US Meteorologist

Profil du candidat

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 5 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.
• TotalEnergies regrets that it is unable to sponsor employment Visas or consider individuals on time-limited visa status for this position.
  
  
  

Activités

Your missions as an US Meteorologist include:

• Analyse 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 TotalEnergies Gas and Power (TGPNA) 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 the TotalEnergies 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 TGPNA teams by organizing regular meetings on different key concepts of weather/climate.
  
  
  

Contexte et environnement

Total Gas and Power is the trading arm of Total in the field of low carbon energies (mainly gas, LNG and power). As such it operates in fast-evolving market dynamics influenced by internal and external factors that require constant adaptation and evolution. Uncertainties specific to the trading environment (volatility of prices, supply & demand mismatches) are coupled with those coming from the broader energy sector (climate change policies, changes in the energy mix, developments of new energy sources, etc). In such context Trading helps to ensure growth and profitability to a key segment of the business in order to reach the objective of Carbon Neutrality by 2050.