Fuels Contracts Manager
bp – Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom
We are looking for a Fuels Subject Matter Expert (SME) Contracts Manager to play a key role in implementing our maintenance model and strategy. With key accountability for the overall maintenance service provider delivery, relationship, cost management and performance management.
This role serves as a pivotal technical authority and advisor within the Mobility & Convenience UK organization, providing in-depth knowledge and guidance on all matters related to fuel systems—from procurement, storage, and handling, to analysis, regulatory compliance, and operational optimisation.
In this role, you will also be accountable for the appointment of inspection, testing and maintenance contracts, contract delivery and performance. Our contract managers are also responsible for contract scope of supply and should be competent to define, performance manage and deliver service level agreements for in-service equipment within scope, health and safety performance, financial remuneration, budget control and performance management.
Key Accountabilities
* Provide fuel systems assurance through the technical review of contractor deliverables
* Advise on fuel system design, installation, commissioning, and maintenance, including storage tanks, pipelines, and dispensing systems.
* Interpret and apply industry standards to organisational processes and operations.
* Alert the Project Manager and the Engineering Team Lead on any identified risks within their responsibility.
* Perform inspection, testing and maintenance in line with inspection and maintenance strategy.
* Define key performance indicators (KPIs) and business requirements.
* Ensure health and safety performance of contracts under management.
* Create reports and monitor maintenance performance.
* Define maintenance contract requirements, including SLAs, and recommend inspection and maintenance contract placement.
* Manage contract relationships.
* Perform self-verification activity undertaken on inspection, testing and maintenance contracts and work.
* Accountable for budgets and financial delivery of contracts.
* Evaluate inspection programme results and maintenance regimes and modify to account for risk of equipment or system failures and industry best practice.
* Support the continuous improvement of technical practices and processes.
Essential Experience and Job Requirements
* A thorough understanding of the standards and protocols of the industry
* Technical or commercial degree or equivalent experience
* Experienced working hands‑on in contracts management
* Track record in programme, maintenance management, preventative maintenance and digital enabling tools
* Strong commercial acumen
* Excellent communication skills
* Excellent partner management
* Experience of financially leading projects
* Experience in petrol forecourt construction and maintenance
* Sound knowledge of fuel station infrastructure and systems and thorough understanding of the operation and structure
* Direct experience of industry standards
* Current SPA/UKPIA Petrol Retail Contractors Safety Passport holder
Desirable Criteria
* Experience of successfully working across multi-departments in a large and complex organisation – ideally this would include remote teams
* Understanding of internal and external customer needs and ability to translate into contractual deliverables
* Capacity to anticipate market trends, regulatory developments, and technological advances in the fuels sector, and to translate these into actionable contract strategies.
Why join us?
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.
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 crafting 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, collaboration spaces in a modern office environment, and other benefits.
Reinvent your career as you help our business meet the challenges of the future. Apply now!
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