Trading Meteorologist

Exxonmobil Hong Kong Limited; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 942,000 - 1,413,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Share incentive plan

Private healthcare for employees and 1

Please note benefits may be changed

Job summary

ExxonMobil is seeking an experienced Trading Meteorologist to support its European Gas and Power Trading business. This role delivers weather intelligence, forecasts, and risk assessments to guide commercial decisions across gas and power markets.

You will analyze diverse weather models, develop proprietary insights, and translate meteorology into usable data for traders and analytics teams, while collaborating with data scientists and software developers.

Qualifications

• Degree in Meteorology, Atmospheric Science, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering or another quantitative field; advanced degree preferred.
• Significant experience supporting European gas and power trading or energy markets.
• Strong understanding of European weather drivers, renewable generation impacts, and energy demand forecasting.
• Experience with deterministic, ensemble, subseasonal and AI-based weather models.
• Ability to translate meteorological concepts into actionable data for traders and technologists.

Responsibilities

• Deliver timely weather forecasts, risk assessments, and market-focused weather briefings for European gas and power markets.
• Analyze NWP, ensemble, subseasonal, seasonal, and AI-based weather models to identify trading opportunities and risks.
• Develop proprietary weather insights beyond third-party vendor forecasts.
• Translate meteorological views into forecast datasets for fundamental, stack, demand, renewable generation, and market pricing models.
• Build and maintain visualization tools, dashboards, and automated weather analytics workflows.
• Support integration of weather data into trading and analytical platforms, including sensitivity and risk analysis.
• Continuously monitor forecast performance and improve weather, demand, and renewable generation forecasting methodologies.
• Collaborate with traders, quantitative analysts, data scientists, and software developers to advance analytics capabilities.
• Maintain relationships with external weather vendors and assess forecast strengths and market implications.
• Stay at the forefront of meteorology, statistics, machine learning, and forecasting technology to gain competitive advantage.

Skills

Python

Data analytics

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Weather forecasting intuition

Education

Degree in Meteorology, Atmospheric Science, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering

Tools

Python

Job description

At ExxonMobil, our vision is to lead in energy innovations that advance modern living while reducing emissions. As one of the world’s largest publicly traded energy and chemical companies, we are powered by a unique and diverse workforce fueled by the pride in what we do and what we stand for.

The success of our Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses is the result of the talent, curiosity and drive of our people. They bring solutions every day to optimize our strategy in energy, chemicals, lubricants and lower-emissions technologies.

We invite you to bring your ideas to ExxonMobil to help create sustainable solutions that improve quality of life and meet society’s evolving needs. Learn more about our What and our Why and how we can work together.

What role you will play on our team

ExxonMobil is seeking an experienced Trading Meteorologist to support its European Gas and Power Trading business. This role sits within the Global Trading Analytics organization and works directly with traders, quantitative analysts, data scientists, and technology teams to deliver weather intelligence that enhances commercial decision making. The position combines deep meteorological expertise, energy market understanding, and quantitative skills to develop actionable weather insights, demand forecasts, renewable generation forecasts, and weather-driven risk assessments. This role is pivotal in delivering actionable weather intelligence that supports both real-time and strategic trading decisions across the natural gas and power trading business.

What you will do

• Deliver timely weather forecasts, risk assessments, and market-focused weather briefings for European gas and power markets.
• Analyze NWP, ensemble, subseasonal, seasonal, and emerging AI-based weather models to identify trading opportunities and risks.
• Develop proprietary weather insights beyond third-party vendor forecasts.
• Translate meteorological views into forecast datasets used in fundamental, stack, demand, renewable generation, and market pricing models.
• Build and maintain visualization tools, dashboards, and automated weather analytics workflows.
• Support integration of weather data into trading and analytical platforms, including sensitivity and risk analysis.
• Continuously monitor forecast performance and improve weather, demand, and renewable generation forecasting methodologies.
• Collaborate closely with traders, quantitative analysts, data scientists, and software developers to advance trading analytics capabilities.
• Maintain strong relationships with external weather vendors and assess forecast strengths, weaknesses, and market implications.
• Stay at the forefront of developments in meteorology, statistics, machine learning, and forecasting technology to create competitive advantage.

What you bring

• Degree in Meteorology, Atmospheric Science, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, or another quantitative discipline; advanced degree preferred.
• Significant experience supporting European gas and power trading or energy markets.
• Strong understanding of European weather drivers, renewable generation impacts, and energy demand forecasting.
• Experience interpreting deterministic, ensemble, subseasonal, and AI-based weather models.
• Strong analytical and quantitative capabilities with the ability to work alongside model developers and quantitative teams.
• Programming experience in Python and familiarity with modern data analytics tools.
• Experience handling large meteorological datasets and developing automated forecasting workflows.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex meteorological concepts in commercial terms
• Collaborative team player who thrives in a fast-paced trading environment.
• Curious, innovative, and continuously seeking improved analytical approaches.
• Strong problem-solving mindset and attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate effectively with global, multicultural teams.
• Passion for energy markets and building industry-leading trading capabilities.
• Ability to build credibility with traders and effectively communicate conviction in weather-driven market views, influencing risk deployment decisions when supported by robust meteorological analysis.

An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life.

We offer you:

• Share incentive plan
• Private healthcare for employees and their families
• Please note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law

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Conditions of EmploymentSuccessful candidates will be made a conditional offer of employment. The conditions include, but are not limited to: a satisfactory criminal records disclosure; satisfactory employment references over five years (where applicable); verification of qualifications, including any professional accreditation stated in the application; completion of a pre-employment medical, including a test for illicit or unprescribed drugs in accordance with the Company's safety policies; and the legal right to work on the agreed commencement date.

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Over the past 140 years, our company has evolved from a regional marketer of kerosene in the U.S. to one of the largest publicly traded petroleum and petrochemical enterprises in the world. Today we operate in most of the world’s countries and are best-known by our familiar brand names: Exxon, Esso and Mobil. We make the products that drive modern transportation, power cities, lubricate industry and provide petrochemical building blocks that lead to thousands of consumer goods.

Over the past 140 years, our company has evolved from a regional marketer of kerosene in the U.S. to one of the largest publicly traded petroleum and petrochemical enterprises in the world. Today we operate in most of the world’s countries and are best-known by our familiar brand names: Exxon, Esso and Mobil. We make the products that drive modern transportation, power cities, lubricate industry and provide petrochemical building blocks that lead to thousands of consumer goods.