Senior Meteorologist

Meteorologists work daily to save lives and property, which is at the forefront of AccuWeather’s Mission Statement, across the United States and globe. When you join the AccuWeather forecasting team, you will create and effectively communicate impact-driven forecasts for all weather phenomena with the goal to save lives, protect property and help people plan their daily routines. You will finalize various products for media partners in radio, television and newspaper industries, as well as the general public, schools, transportation departments and a variety of other clients. Our team creates hurricane forecast tracks, snowfall prediction maps and customized forecasts and warnings. You will also work with the team to identify areas of concern for severe weather, flash flooding and other hazardous weather.

By using a consensus forecast approach, all team members from interns and early-career professional forecasters to senior meteorologists lend their knowledge to achieve forecasts with Superior Accuracy™.  

This role is required to be located onsite at AccuWeather's State College, PA Headquarters. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Prepare specialized impact-driven weather forecasts and products for our customers or users. These include, but are not limited to, the creation of products for digital platforms, traditional media customers (radio, TV stations, newspapers), business-to-business customers, and internal customers.
• Regularly serve as a role model and leader, working with other team members to grow their skills and mentoring them in forecasting and communicating meteorology.
• Justify and explain weather predictions to colleagues and engage in a dialogue with them to reach a consensus agreement on any differing predictions.
• Regularly synthesize complex weather scenarios into easy-to-understand verbal and written forecasts and briefings.
• Monitor and analyze new weather data in real-time and determine whether a change in weather forecasts is warranted. Discuss with colleagues to formulate a revised consensus based upon best professional judgement, update forecasts and products for customers as appropriate, and communicate any revisions to customers.
• Special duties and responsibilities may include serving as Shift Coordinator, overseeing department committees, quality assurance, specifying or implementing efficiency measures, customer support, scheduling, research and development, or other areas.
• Keep abreast of the latest developments in the field of meteorology and apply new tools and ideas to everyday forecasting processes.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

QUALIFICATIONS

• BS in meteorology or atmospheric sciences from a four-year college or university, or equivalent education.
• At least 5 years of experience of professional forecasting experience preferred but will consider other experience levels in context of complete candidate resume.
• Demonstrated superior skill in weather forecasting and job performance in multiple forecast areas, including understanding how to craft impact-driven weather forecasts.
• Clear communicator who has consistently excelled in translating complex scientific information into easy-to-understand forecast information for customers.
• Exceptional customer service skills.
• Ability to read, understand, analyze and utilize the complete array of available weather data.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills, both written and oral.
• Must have or qualify for professional membership in the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association 
• Demonstrated leadership skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced work environment.
• Must be available to work overnights, evenings, weekends and holidays as required.

AccuWeather, recognized and documented as the most accurate source of weather forecasts and warnings in the world, has saved tens of thousands of lives, prevented hundreds of thousands of injuries and tens of billions of dollars in property damage. With global headquarters in State College, PA and other offices around the world, AccuWeather serves more than 1.5 billion people daily to help them plan their lives and get more out of their day through innovative digital media properties, such as are MinuteCast® Minute by Minute™ forecasts with Superior Accuracy™. Further, AccuWeather serves more than half of Fortune 500 companies and thousands of businesses globally.

 AccuWeather is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to all applicants and existing employees and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity/expression), sexual orientation, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religion, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. View the EEO is the Law poster here and its supplement here. The pay transparency policy is available here. 

AccuWeather is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to human.resources@accuweather.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

Last updated on Aug 16, 2024