Meteorologist
The Weather & Climate team sits in Trading Analytics & Insights (TA&I) withing bp's Supply, Trading & Shipping (ST&S). The team is primarily responsible for providing analysis of global weather patterns and how they may impact supply and demand dynamics across the global commodity markets; subsequently providing this information to trading and origination teams. Analysis performed by the team provides commercial value by keeping traders, originators, and management informed of underlying fundamental views that affect the markets and often helps inform policies and strategy at bp level.
This position is based on site at our Houston office with a hybrid work schedule.
Key Accountabilities:
- Generate a daily view of weather forecasts for the coming two weeks across key geographies for gas and power markets.
- Translate both the internally and externally generated weather forecasts into a clear outlook, articulating risk factors.
- Work with Quantitative Meteorologists in R&D to expand our statistical analysis tooling and how it relates to trading strategies.
- Alongside market strategists, develop trading recommendations based on analysis.
- Work with teammates to form a view of global weather, and regularly present this to a diverse audience across T&S.
- Forecasting weather generated renewable power generation across the continent.
- Hold a view of and regularly communicate global seasonal forecasts to inform the global energy complex.
- Keep abreast of hurricane forecasts before and during the season. For the interest of the energy markets as well as business continuity.
- Keep up to date on research and modelling of climate variables that could impact longer term strategies.
- Monitor marketplace for new weather products and hold relationship with external weather vendors.
- Maintain relationship with colleagues in Technology to provide continuous improvement in our data, tools, and reporting.
Essential Education and Experience:
- Degree in meteorology or similar discipline
- Deep interest in the weather and knowledge of global weather patterns and drivers
- Skill using global weather models and knowledge of limitations.
- Experience of North America and South America weather forecasting (Europe and Asia are desirable)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills: ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders.
- Confident at presenting in front of a diverse audience.
- Strong analytical, reasoning and mathematical skills.
- Can-do approach to delivering results; able to deal with conflict and field critical questioning.
- Ability and desire to work in fast-paced, dynamic trading environment.
Desirable Criteria & Qualifications:
- Knowledge, with experience of North America gas and power; and agricultural markets specifically.
- Knowledgeable about other energy commodity markets, such as carbon and oil and the impact the weather can have on these.
- Commercial focus and reputation for commercial delivery.
- Experience working within the energy markets.
- Knowledge of numerical weather prediction, including forecast initialization
- Proficient with Python programming
- Experience with packages and libraries related to weather forecasting is a plus
- Machine learning, especially if applied to weather forecasting
- In depth knowledge of forecast verification methods
Who You will Work With:
Weather & Climate intelligence and insight is at the forefront of informing bp's energy transition. Our team has a focus on creating commercial value for T&S to help fund projects across the company; but also, are critical to keeping operations safe and ensuring climate science is a key consideration across the company.
Our Weather & Climate team is spread across London and Houston with a global remit. An inclusive and supportive culture, built upon collaboration within the team and with partners is essential to team success. Development both as a team and as individuals will allow you to hone your skills as a meteorologist and further your career.
Why Join bp:
At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging 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. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, and excellent retirement benefits, among others!
Travel Requirement
Negligible travel should be expected with this role
Relocation Assistance:
Relocation may be negotiable for this role
Remote Type:
This position is a hybrid of office/remote working
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