sensed data acquisition, management, driving analytics, and sharing data within the geospatial environment.
The role will be accountable for supporting our day-to-day operations through the delivery of Remote Sensing products, building a standardised approach for the bp business regarding Remote Sensing data acquisition and management and creating an integrated solution for the company.
Responsibilities and Duties
Develop and maintain Remote Sensing processes, solutions and documentation for bp
Provide technical analysis and advice to support the strategic direction of the Geospatial Domain in the use of Remote Sensing products
Keep tabs on technological and industry developments and apply these to the strategic advancement of bp’s Geospatial capability
Handle Remote Sensing data, enhance data collection, maintenance, and management processes
Challenge conventional thinking, problem solve and innovate
Coordinate with various regions and teams on Geospatial and remote sensing support requests
Advise business users and other staff on recommended processes, workflows and standards when managing and publishing data
Actively share knowledge and best practices throughout the organisation
Evaluate, investigate and develop new ideas on Remote Sensing technology & data processing for promotion within bp
Create, maintain and deploy solutions for process optimisation and automation
Create outputs and visualisations to support effective partner management and engagement
Work collaboratively with various bp teams and contractors to execute projects, retain expertise and takeaways to share across the group
Participating in industry events, bringing knowledge and information back to the Geospatial and Remote Sensing community
Qualifications and Skills
Remote sensing experience, particularly designing, building, and operating data platforms including concepts, standards, practices, tools and technologies across the data lifecycle
Experience working with ESRI tools and applications
Advanced capability with remote sensing software packages (e.g. ArcGIS, ENVI, ERDAS)
Python experience and knowledge using MS Dev Ops \ Code repositories
Understanding of geospatial processing libraries including GDAL and Rasterio and general knowledge and application of standard python libraries including numpy and pandas
Knowledge of AI\ML and deep-learning concepts and practices
Understanding and practical experience of image analysis and classification techniques
Experience in designing and implementing strategies for collection, analysis, storage and display of large imagery data sets and in performing statistical data analysis
Knowledge of cloud-based data management and storage solutions for imagery data and familiarity with parallel, distributed, or other high-performance computing platforms such as Miscrosoft Azure
Significant knowledge and experience using ESRI products
Ability to work independently and problem-solve
Strong verbal and written communication skills to both technical and non-technical resources
Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in computer science, computer information systems, management information systems, communications, GIS Technologies, remote sensing, or a related field is generally preferred
Demonstrate ability to achieve high performance goals and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
Facilitate project initiation, implementation and…