Chief Meteorologist

The role

The Chief Meteorologist will lead a new aviation weather centre and its forecasting team. You will define operational standards and own the delivery of aviation weather products for a busy oceanic flight information region.

What you will do

• Serve as the lead meteorologist and head of the forecasting team
• Recruit, interview, and help select the meteorologist team
• Manage, mentor, and develop the team
• Establish and maintain the centre's operating standards and forecasting methodologies
• Own day-to-day forecast operations for convective, turbulence, icing, and tropical weather
• Author, review, and approve operational outputs including SIGMETs, AIRMETs, SIGWx, FPGs, TAFs and METARs
• Lead daily operational briefings and represent the centre with stakeholders
• Design and oversee competency assessment, recurrent training, and requalification

Required qualifications

• Degree in meteorology, atmospheric science, or a closely related field (or equivalent operational qualification)
• 8+ years of operational meteorology experience, with a strong aviation forecasting background
• Demonstrated managerial or team-lead experience
• Deep expertise forecasting convective weather and tropical / Caribbean storm systems in a maritime environment
• Strong command of ICAO Annex 3 aviation MET products and WMO aviation forecaster competency standards
• Experience producing TAFs and convective, turbulence, and icing forecasts for aviation over large geographic areas
• Familiarity with airline operations, FIR / airspace structure, and air traffic management
• Proven ability to work and lead within a 24/7 shift operation
• Outstanding verbal and written communication
• Willingness to relocate to a Caribbean location

Nice to have

• Direct forecasting experience in the Caribbean or a comparable tropical maritime environment
• Experience standing up, transforming, or accrediting a meteorological watch office or aviation weather centre
• Well-versed in modern meteorological forecasting techniques and numerical weather prediction models

Benefits

• Relocation support is available

About the company

A national aviation weather authority in the Caribbean is standing up a new, 24/7 ICAO Annex 3-compliant aviation weather centre. The centre is being established with the support of Tomorrow.io.