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The Friday Job Report - Week 36
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Issued on the 4th of September, 2026 The Jobs
Title: Crisis Management Meteorology Intern Company: Ameren Work Location: Peoria, IL (southwest of Chicago, IL) - Hybrid Pay: Not Given Degree:
Key Skills or Knowledge You Will Learn
Who Should Apply? The reason I put this in energy is because the company is a utility. However, the title of the position is more emergency management type of work. However, anytime you intern or work for a company there is a chance you will advance to another position and this could be viewed as a utility job, not just emergency management. Even though I lived in Chicago and travel there frequently I have never heard of Ameren and the reason most likely is that they cover everything south of Chicago in more rural or smaller areas. Their biggest city is St. Louis, Missouri. The thing about Ameren's coverage area is that they get a lot of severe thunderstorms including straight line winds and tornadoes, heavy flooding rains, snow and ice storms in the winter and intense heat in the summer. A little of everything. You should apply more likely if you are attending university nearby at Northern Illinois, Purdue, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Iowa, or another school that has a meteorology program that I didn't list. Or if you are from Chicago and have family nearby. Peoria is a small town surrounded by farms. If you had a strong interest in corn or soybean, living in Peoria would be educational as well. That being said, this sounds like a good internship to get experience with a utility that even if it wasn't Ameren you could land a full-time role with another utility. Once you understand how one utility functions you can often translate this to another utility.
Title: Meteorology Operations Lead Company: Pacific Power Work Location: Portland, Oregon - 100% Onsite Pay: $134,000 - $185,000/annual Degree: Bachelor’s Degree in Atmospheric Science, Project Management or a related field; or the equivalent combination of education and related experience. Years of Experience: 7+ years of experience in a utility setting. 3+ years leadership experience. Key Skills:
Preferred Skills (Move your resume to the top of the pile)
About the Company The company is 3 parts with PacifiCorp at the top and then Pacific Power and Rocky Mountain Power below. This role is with Pacific Power. Who Should Apply If you have worked for a utility or within energy trading, you are likely the top candidate. However, if there is no candidates with that background, if you have experience in fire weather, NOAA, or any location where you've had to work across multiple departments, make decisions, and act at times as the subject matter expert, then you might also be able to get into an interview. You should apply because you want to work in a position where you are the go to person for information about specific weather information or impacts. You can, with confidence, convey the impact of El Nino on the Pac Northwest and how when you break this down, will affect utility operations and how this will translate to 2027. Based on the expected weather pattern, you can, with confidence, go against the models when needed to provide the actual most likely outcome. You understand the intricacies of the mountain/valley system, how the coastal mountains interact with the Cascades, with the much higher volcanic summits, how cold air from the interior can in some patterns surge west through the Columbia Gorge and flood the Willamette Valley with sub-freezing temperatures. You definitely understand that a cold front in Yakima is not cold! About the Location If you've read any of the previous reports you know that Oregon and Portland is one of my favorite locations in the US. I could go rock climbing at Smith Rock in the morning near Bend, then snow ski at Mount Bachelor, then enter what feels like a scene from The Goonies in Cannon Beach where I could hike to a view of the Tillamook Lighthouse. In addition to the outdoors activities, Portland is generally a great city to explore. Seattle is about a 3-4 hour trip to the North.
Past or Other Job ListingsTrading Meteorologist - Exxon - London, England - Onsite - Link to Job Post
Title: Senior Customer Support Manager - Weather Focused Company: Technosylva Work Location: Remote Pay: Not Given Benefits: See Job Listing Degree:
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Key Skills or Knowledge: (You should be able to do these duties)
Preferred Skills (Move your resume to the top of the pile)
About the Company As someone with some wildfire knowledge I have interviewed with at least 7 electric utilities over the last two years and while there were many common themes, the one name that came up repeatedly was Technosylva and have you used their software. I believe there is a strong chance they have a big edge in the wildfire AI software space. These utilities are using any and all tech they have because the cost of a wildfire goes far beyond just the Billion dollar price tag. Who Should Apply? As a baseline you should have a background in wildfire meteorology, even if you were never in charge and just made forecasts without talking to anyone. The dynamics of a wildfire should already be built-in to your knowledge bank and all you would need is a quick refresh. That may get you in the door, but it would be super helpful if you both know what SaaS is and have work in a management or customer-facing role, even if the customer was essentially your coworkers on a day-to-day basis. To really excel, you should have experience that can be use to connect your background to the job qualifications and this is something you can convey in an interview. This job is about communicating fire weather information to customers and in the interview this should come across very strongly that you know what you are talking about. If you are interested in wildfire meteorology, but don't have any experience, you probably are not going to be selected About the Location The job says remote, but it says remote Denver, Colorado. This could be to work with one of their customers, Xcel Energy, which is based in Denver or it could be that they have an office, but you can still work remote. There is a possibility you need to live in Colorado, but would never really need to go into the office. I listed this a remote, but it is always worth contacting the company directly to find out.
Past or Other Job ListingsClimate Scientist - Slalom - Los Angeles, CA - Onsite - $120,000 to $183,000 - Link to Job Post Fire Scientist - Slalom - Los Angeles, CA - Onsite - $112,000 to $153,000 - Link to Job Post Environmental/Fire Science Internship - California Edison - Los Angeles, CA area - $23 - $34/hour - Link to Job Post
Title: Parametric Insurance Analyst Company: Reask Work Location: London, England - Fully Remote Pay: Not Given Degree:
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Key Skills or Knowledge: (You should be able to do these duties)
Who Should Apply? You should have experience in insurance or re-insurance, catastrophe risk modeling, coding with Python and React, and be willing to work hard and be flexible. This is a startup that is trying to flip the current reinsurance industry on its head and developing risk models using a different approach. Because it is a startup the position is fully remote, but mentions coworking in London, which means at times you may meetup at a WeWork or something like that.
Past or Other Job ListingsHydrological Modeling and GIS Analyst - Aon - Czech Republic - Onsite - Link to Job Post Catastrophe Risk Analyst - Gallagher Re - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Onsite - Link to Job Post SageSure - Senior Catastrophe Risk Analyst - Chicago, IL - Onsite - Link to Job Post
Title: Weather Routing Analyst Company: Accelleron Work Location: India Pay: Not Given Benefits: See Job Listing Degree:
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Preferred, and increases your chances of an interview
Who Should Apply? You have been on a large ship and enjoy the idea of being in the open ocean. While this role is land-based, the job requirements ask that you have been on the ocean and understand what large swells feel like. Large 25-30 meter swells are not something most people enjoy the idea of riding over on a ship and so this job is about routing ships around significant swells, which also slow down the ship and make the route less than efficient. Everything in routing ships is about safety and designing fuel-efficient routes. Ships sailing from India to other locations in other oceans will involve traversing through known pirate zones and you may have to arrange private contractors for security, aka guys with guns. In addition, winds, tropical systems, and ice can create situations that are not efficient or safe. In this role you will learn a lot about exports/imports for worldwide ports and learn what types of cargo are less safe for transport. I've worked as a route analyst for a brief time in my career.
Past or Other Job ListingsChief Meteorologist - Royal Caribbean - Miami, Florida - Onsite - Link to Job Post - Reposted on their site
Title: Meteorologist Company: Flexjet Work Location: Cleveland, Ohio Pay: None Given Shift: Rotating Degree:
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Key Skills or Knowledge: (You should be able to do these duties)
Who Should Apply? While aviation itself is not the foundation of weather forecasting, the knowledge needed to work in aviation requires skills that you use in almost every other industry. Aviation requires a knowledge of surface wind systems also important for road forecasting, energy forecasting, or marine forecasting, and severe weather forecasting. You also need to understand temperature microclimates and land/sea interactions. Other than wind, the second most important requirement is the ability to forecast low clouds and cloud ceilings and coverage.
Past or Other Job ListingsAviation Meteorologist - International Trip Planning Services - Houston, TX - Onsite - Link to Job Post Aviation Meteorologist Intern - United Airlines - Chicago, IL - Onsite - Link to Job Post Aviation Meteorologist - Tomorrow.io - Caribbean & NE US - Onsite - Link to Job Post Observer Communicator - ATS Services - Canada - Onsite - Link to Job Post
Title: Weather Science Intern (post graduation internship) Company: The Weather Company Work Location: Atlanta, GA, New York City, or Andover, MA (Boston area) - Hybrid Pay: $35 - $50/hour, 12-months long Benefits: See Job Listing Degree:
Key Skills or Knowledge: (You should be able to do these duties)
Who Should Apply? This is an interesting internship because you will get to work on a tool and applications that may be used by The Weather Company in services they provide to customers. Now you can look at this role in two ways. You can take a negative approach and question why they are hiring someone very cheaply to work on new tools. It's a valid thought. Or, if you are looking for a job at this point, you can see it as an opportunity to work at The Weather Company, a company with many meteorology positions, and maybe you can turn this into a full-time gig. At a minimum, I would look at this as they are going to pay you to learn how to use all the tools they list in the Bonus section and the AI.
Past or Other Job ListingsMeteorology Specialist - EGIS - Bangkok, Thailand - Onsite - Link to Job Post Storm Warning Meteorologist - AccuWeather - Wichita, KS - Onsite - Link to Job Post Senior Meteorologist - ICEYE - Helsinki, Warsaw, Valencia, Athens, Berlin, or EU remote - Hybrid - Link to Job Post Client Success Meteorologist - Baron Weather - Huntsville, AL - Onsite - Link to Job Post
Title: Machine Learning Scientist Company: Tomorrow.io Work Location: Golden, Colorado Pay: $145,000 to $160,000 Benefits: See Job Listing Degree:
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Preferred, but not required
Who Should Apply? You don't want to forecast, but you want to work for a well known name in innovative weather technology and you want to work in machine learning and AI. If you've used weather AI models you know they have some positives and a lot of negatives and so you want to work with a company that has the tech, the investment, and the right people to make headway in developing ML/AI weather prediction models. Location Golden is basically West Denver and is also the location of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The city sits in sort of a valley between some bluffs to the East and the foothills to the West leading up to the Rocky Mountains. If you like the outdoors, this puts you right there. If you don't like the outdoors, Denver is right on the other side of the bluffs and you could stay in the urban setting and never step foot in the mountains.
Past or Other Job ListingsWeather Scientist - Pravah - Delhi, India - Onsite - Link to Job Post Meteorological Scientist - Windborne - San Francisco, CA - Onsite - Link to Job Post Rainmaker Fellow in Radar Science - Rainmaker Corporation - El Segundo, CA or Norman, OK - Onsite - Link to Job Post
Title: Air Quality Engineer/Scientist / Senior Environmental Consultant Company: Trinity Consultants Work Location: Brisbane, Australia / Dallas, Texas Pay: None Given Permit: Contact company or see listing. Degree:
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Who Should Apply? There are two jobs posted within this one post. The reason is this company has many opens worldwide, and these are two of the best matches to meteorology, but definitely more environmental science and chemistry and less climate or weather. You should enjoy the idea of working outside, in the field, using air quality modeling software, and creating reports. I also wanted to list this company as a place to check back when you are looking as they will often have openings.
Past or Other Job ListingsAir Quality Consultant - Ramboll - Melbourne, Australia - Link to Job Post
Title: Climate Data Scientist Company: Watershed Work Location: London, Paris, Mexico City, Berlin, Sydney, Denver, New York City, San Francisco / hybrid Pay: $193,000 - $202,000 per year Benefits: See Job Listing Degree:
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Key Skills or Knowledge: (You should be able to do these duties)
Preferred (will help you move to the top of the resume pile)
Who Should Apply? Not a forecasting role at all. They don't even list meteorology, but that doesn't matter, if you have a PhD or Master's degree in atmospheric science and have any sustainability background working with GHG accounting and can at least understand what Python is doing, then apply. This is way out on the edge of being connected to meteorology, but it is climate-related and if you have a climate background, even in meteorology there is always a chance. Good pay, with good locations to work from.
Past or Other Job ListingsClimate Data Analyst - FAO - Remote for Sri Lanka - Link to Job Post Originator - 3 Degrees - New York, New York - Hybrid - $94,000 to $169,000 - Link to Job Post Final ThoughtsAs I continue to figure out the best way to present the jobs to you, you will see changes from week to week. I'm really excited about the future of The Friday Job Report because I will be collaborating with a meteorologist in the aviation industry to create extra content about jobs in that sector which will be published on a quarterly basis or at least twice per year. Also, usually when I'm creating the job report I am working as fast as possible in the tiny bit of time I have and so there may be errors. If you see an error, feel free to point it out. |
Scott Patterson
Every Friday, I break down real meteorology job postings and cover what the role actually involves, what employers are really looking for, and how to position yourself to get hired. Experience in energy, aviation, agricultural commodities, transportation, outdoor recreation, and event forecasting. Free, every Friday