Amentum · 1 month ago
Meteorologist Senior/Antarctica
Amentum is a global leader in advanced engineering and innovative technology solutions, trusted by the United States and its allies to address their most significant and complex challenges in science, security and sustainability. The Meteorologist Senior supports the National Science Foundation managed United States Antarctic Program, performing various meteorological tasks under supervision, ensuring safety and compliance while providing critical support to research and operations.
Mechanical EngineeringSecurityTechnical Support
No H1BU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Maintains a safe workplace program and ensures that safety is the highest priority in the workplace
Complies with all ASC Environmental, Safety and Health (ESH), Waste Management and Quality Assurance requirements, goals, policies and procedures
Supports aircraft operations, research groups and the surface, upper air and climatological programs
Prepares, launches and monitors upper air sounding equipment and evaluates, encodes, decodes and transmits the acquired data to organizations worldwide in a timely manner
Monitors specific meteorological parameters for research groups and interacts with diverse groups, individuals, and departments
Prepares work schedules and evaluates the work performance of other meteorologists in order to provide 24 hour, 7 days per week operations in support of USAP activities
Observes, records and encodes surface weather in METAR and synoptic WMO coded format on an hourly basis during the austral summer and on a six hourly basis during the winter
Maintains, quality controls and updates office records, manuals, inventory supplies, and meteorological products to ensure NWS and WMO compliance
Coordinates the completion of preventive maintenance schedules with NIWC, repairs and the replacement of meteorological systems
Maintains inventory controls and logs for the department
Assists in maintaining inventory controls and logs for the department
Conducts all operations in accordance with the ASC standard operating procedures
As required, actively participates in other general station operations including assistance in keeping buildings clean, re-supply, and inventorying of station supplies, galley support, and cargo handling
Interacts with National Science Foundation, NIWC, military and other agency officials
Handles confidential matters (personnel actions, management reports, etc.) in accordance with management policy
Performs other duties as required
Qualification
Required
Bachelor of Science degree required. Military Meteorology or equivalent experience accepted in lieu of a degree
One year' supervisory experience is required
Willingness and ability to deploy to Antarctica for extended periods
Successful completion of Medical and Dental examinations required by the NSF for deployment to Antarctica
Successful completion of drug screening and background check required by employer
Successful completion of Federal Background Check required by the NSF
Must be willing and able to lift and move items, parts, assemblies, and equipment up to the safety regulation maximum as required by the position
Must be willing and able to perform physical activities including heavy lifting, climbing in and out of equipment, crawling, and working outdoors in extreme cold as required by the position
Must participate in community programs, such as 'house-mouse' (chores), 'daisy-picking' (cleaning-up around the station), recycling efforts & safety objectives
Valid Driver's License issued in the United States
No clearance requirement but the contract and/or the site requires US Citizenship to be approved for access. (includes NACI / T1, MRPT, CAC): Must be able to obtain and maintain facility credentials/authorization. Note: US Citizenship is required for facility credentials/authorization at this work location
Preferred
Minimum two years training/experience as a meteorologist, meteorologist technician or weather observer in the operation of upper air sounding equipment and making meteorological observations is preferred
Degree in Meteorology
Previous experience with remote Polar Logistics operations
Benefits
401(k)
Dental insurance
Health insurance
Company
Amentum
Engineering, technology, and mission support services for government and defense.
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$321.16M2025-03-12Post Ipo Secondary· $321.16M
2024-09-27IPO
2020-01-01Private Equity
Leadership Team
Travis Johnson
Chief Financial Officer
Joseph DeNardi
Senior Vice President, Head of Investor Relations
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