Antarctica and Sub-Antarctica

Australian Bureau of Meteorology - Australia
$73,151 - $79,725 a year
  • APS Level 5, Non-ongoing
  • $73,151 - $79,725 + 15.4% super
  • Antarctica and Sub-Antarctica

As the Observations Program supervisor on station, you will be responsible for the management of the Bureau of Meteorology's Antarctic Observations Program at one of Australia's Antarctic or Sub Antarctic Stations.

You will ensure the timely and accurate completion of the Observations Program by overseeing the quality control of Observations, and through management of the duty roster, ensuring that suitable time is allocated for engineering staff to meet the scheduled program of maintenance.

You will be required to manage and perform the program of routine Surface and Upper Air Observations as well as Aviation Weather Reports in support of Antarctic flying operations. This will be conducted on a shift rostered basis covering weekdays and weekends, of which you will be a team member.

As a program lead, the Technical Officer Level 3 is eligible to be the designated leadership representative for the Bureau team within the station leadership group. Participation in this capacity will be at the nomination of Antarctic Program management in Hobart and will have supervisory responsibility of aspects of the meteorological office including staff and facilities, routine reports, rostering, liaison with forecasting and operations staff, and oversight of oversight of Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) and Diversity, Inclusion and STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) matters.

Antarctic and Macquarie Island postings are generally 14 to 18 months in duration; dependent upon which station you have been selected for, the specific training requirements for that station and the shipping or flight schedules. This period includes pre-departure training.

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