Legal Engineer

Job Family Group:

Research & Technology Group

Job Description:

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. 

It's an exciting time to join bp. Meeting the energy challenge requires many different approaches and solutions. And as part of Finance Business & Technology (FBT), you’ll be fully connected into the world of bp. You’ll play an increasingly important part within a network of like-minded colleagues partnering on strategic projects that stretch across the globe. And it starts with you. There’s a world of opportunities to build new skills, challenge yourself and grow a long-term career at bp. And no matter where you work, your role will have meaning, purpose and impact. So if you want to be part of a caring, supportive environment where you can realize your full potential, we’re with you.

Would you like to discover how our diverse, hardworking people are leading the way in making energy cleaner and better – and how you can play your part in our world-class team?

Join our Legal Innovation Team and advance your career as a

Legal Engineer

In this role You will:

• Partner: Work in partnership with our Technology colleagues to ensure successful delivery into the bp technology ecosystem
• Requirements gathering and solution design: Look to solve problems, bringing an engineering approach to understand and solve the challenges facing the in-house legal team of the future. Work with internal teams to capture difficulties and translate them into new and disruptive ways of working. Design and run workshops to facilitate design and requirements capture.
• Solution Delivery: Be accountable for designing, configuring and deploying legal solutions supported by our technology colleagues onto our platforms (e.g., document automation / creation, workflow automation, document management, matter management, AI agentic low code / no-code platforms, Legal AI productivity platforms and tools).
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to streamline processes, solve novel problems and / or enhance tools and processes based on user feedback, industry advances and emerging best practices. Be proactive and implement improvements when the opportunity arises
• Support, training and adoption: Be the face of our solutions to our colleagues, support adoption and help design and deliver training to help embed them into ways of working.
• Testing & Quality Assurance: Conduct reviews and assessments of new features, upgrades, and enhancements to ensure functionality meets colleagues’ expectations and requirements. Review test results for quality and plan releases into our roadmaps with our technology colleagues.
• Documentation: Design, create and maintain documentation covering processes, playbooks, configurations, troubleshooting steps, and standard operating procedures to help adoption, knowledge sharing and business continuity.
• Data & Reporting: Use data to tell stories. Understand our data and use it to monitor colleague adoption and success metrics.
• Governance & Compliance: Support our technology teams to ensure that solutions align with legal, security, and data privacy requirements. Work closely with our teams to ensure these standards are met and we work within their guidelines

What You will need to be successful:

• Experience in legal services, legal operations, solution design, business analysis, or professional services
• Familiarity with legal technology platforms and concepts (e.g., document automation, CLM, eDiscovery, legal AI tools, workflow platforms), demonstrating understanding of key concepts, implementation, design and rollout experience
• Familiarity with AI concepts, platforms and tools (ML, GenAI, Agentic)
• Facilitation, requirements analysis and process / operational design skills
• Understanding of solution configuration, data handling, or low code/no code workflows
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritize work, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences
• Comfortable learning new tools and working through technical and business challenges
• Ability to collaborate effectively across multi-functional teams
• Proficiency in English language

At bp, we provide the following environment & benefits to you:

• Different bonus opportunities based on performance, wide range of cafeteria elements
• Life & health insurance, medical care package
• Hybrid working arrangement aligned with team arrangements and business needs
• Opportunity to build up long term career path and develop your skills with wide range of learning options
• Celebrate in bp’s success. You may be eligible to join bp’s Global ShareMatch plan. This non-contractual benefit lets employees buy bp shares and receive matching shares, in line with plan rules
• Family friendly workplace e.g.: Extended parental leave, Mother-baby room
• Employees’ wellbeing programs e.g.: Employee Assistance Program, Company Recognition Program
• Possibility to join our social communities and networks
• Chill-out and collaboration spaces in our beautiful Budapest Agora and Szeged offices e.g.: Play Zones, Office massage, Sport and music equipment

bp Hungary won the Most Attractive Employer 2024 Award (SSC / BSC sector) fourth time in a row at PwC's annual employer research. Come and join us!

At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and ambitious 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 meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life.

Travel Requirement:

Some travel may be required with this role, this is negotiable

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Continuous Improvement, Creating new methodologies, Customer quality requirements, Data Analysis, Experimental Design, Formulated product testing, Formulation Deployment, Formulation design, OMS and bp requirements, Process Safety Management, Product Development, Product Sustainability Performance Management, Project Management, Raw materials knowledge, Rheology, Scientific publication, Tribology, Vehicle propulsion technologies

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Legal Disclaimer:

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, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.

If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.