Energy Markets - Senior Meteorologist

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You'll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in our Reading office

Salary: £50,100 - £75,100 + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available

As a Senior Energy Meteorologist in SSE’s Energy Markets team, you’ll join and support the operational teams at the heart of the Group’s journey to a net zero future. This is an opportunity to bring your meteorological expertise to a role where your insight will help shape commercially informed decisions across our wholesale energy portfolio. Working closely with colleagues across Trading, Planning and Risk, you’ll provide trusted short- and medium-term weather insight that supports day-to-day operations, strengthens resilience, and helps optimise our wind and wider renewable portfolio.

It’s a role for someone who values the impact that careful analysis, collaboration, clear communication, and shared decision-making can have in a dynamic and evolving environment.

• Provide clear, timely and trusted short- and medium-term weather forecasts that support balanced and effective operational decision-making.
• Interpret complex weather models with experience and sound judgement, communicating confidence levels, risks and alternative scenarios in an accessible way.
• Build strong, collaborative relationships across Meteorology, Trading and Planning, contributing to an inclusive team culture and shared success.
• Offer meaningful insight into weather, wind and solar patterns, helping improve forecast performance, reduce imbalance costs and strengthen portfolio resilience.
• Continuously look for ways to improve forecasting approaches, embracing scientific, technical and AI developments to enhance quality, safety and business value.

• A strong academic background in meteorology, science, mathematics or a related discipline, ideally to postgraduate level.
• Experience of interpreting weather models and translating technical information into clear, practical guidance for operational or commercial stakeholders.
• Excellent analytical and numerical capability, alongside an interest in coding, data management and continuous improvement.
• A genuine passion for weather systems, renewable energy and the role high-quality forecasting plays in decision-making.
• A warm, confident and collaborative communication style, with the ability to explain your thinking clearly, influence positively and work closely with others.

SSE’s purpose is to provide energy needed today while building a better world of energy for tomorrow. We do this by developing, building, operating and investing in electricity infrastructure and businesses needed in the energy transition. Our Transforming for Growth investment plans see us investing £33bn in critical electricity infrastructure across the five years to 2030.

SSE Energy Markets secure the energy needed to power customers’ lives, while creating value for SSE. Our Energy Markets trading teams buy the fuel needed to deliver cleaner energy and sell power generated in our wind farm, hydro and thermal assets back to the markets.

Enjoy discounts on private healthcare and gym memberships. Wellbeing benefits like a free online GP and 24/7 counselling service. Interest‑free loans on tech and transport season tickets, or a new bike with our Cycle to Work scheme. As well as generous family entitlements such as maternity and adoption pay, and paternity leave.

SSE will make any reasonable adjustments you need to ensure that your application and experience with us is positive. Please contact  / to discuss how we can support you.

We’re dedicated to fostering an open and inclusive workplace where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We create equal opportunities for everyone to succeed and especially welcome applications from those who may not be well represented in our workforce or industry.