Energy Meteorologist

Houston , TX 77002

Employment Type: Direct Hire Job Function: Information Technology Job ID:: 132593 Pay Range: $180,000-210,000 / year

Job Description

Candidate Profile

You are someone who possesses the following experience and credentials:
  • PhD or Master's degree (or equivalent) in meteorology, physics, mathematics, or related fields.
  • Minimum of 4 years of experience as an Energy Meteorologist in a fast-paced trading environment.
  • Deep understanding of weather models (IFS, UKMO, GFS, AIFS, etc.) with knowledge of their advantages and drawbacks.
  • Operational experience in weather forecasting.
  • Solid knowledge of teleconnection indexes (NAO, IOD, PDO, PNA) and weather-related datasets (ERA-5, ECMWF hindcast, etc.).
  • Advanced programming skills, ideally with solid knowledge of Python (pandas, xarray, cartopy) and experience working with weather model outputs (GRIB, netCDF files).
  • Expertise in Machine Learning is desirable.
  • Good understanding of weather impacts on the US energy markets.
  • Ability to explain complex issues clearly and present them effectively.
  • Proficiency in English essential; proficiency in French would be beneficial.

Client is unable to sponsor employment Visas or consider individuals on time-limited visa status for this position. 
Activities
Your missions as an US Meteorologist include: 
  • Analyze multiple global/regional weather models for forecasting future evolution of weather variables impacting the energy market at different time scales (15-day, sub-seasonal and seasonal) with a focus on the US power markets (ERCOT, CAISO and PJM especially).
  • Develop close relationship with trading teams and provide real time support. 
  • Participate to the development of internal digital tools to expose weather-related results relevant for energy trading.
  • Contribute to the roadmap for future evolution of models and tools anticipating business needs, with a particular focus on US activities. 
  • Support weather data management in collaboration with the IT teams.

 

DIMENSION

The Quantitative and Trading Analysis (Q&TA) team aims at providing a better understanding of the gas, LNG, power and emissions markets traded by OUR CLIENT in terms of prices and fundamentals, finding ways to model and forecast their dynamics and dealing with complex issues requiring a quantitative approach (pricing, hedging and simulations of complex products, transactions or assets).

 

PURPOSES
  • Provide clear, concise, and independent daily weather briefings to US energy traders and portfolio managers through various communication channels. 
  • Set up and publish regular reports on weather events particularly relevant for the North American business and that can have an impact either on energy markets or on OUR CLIENTS portfolio. 
  • In collaboration with meteorologists in the Geneva office assist global views on weather impacts, primarily focusing on North America
  • Carry out data science projects ingesting large weather and energy datasets in close collaboration with the Q&TA team based in Geneva.
  • Keep track of the latest, commercially relevant weather research and provide related advice.
  • Develop and promote weather knowledge among our clients teams by organizing regular meetings on different key concepts of weather/climate.
  • PAY: $180K-$210K 

Meet The Recruiter

Heather Lee, CPC
Direct-Hire Recruiter

Heather is a Senior Direct-Hire Recruiter at Burnett Specialists, bringing decades of unparalleled expertise to the firm since originally joining the team in 1993.
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