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At PGE, our work involves dreaming about, planning for, and realizing a smarter, cleaner, more enduring Oregon neighborhood. Its core to our DNA and we haven’t stopped since we started in 1888. We energize lives, strengthen communities and drive advancements in energy that promote social, economic and environmental progress. We’re always on the lookout for people passionate about leading and being a part of teams that are advancing innovative clean energy solutions that are also affordable and accessible to all.
Meteorologist
Portland General Electric is seeking a meteorologist with skills in operational and fire weather forecasting, as well as data science. The primary responsibility will be to create a daily forecast to and provide briefings to keep operations and emergency management informed of potentially impactful weather including wind, ice, snow, and fire. The candidate must have expertise in forecasting critical fire weather patterns that lead to high fire danger.
The successful candidate will also produce seasonal weather outlooks, lead or support the development of predictive models, and support the development of tools, dashboards, and other forecast products to advance forecasting and fire environment analysis.
This position will also serve on the PGE incident management team when the Emergency Operations Center is activated supporting situational awareness and incident response operations, including public safety power shutoffs to mitigate the risk of wildfires.
Primary Job Responsibilities:
- Interpret meteorological data and forecasts to produce a daily impacts-based forecast and briefing for operations
- With a strong understanding of both probabilistic and deterministic modeling, work collaboratively with meteorologists, data scientists and risk modeling team to support development of predictive modeling for outage and ignition probability
- Advance the development of meteorological tools for fire environment analysis
- Develop and maintain user interfaces for meteorology tools that provide actionable situational awareness insights
- Analyze historical weather data to support fire environment and impactful weather event analysis
- Effectively communicate findings from data analysis and forecast information to deliver reports to a variety of stakeholders
- Collaborate with diverse teams to develop plans and procedures
- Develop relationships and collaborate with both internal and external stakeholders, data scientists, project managers, engineering, operations, analysts and leadership to develop data driven solutions for weather, climate, and risk assessment models
- Assist with managing PGE’s weather station network including siting new locations and managing network data
- Provide weather analysis to support wildfire risk assessments including development or refinement of High Fire Risk Zones
Secondary Job Responsibilities:
- Assist storm preparedness and power restoration efforts by providing concise, detailed forecasts during periods of extreme weather to a variety of stakeholders. This may result in shift work, and extended hours.
Qualifications
Required:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Meteorology, Atmospheric Sciences, or related area of study
- Experience: Typically 5+ years in operational weather forecasting, prefer 2+ years in fire weather forecasting (including completion of S290: Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Demonstrated knowledge of meteorological phenomena, fire science/behavior, climatology, geography, forecasting techniques, weather model analysis, data science and programming languages
- Proficiency in using meteorological software, tools, and data sources
- Ability to ingest, decode, analyze, and visualize meteorological observational and model data
- Demonstrated experience and expertise in the utilization of Python for geospatial data analysis
- Thorough understanding of various probabilistic and ensemble forecasting methodologies, with particular emphasis on the utilization of probabilistic numerical weather prediction methods for determination and presentation of various weather risks
- Knowledge of Pacific Northwest meteorology
- Experience preparing findings and presenting complex technical information to both technical and nontechnical audiences
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to efficiently handle multiple projects and requests
- Three years of weather forecasting experience in the energy and/or utilities sector
-
Thorough knowledge of fire/wildfire behavior, the National Fire Danger Rating System, and completion of wildland fire classes such as:
-
S-390: Intermediate Wildland Fire Calculations
- S-490: Advanced Fire Behavior Calculations
-
Thorough knowledge and experience with:
-
Database creation and manipulation, data management platforms, data collection, storage, and management
- Data visual analytics platforms: PowerBI and Neara
- Various numerical analysis packages Pandas, Scikit Learn, Scipy, etc.
- Leveraging and building out capabilities in Neara
- Thorough knowledge and experience with interpreting climate models
- Experience briefing stakeholders on the potential for extreme weather and impacts to business as it pertains to both market and operational utility operations
Knowledge, skills, and abilities
Advanced knowledge of forecasting tools.
Advanced skills in using database applications.
Intermediate skills with programming languages used in department.
Advanced analytical thinking skills.
Advanced business acumen.
Advanced decision-making skills.
Advanced enterprise/business awareness skills.
Advanced influence skills.
Advanced presentation/facilitation skills.
Advanced written/oral communication skills.
Advanced diplomacy skills.
Physical and Cognitive Demands
Cognitive:
Consistent use of logic or scientific thinking to define problems, collect information, establish facts and draw valid conclusions (for example, engineer, HR director, plant manager, etc.).
Ability to adhere to set response times, deadlines and time-sensitive tasks.
Ability to follow accuracy standards.
Ability to follow through on decision-making tasks.
Ability to interact effectively and collaboratively within a team environment.
Ability to communicate and problem solve when under stress.
Ability to respond and adapt to frequent change.
Ability to accept and demonstrate self-awareness when provided constructive feedback.
Ability to discern feedback and acknowledge ownership of areas of improvement.
Ability to avoid future mistakes by applying reasonable skills to new but similar work situations or tasks.
Ability to successfully collaborate with peers, managers, and others within the organization.
Demonstrates sound memory.
Ability to process new information to be applied consistently to work tasks.
Schedule/Attendance
Ability to work long hours.
Ability to work a variable schedule.
Ability to report to work and perform work during periods of severe inclement weather.
Ability to consistently meet attendance standards for regular, reliable, predictable, full-time attendance [for part-time positions, change to part-time attendance].
Physical Capabilities
Driving/travel/commute
- Occasionally within service territory (one to two times a month or less)
- Overnight inside/outside the service territory Occasionally (one to two times a month or less)
Computer use (use computer regularly for entire work shift).
Office environment.
Actual total compensation, including a performance based incentive bonus, is commensurate with experience, skills, qualifications, education, training, and internal equity.
PGE believes in rewarding dedicated performance. We provide a total rewards package that is designed to reward your contributions to the company, and, at the same time, support your well-being and professional development, both now and into the future. To find out more, click here.
Join us today and power your potential!
Assisting with storms or other Company emergencies is a part of all positions at Portland General Electric.
PGE is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering a workplace where employees feel connected, valued, and empowered to thrive. PGE will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.
PGE does not discriminate on the basis of disability. We recognize individuals have a variety of abilities to offer and we believe there is much to value and celebrate by incorporating different abilities into the work we do. One very important way we live this out is in our application and interview process. We work hard to support individuals who may need an accommodation to fully participate in these processes. If you feel you may need an accommodation, or would like to request one, please notify the Recruiter associated with the job posting. You may also make this request by contacting talentacquisition@pgn.com or by calling 503-464-7250. The Recruiter will provide information and next steps for the accommodation process.
To be considered for this position, please complete the following employment application by the posting close date. Posting closes at midnight (Pacific Time) on the closing date below. If no date is listed, job is open until filled.
At PGE, our work involves dreaming about, planning for, and realizing a smarter, cleaner, more enduring Oregon neighborhood. Its core to our DNA and we haven’t stopped since we started in 1888. We energize lives, strengthen communities and drive advancements in energy that promote social, economic and environmental progress. We’re always on the lookout for people passionate about leading and being a part of teams that are advancing innovative clean energy solutions that are also affordable and accessible to all.
Meteorologist
Portland General Electric is seeking a meteorologist with skills in operational and fire weather forecasting, as well as data science. The primary responsibility will be to create a daily forecast to and provide briefings to keep operations and emergency management informed of potentially impactful weather including wind, ice, snow, and fire. The candidate must have expertise in forecasting critical fire weather patterns that lead to high fire danger.
The successful candidate will also produce seasonal weather outlooks, lead or support the development of predictive models, and support the development of tools, dashboards, and other forecast products to advance forecasting and fire environment analysis.
This position will also serve on the PGE incident management team when the Emergency Operations Center is activated supporting situational awareness and incident response operations, including public safety power shutoffs to mitigate the risk of wildfires.
Primary Job Responsibilities:
- Interpret meteorological data and forecasts to produce a daily impacts-based forecast and briefing for operations
- With a strong understanding of both probabilistic and deterministic modeling, work collaboratively with meteorologists, data scientists and risk modeling team to support development of predictive modeling for outage and ignition probability
- Advance the development of meteorological tools for fire environment analysis
- Develop and maintain user interfaces for meteorology tools that provide actionable situational awareness insights
- Analyze historical weather data to support fire environment and impactful weather event analysis
- Effectively communicate findings from data analysis and forecast information to deliver reports to a variety of stakeholders
- Collaborate with diverse teams to develop plans and procedures
- Develop relationships and collaborate with both internal and external stakeholders, data scientists, project managers, engineering, operations, analysts and leadership to develop data driven solutions for weather, climate, and risk assessment models
- Assist with managing PGE’s weather station network including siting new locations and managing network data
- Provide weather analysis to support wildfire risk assessments including development or refinement of High Fire Risk Zones
Secondary Job Responsibilities:
- Assist storm preparedness and power restoration efforts by providing concise, detailed forecasts during periods of extreme weather to a variety of stakeholders. This may result in shift work, and extended hours.
Qualifications
Required:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Meteorology, Atmospheric Sciences, or related area of study
- Experience: Typically 5+ years in operational weather forecasting, prefer 2+ years in fire weather forecasting (including completion of S290: Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Demonstrated knowledge of meteorological phenomena, fire science/behavior, climatology, geography, forecasting techniques, weather model analysis, data science and programming languages
- Proficiency in using meteorological software, tools, and data sources
- Ability to ingest, decode, analyze, and visualize meteorological observational and model data
- Demonstrated experience and expertise in the utilization of Python for geospatial data analysis
- Thorough understanding of various probabilistic and ensemble forecasting methodologies, with particular emphasis on the utilization of probabilistic numerical weather prediction methods for determination and presentation of various weather risks
- Knowledge of Pacific Northwest meteorology
- Experience preparing findings and presenting complex technical information to both technical and nontechnical audiences
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to efficiently handle multiple projects and requests
- Three years of weather forecasting experience in the energy and/or utilities sector
-
Thorough knowledge of fire/wildfire behavior, the National Fire Danger Rating System, and completion of wildland fire classes such as:
-
S-390: Intermediate Wildland Fire Calculations
- S-490: Advanced Fire Behavior Calculations
-
Thorough knowledge and experience with:
-
Database creation and manipulation, data management platforms, data collection, storage, and management
- Data visual analytics platforms: PowerBI and Neara
- Various numerical analysis packages Pandas, Scikit Learn, Scipy, etc.
- Leveraging and building out capabilities in Neara
- Thorough knowledge and experience with interpreting climate models
- Experience briefing stakeholders on the potential for extreme weather and impacts to business as it pertains to both market and operational utility operations
Knowledge, skills, and abilities
Advanced knowledge of forecasting tools.
Advanced skills in using database applications.
Intermediate skills with programming languages used in department.
Advanced analytical thinking skills.
Advanced business acumen.
Advanced decision-making skills.
Advanced enterprise/business awareness skills.
Advanced influence skills.
Advanced presentation/facilitation skills.
Advanced written/oral communication skills.
Advanced diplomacy skills.
Physical and Cognitive Demands
Cognitive:
Consistent use of logic or scientific thinking to define problems, collect information, establish facts and draw valid conclusions (for example, engineer, HR director, plant manager, etc.).
Ability to adhere to set response times, deadlines and time-sensitive tasks.
Ability to follow accuracy standards.
Ability to follow through on decision-making tasks.
Ability to interact effectively and collaboratively within a team environment.
Ability to communicate and problem solve when under stress.
Ability to respond and adapt to frequent change.
Ability to accept and demonstrate self-awareness when provided constructive feedback.
Ability to discern feedback and acknowledge ownership of areas of improvement.
Ability to avoid future mistakes by applying reasonable skills to new but similar work situations or tasks.
Ability to successfully collaborate with peers, managers, and others within the organization.
Demonstrates sound memory.
Ability to process new information to be applied consistently to work tasks.
Schedule/Attendance
Ability to work long hours.
Ability to work a variable schedule.
Ability to report to work and perform work during periods of severe inclement weather.
Ability to consistently meet attendance standards for regular, reliable, predictable, full-time attendance [for part-time positions, change to part-time attendance].
Physical Capabilities
Driving/travel/commute
- Occasionally within service territory (one to two times a month or less)
- Overnight inside/outside the service territory Occasionally (one to two times a month or less)
Computer use (use computer regularly for entire work shift).
Office environment.
Actual total compensation, including a performance based incentive bonus, is commensurate with experience, skills, qualifications, education, training, and internal equity.
PGE believes in rewarding dedicated performance. We provide a total rewards package that is designed to reward your contributions to the company, and, at the same time, support your well-being and professional development, both now and into the future. To find out more, click here.
Join us today and power your potential!
Assisting with storms or other Company emergencies is a part of all positions at Portland General Electric.
PGE is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering a workplace where employees feel connected, valued, and empowered to thrive. PGE will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.
PGE does not discriminate on the basis of disability. We recognize individuals have a variety of abilities to offer and we believe there is much to value and celebrate by incorporating different abilities into the work we do. One very important way we live this out is in our application and interview process. We work hard to support individuals who may need an accommodation to fully participate in these processes. If you feel you may need an accommodation, or would like to request one, please notify the Recruiter associated with the job posting. You may also make this request by contacting talentacquisition@pgn.com or by calling 503-464-7250. The Recruiter will provide information and next steps for the accommodation process.
To be considered for this position, please complete the following employment application by the posting close date. Posting closes at midnight (Pacific Time) on the closing date below. If no date is listed, job is open until filled.
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A snapshot from current openings nationwide, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- Nexstar Media Group8
- Eurofins2
- Pace Analytical Services2
- Sinclair Broadcast2
- ZS Associates2
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software9
- Medical Devices5
- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals4
- Media & Entertainment4
- Consulting & Professional Services3
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in meteorologist jobs.
- Bachelor's degree or higher in meteorology, atmospheric science, or a closely related field
- Proficiency with numerical weather prediction models such as GFS, NAM, or ECMWF
- Experience with Python, R, or MATLAB for data analysis and visualization
- AMS or NWA certification relevant to the specific role or industry sector
- Ability to interpret radar, satellite, and surface observation data under time pressure
- Familiarity with GIS software and geospatial data tools for spatial weather analysis
Tips for Your Meteorologist Job Search
Tailor your resume to forecast type
Operational forecasting roles want evidence of shift-based, high-stakes decision-making, while research positions expect publications or thesis work. Separate your resume versions by employer type rather than sending one generic document to every opening.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists meteorologist openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Highlight specific modeling tools you know
Employers screen for proficiency in tools like GFS, NAM, HREF, and Python-based data workflows. Name every model and scripting language you have used in your experience bullets, not just in a skills section, so keyword filters and hiring managers both catch them.
Distinguish AMS and NWA certifications clearly
The AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist seal matters for on-air roles, while the AMS Certified Consulting Meteorologist credential carries more weight in private-sector and legal forensic work. List the full credential name and year earned so reviewers don't have to guess which you hold.
Prepare a forecast demonstration for interviews
Many operational and broadcast hiring panels ask you to walk through a live or archived weather situation on the spot. Practice narrating your decision logic aloud using a recent event, covering the data sources you consulted and the confidence level you assigned to your call.
Follow up after federal application portals close
Federal meteorologist postings through NOAA and the National Weather Service close to new applications quickly, then enter a long review queue. Email the listed HR contact two to three weeks after the closing date to confirm your materials are complete and your application is active.
Meteorologist Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most meteorologists?
The companies hiring the most meteorologists right now include Nexstar Media Group, Eurofins, and Pace Analytical Services, with the largest share of openings in Texas, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. Federal agencies and private weather services consistently account for a large portion of active postings year-round.
How many meteorologist jobs are remote?
About 15% of meteorologist openings are fully remote or hybrid as of June 2026, with remote work most common in roles focused on climate modeling, forensic weather analysis, and private-sector consulting. Operational forecasting and broadcast positions almost always require on-site presence due to shift coverage requirements and studio obligations.
How do you become a meteorologist?
You become a meteorologist by earning a bachelor's degree in meteorology or atmospheric science, then gaining hands-on experience through internships with the National Weather Service, local broadcast stations, or private weather companies. Earning an AMS or NWA certification strengthens your candidacy for competitive roles. Research and academic positions typically require a master's degree or doctorate, along with published work in peer-reviewed journals.
How do you get hired as a meteorologist with little experience?
Start by targeting entry-level forecaster or weather technician roles at private weather services and consulting firms, which tend to have lower experience thresholds than federal or broadcast positions. Build a portfolio of forecast write-ups, case studies from significant weather events, and any Python or GIS projects you completed during coursework. Internships through the NWS Student Volunteer Program or broadcast affiliates create the direct hiring pipeline that most early-career meteorologists rely on.
What does the meteorologist interview process look like?
The process typically begins with a phone or video screen focused on your academic background and relevant tools. Technical rounds follow, often including a live or recorded forecast exercise where you interpret radar and model data and explain your reasoning. Final interviews at federal agencies may include a structured panel, while broadcast roles frequently end with an on-camera audition to assess your ability to communicate weather information clearly under time pressure.
Where can I find and apply to meteorologist jobs?
You can find and apply to meteorologist jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States in one place. Search the listings to find roles that match your specialization and experience level, then apply directly to each one that fits.
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