Associate AI Platform Engineer

Associate AI Platform Engineer

We are Lightsource bp – and we’re on a mission to become a global leader in onshore renewables, anchored by our proven track record in solar development.

For over a decade we’ve been actively working to diversify the way our world is powered with sustainable and responsible renewable power. We work to safely deliver affordable, reliable, large-scale onshore renewable and energy storage solutions to help the world decarbonise.

Our growing business is constantly innovating and investing to help drive the energy transition. Our people and projects are focused on supporting long-term sustainable growth and energy security.

Lightsource bp operates with five core values: Safety, Integrity, Respect, Sustainability, and Drive.

We seek to attract and hire individuals who share our commitment to creating a safe workplace, uphold the highest standards of integrity, and demonstrate respect for colleagues, communities, and the environment. Our recruitment process promotes sustainability by valuing long-term growth and responsible practices, while seeking candidates with the drive to innovate and lead in the global energy transition.

Together, these values shape how we engage, assess, and welcome talent to join us in delivering transformational solar power solutions worldwide.

Lightsource bp was fully acquired by bp in 2024.

What you’ll do (the role)

Summary

As an Associate AI Platforms Engineer, you'll help deliver the rollout and day-to-day administration of our enterprise AI platforms, such as Microsoft 365 Copilot. You'll support pilots, help users get the most out of the tools, run training sessions, and keep things ticking over behind the scenes.

This is a hands-on early-career role for someone curious about AI, comfortable with Microsoft 365, and excited to learn how big organisations adopt new technology safely. There's a clear path to grow into a more senior platforms role as the function expands.

Responsibilities of the Role

• Support the rollout of AI platforms, such as Microsoft 365 Copilot across the business, including pilot waves, user onboarding, and post-deployment support.
• Carry out day-to-day administration tasks for AI platforms - licensing, basic configuration, user provisioning, and routine troubleshooting.
• Help prepare and deliver training materials, "lunch and learn" sessions, and office hours that help colleagues use systems in their day to day.
• Maintain documentation, FAQs, and internal knowledge content for the AI platforms we run.
• Help collect and present adoption and usage data so the team can see what's working.
• Triage user questions and platform issues, escalating to senior team members or specialised teams (Identity, Security, Information Protection) when needed.
• Work with the Information Protection team on practical tasks that improve content readiness for platforms (e.g. helping with sensitivity labels and access hygiene).
• Get exposure to our Snowflake-based advanced AI platform (Cortex Code, Cortex Agents) and support early users where helpful.
• Keep up with the platform roadmaps and bring useful new features to the team's attention.
• Build small Low-Code solutions where they help solve practical problems.

Why you’ll make a great member of the team

Experience & Knowledge Required

• 2 to 4 years' experience in IT, platform engineering, technology operations, or enterprise SaaS administration in a corporate environment.
• Hands-on experience administering the Microsoft 365 environment, including admin centres (M365, Teams, SharePoint, Exchange Online), licensing, user provisioning, and configuration. Prior experience as the named admin for a team, function, or enterprise tenant is strongly preferred.
• Power user of enterprise AI tools. Confident, daily user of Microsoft 365 Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, or equivalent. We want someone who already lives inside these tools, not someone learning them on the job.
• Practical knowledge of how enterprise AI tools are governed and adopted inside large organisations, including content readiness, access hygiene, sensitivity labelling, and responsible AI use.
• Practical experience contributing to a technology rollout or adoption programme, including pilots, user onboarding, training delivery, or post-deployment support.
• General awareness of the broader Microsoft enterprise technology landscape, including identity and access (Entra ID), data protection (Purview), and how IT, Security, and Information Protection teams work together.
• Prior experience with Quickbase, or another Low-Code platform such as Power Apps, Power Automate, Mendix, OutSystems, or Appian, is a plus.
• Prior admin or power-user experience on other common enterprise platforms (e.g. ServiceNow, Salesforce, Workday) is a plus.
• Awareness of multi-region AI regulation such as the EU AI Act is a plus

Skills Required

• Strong written and verbal communication. Confident explaining technical concepts to non-technical colleagues, producing clean documentation, and presenting in small group settings.
• Ability to plan and run user-facing enablement activity (training sessions, demos, office hours, "lunch and learn" formats) independently and to a professional standard.
• Pragmatic delivery skills. Able to take a defined piece of work, plan it, execute it, and report back without close supervision.
• Confident, hands-on use of AI tools in everyday work, including practical prompt craft and knowing when to use which model.
• Genuine curiosity about AI and the discipline to learn fast in a category that is still evolving.
• Collaborative working style. Comfortable partnering with senior colleagues across IT, Security, Information Protection, HR, and Legal.
• Analytical mindset. Able to work with adoption and usage data, spot patterns, and turn them into clear insights.
• Hands-on experience with Python, SQL, and AI-assisted coding tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or Claude Code is a plus.

Education Required

• A degree, apprenticeship, or equivalent practical experience in a relevant area such as computer science, information systems, business technology, or a related discipline. We are open to non-traditional paths where the candidate can demonstrate equivalent capability.
• Certifications are not required, but the following are welcome and we would be happy to support the right candidate in earning them in their first year:
  • Microsoft 365 Certified: Copilot and Agent Administration Fundamentals (AB-900)
  • Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Fundamentals (PL-900)

Why you’ll want to work for us

Our company is a place where you can be yourself and grow, a place where your ideas and opinions matter.

Be you: We pride ourselves on being an inclusive community, where every individual is valued and treated with respect.

Be responsible: Our culture is driven by our core values – from operating safely to ensuring our projects are responsible.

Be recognized: Alongside a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits including annual bonus, retention bank, health insurance, pension and other local benefits.

Be inspired: Beyond your day-to-day working life at Lightsource bp, there’s a variety of initiatives that will contribute to your own personal development. These include our charitable causes, supporting our solar honey project, or volunteering on our VIBES committee to name a few.

Our core values: Lightsource bp truly cares about creating a sustainable future through safe, responsible and meaningful low carbon energy projects. Our core values of Safety, Integrity, Respect, Sustainability and Drive are the guiding principles for everything we do.

For further information on our career opportunities and life at Lightsource bp, please visit https://www.lightsourcebp.com/careers/

Why you’ll want to stay with us

This is a rare moment to join an enterprise AI function at the point where it scales. Lightsource bp has demonstrated demand from the workforce, a clear strategy direction, and the appetite to put real AI capability into the hands of the whole company. You will be one of the people who delivers that, not someone watching it happen from the sidelines.

A few specific reasons people stay:

• You will build a real CV in a high-demand field.Microsoft 365 Copilot administration, governed enterprise AI, and Low-Code platform work are among the most marketable skills in IT right now, and you will get hands-on depth in all of them.
• You will work on something with real momentum.Internal demand for enterprise AI is already proven, with strong adoption signals across the business. The appetite for what comes next is genuine, not theoretical.
• You will see your work used.The platforms you support will be used daily by colleagues across multiple regions, with measurable impact on how work gets done.
• You will work on something that matters.Lightsource bp exists to accelerate the energy transition. The AI capability you help build is part of how we do that faster, safer, and at greater scale.