Lab Automation Specialist

Entity: Technology Job Family Group: Research & Technology Group Job Description: Lab Automation Specialist

At bp, we provide an excellent working environment and employee benefits such as an open and inclusive culture, a great work-life balance, tremendous learning and development opportunities to craft your career path, life and health insurance, medical care package and many others.

Job Purpose

The Lab Automation Specialist supports the identification, definition, and deployment of laboratory automation solutions across bp's R&D laboratories, but with particular focus on setting up the new Bengaluru Technology Centre for Day 1 operations. Working as part of the Lab Automation, LIMS & Data Management team, the role acts as a key interface between laboratory stakeholders and technical delivery teams, ensuring automation solutions are aligned with business objectives, laboratory operations, safety requirements, and user expectations. Working closely with scientists, laboratory teams, automation specialists, digital teams, and external partners, the role is responsible for gathering and documenting business requirements, analysing laboratory workflows, and translating user needs into clear requirements that support automation delivery.

Key Accountabilities

Facilitate requirements gathering activities through workshops, interviews, process mapping, and stakeholder engagement. Engage with scientists, laboratory personnel, and subject matter experts (SMEs) to understand current processes, challenges, and automation opportunities. Support the definition of project scope, objectives, requirements, and success criteria for laboratory automation initiatives. Document business, process, functional, and data requirements using agreed standards and methodologies. Develop and maintain current-state and future-state process maps. Analyse laboratory workflows to find opportunities to improve safety, efficiency, quality, data integrity, and user experience through automation. Work with wider team, Robotics specialists, Digital Security, Digital delivery, system integrators, and suppliers to translate requirements into solution specifications. Support solution evaluations, testing, validation, deployment, and operational handover activities. Maintain traceability of requirements, actions, risks, assumptions, and decisions throughout project delivery. Promote continuous improvement and the adoption of standardised automation practices across laboratory operations.

Essential Education & Experience

Bachelor’s degree as a minimum in science, engineering or a related discipline plus 7 years relevant experience. Experience in business analysis, process & workflow improvement, laboratory operations, automation, manufacturing, or another technical environment. Experience gathering, documenting, and handling business and user requirements. Project management experience Strong analytical, problem-solving, and process mapping skills. Experience working with stakeholders and facilitating discussions across multidisciplinary teams. Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Desirable Education & Experience

Knowledge of laboratory automation, robotics, laboratory workflows, or scientific operations. Knowledge of Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), lab data capture and equipment integration. Familiarity with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid project delivery approaches. Experience working with technology suppliers, vendors, or system integrators.

Leadership Expectations Lives the bp values of Safety, Respect, Excellence, Courage, and One Team. Builds effective relationships and collaborates across disciplines and geographies. Demonstrates curiosity, learning agility, and a continuous improvement attitude. Delivers high-quality outcomes with strong attention to detail and customer focus. Supports safe, efficient, and value-driven delivery of automation initiatives.

Travel Requirement: Occasional domestic and international travel to bp sites and supplier facilities may be required.

About bp   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! We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.   Additional Information

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Even though the job is advertised as full time, please contact the hiring manager or the recruiter as flexible working arrangements may be considered. We support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. 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, collaboration spaces in a modern office environment, and many others benefits.

Travel Requirement Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role Relocation Assistance: This role is eligible for relocation within country Remote Type: This position is a hybrid of office/remote working Skills: Laboratory Automation, Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), Laboratory Robotics, Research Development .

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