Senior Applied Meteorologist​/Weather Services Practice Lead

The Senior Applied Meteorologist / Weather Services Lead will be responsible for delivering high-quality applied meteorology services while driving business growth, client development, and service innovation. This role blends technical meteorology expertise with consulting leadership, client engagement, and strategic expansion of Trinity’s weather and atmospheric intelligence capabilities.

The ideal candidate brings deep applied meteorology experience, understands operational and regulatory use cases, and has a proven track record of growing consulting or professional services offerings.

• Provide decision-grade, site-specific weather forecasts tailored to client operations, assets, and risk profiles.
• Lead the development and application of pollutant forecasting services by integrating meteorological analysis, emissions data, and modeling results to deliver actionable air quality insights.
• Lead fire weather forecasting efforts, including Red Flag monitoring, fire weather indices, smoke dispersion, and incident-specific briefings.
• Conduct advanced wind analysis and forecasting to support air permitting, dispersion modeling, flare operations, crane/lift planning, and wind-sensitive activities.
• Design and support meteorological monitoring networks, including instrumentation selection, deployment, QA/QC, and data validation.
• Support dispersion, impact, and air quality modeling using real-time and historical meteorological data.
• Perform forensic and historical meteorology analyses for regulatory, litigation, and expert testimony support.
• Deliver daily, event-based, and incident-response forecast briefings for technical and executive audiences.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to clients across industrial, energy, construction, government, and emergency management sectors.
• Translate complex weather data into clear, actionable insights for operational, safety, and compliance decisions.
• Collaborate with Trinity’s air quality, permitting, EHS, and compliance teams to deliver integrated solutions.
• Lead growth of Trinity’s Applied Meteorology Services, including service definition, pricing, and go-to-market strategy.
• Identify and pursue new business opportunities, proposals, and strategic partnerships.
• Expand existing client relationships through cross-selling and value-added services.
• Support development of real-time dashboards, decision-support tools, and scalable weather intelligence solutions.
• Contribute to thought leadership, marketing content, and client presentations.
• Mentor junior meteorologists and technical staff.
• Establish best practices, methodologies, and quality standards for applied meteorology services.
• Support recruiting and training as the practice grows.

• Demonstrated experience delivering site-specific, operationally focused weather intelligence.
• Strong background in at least one of the following:
• Fire weather forecasting
• Wind and boundary-layer meteorology
• Air quality and dispersion modeling support
• Forensic or historical meteorology
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Experience working with regulatory-grade or defensible meteorological analyses.
• Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM) or progress toward certification.
• Experience supporting air permitting, compliance, or litigation-related meteorological analyses.
• Familiarity with real-time data systems, dashboards, and environmental data visualization.
• Experience working in consulting or professional services environments.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Meteorology, Atmospheric Science, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in applied meteorology, forecasting, or atmospheric science in operational, consulting, or industrial settings.

The physical requirements listed below represent the minimum standards that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this role successfully. Reasonable accommodations can be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.

• Regularly required to sit, use hands and tools, and communicate verbally.
• Occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.