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Meteorologist
United States Fleet Forces Command · Posted 43 days ago
About the Role
You will serve as a METEOROLOGIST (TDO- HEAD OF FORECAST OPERATIONS) in the JOINT TYPHOON WARNING CENTER of JOINT TYPHOON WARCEN PEARL HARBOR HI.
What You'll Do
- →You will serve as the senior forecast authority on the watch floor, overseeing the timeliness, quality, and consistency of all tropical cyclone (TC) forecast, warning, and decision support products for the Department of Defense (DoD).
- →You will exercise technical direction over all watch floor forecast functions.
- →You will obtain and maintain full qualification as a Typhoon Duty Officer (TDO), stand routine operational shifts, and provide binding decisions during complex, high-impact tropical cyclone events.
- →You will conduct continuity of operations (COOP) exercises to ensure readiness for uninterrupted warning production.
- →You will serve as the first-level supervisor for U.S.
- →Navy civilian GS-13 TDOs and provide operational oversight to U.S.
- →Air Force TDOs.
- →You will manage the watch bill to ensure 24/7 coverage, evaluate forecast philosophy, and make TDO qualification recommendations.
- →You will act as a subject matter expert for senior leaders, representing JTWC at specialized national/international meetings (e.g., USPACOM Tropical Cyclone Conference).
- →You will oversee forecast coordination with partner agencies like the National Hurricane Center (NHC) and coordinate with internal/external departments regarding software, data pipelines, and service restoration.
- →You will manage the operational TC forecast program to support command strategic vision. .
- →You will assess watch floor performance, update standard operating procedures, coordinate training requirements, maintain watch team replacement plans, and facilitate integration of new tools and technologies into 24/7 operations.
Requirements
- ✓Six semester hours of atmospheric dynamics and thermodynamics.
- ✓Six semester hours of analysis and prediction of weather systems (synoptic/mesoscale) C.
- ✓Three semester hours of physical meteorology.
- ✓Calculus courses must be appropriate for a physical science major.
- ✓OR B) Combination of education and experience -- course work as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 2727bd72-2ec4-4600-95ec-585f72874190
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