Senior Meteorologist - Antarctic Support Contract

About the role

Amentum supports the National Science Foundation managed United States Antarctic Program as part of the Antarctic Support Contract (ASC). The Senior Meteorologist performs tasking under the supervision of the Meteorological Operations Manager and provides 24-hour, 7-day-a-week meteorological support to aircraft operations, research groups and the surface, upper-air and climatological programs.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain a safe workplace and comply with all ASC ESH, waste management and quality assurance requirements.
• Prepare, launch and monitor upper-air sounding equipment, then encode, decode and transmit the data to organizations worldwide.
• Monitor meteorological parameters for research groups and interact with them.
• Observe, record and encode surface weather in METAR and synoptic WMO format hourly in austral summer and every six hours in winter.
• Prepare work schedules and evaluate the performance of other meteorologists to support continuous operations.
• Maintain, quality control and update office records, manuals, inventory and meteorological products to ensure NWS and WMO compliance.
• Coordinate preventive maintenance schedules with NIWC and handle repairs and replacement of meteorological systems.
• Participate in general station operations such as cleaning, re-supply, galley support and cargo handling, and assist in keeping inventory logs.
• Interact with NSF, NIWC, military and other agency officials and handle confidential matters in line with management policy.

Required profile

• Bachelor of Science degree, or military meteorology or equivalent experience in lieu of a degree.
• One year of supervisory experience required.
• Preferred: at least two years of meteorologist, meteorologist technician or weather observer experience with upper-air soundings and observations, a meteorology degree, and prior polar logistics experience.
• Willingness and ability to deploy to Antarctica for extended periods, with medical, dental, drug screening, background checks and US citizenship (required for facility credentials).
• Valid US driver's license; able to lift, climb, crawl and work outdoors in extreme cold.