Supervisory Meteorologist

Supervisory Meteorologist

As a Supervisory Meteorologist, you will perform the following duties:

• Serve as the Deputy Chief of the Science Branch, providing leadership, management, aviation, and meteorological expertise to the Aircraft Operations Center (AOC). Provide guidance on meteorological and technical matters and provide instruction for daily activities. Provide resource planning and produce reports that address questions and field activities. Make decisions on work problems while interfacing with supervisors from other departments.
• Oversee meteorological support, data processing, and scientific analysis for AOC programs and projects. Collect and evaluate data from hurricanes and tropical weather systems and identify and track issues related to data assimilation, quality control, and archiving.
• Provide the full range of supervisory support services for staff. Evaluate and develop performance and provide instruction to employees on work and administrative matters. Interview candidates and make or approve selections for subordinate positions. Make decisions on training needs and requests related to employees of the branch.

Conditions of employment:

• Perform the duties of this position, and those of a NOAA Air Crewmember during mission flights and is Drug Testing Designated.

Physical requirements:

• The incumbent is required to meet and maintain the AOC Air Crewmember Medical requirements, equivalent to the FAA 3rd Class Medical Certificate.
• Must be able to bend, stoop, and lift up to 40 pounds.

This position will be filled under the DOC Alternative Personnel System (CAPS). Under CAPS, positions are classified by career, pay plan, and pay band. The ZP-4 is equivalent to the GS-13/14.

Throughout the recruitment and hiring process we will be communicating with you via email; therefore, it is imperative that the email address you provide when applying for this vacancy remains active. Should your email address change, please notify the point of contact identified in the vacancy announcement as soon as possible so that we can update our system.