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United Arab Emirates (UAE)

We offer continuous personal and professional development, with various opportunities for learning and development, and career progression

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To find a suitable role, use our candidate matching tool below. Here you’ll find the position that’s right for you and be given the opportunity to apply.

 

Please note: You can apply to 1 bp early careers opportunity globally per academic year. If you make multiple applications within the same academic year, then we will only process the first application you make, and you’ll be withdrawn from any subsequent applications.

bp in United Arab Emirates

 

bp’s relationship with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) goes back to the early 1930s, when Air bp established a ‎refueling depot in Sharjah to serve the first airplanes en route from the UK to India. bp has been an investor in Abu Dhabi since 1939 and was at the forefront of the discovery of oil in the Emirate in 1958.   

 

bp has two offices in the UAE, with around 200 people. Our production and operations, and midstream activities are managed from the Abu Dhabi office, with key partnerships in oil and LNG. And from Dubai, we manage our customers and products business, including Air bp, Marine & Energy, lubricants, and our trading business. 

Graduate programme

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Our 2024 graduate recruitment programme offers challenging and exciting opportunities to help develop your career in:

  • Aviation
  • Sales
  • Discipline engineering

 

Applications for this programme have now closed.

Rewards and benefits

Rewards and benefits
  • A competitive salary and compensation package
  • Health and wellbeing plans
  • Some teams currently operate a hybrid model of working, which will enable employees, subject to team and role requirements, an option to work from home part of the week to encourage a better work-life balance.
  • We offer continuous personal and professional development, with various opportunities for learning and development, and career progression.
  • Global company share programme

Requirements

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  • Relevant bachelor and/or master’s degree
  • Graduates of 2022, 2023 or 2024 academic years
  • UAE citizens holding family book (Khoulasat Qaid)
  • Military service clearance certificate (for male candidates) 

Application process

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