Meteorologist

Federal Aviation Administration •

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Position Type: Contractor

Job Description:

This position serves as a meteorologist within one of the multiple National Airway Systems Engineering (NASE) sub-teams providing advanced meteorological expertise in support of the systems engineering function of one or more NAS systems. Performs multiple, varying and complex assignments under the minimal direction of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced technical specialist.

Duties

Provides professional meteorological expertise related to the introduction of new systems into the NAS and problems associated with continued operation of commissioned facilities, to include technical documentation. Develops, tests, and validates new and modified algorithms. Plans and executes parameterization studies of algorithms and optimizes performance. Identifies trends, determines system impact or deficiencies. Develops plans, standards, procedures, quality control techniques, instruction and system modifications and modernization which will improve the reliability, maintainability, safety, and continuity of meteorological service of NAS facilities and equipment.

Applies experience and advanced technical knowledge of meteorology to accomplish assignments and to develop plans and techniques to improve programs and policies. Understands how technical area interacts with or is affected by other disciplines and considers the objectives of the major subdivision and LOB/SO when developing, integrating, and implementing solutions to diverse, complex problems.

Provides national level guidance and technical direction on complex, multi-year projects relating to in-service improvements. Analyzes, designs, and implements system-wide software/firmware modifications. Provides service life extension and failure analysis/support in response to NAS related problems beyond the assigned repair capability of the field. Is responsible for NAS configuration management; quality assurance; development and issuance of associated national technical directives and maintenance guidance. Develops and evaluates the operational readiness and/or supportability of new NAS system components for deployment; and technical support to new system acquisition efforts. Purchases and/or develops detailed, complex acquisition/purchase documentation as required.

Contacts are internal and external. Acts as a key technical point of contact for assigned activities; contributes to the preparation of management/technical reports or contractual documents, and may communicate the overall results of a project or work activity to FAA management, the aviation and aerospace industries, and other external parties. Communicates with aviation weather stakeholders such as the FAA Air Traffic Organization and Safety organizations, the National Weather Service, the Department of Defense, government executive level leadership, and industry representatives. Fosters effective working relationships in the accomplishment of work activities.

Established policies/procedures provide guidance for most assignments, but allow considerable discretion to select the most appropriate approach or to recommend new approaches. Assignments typically require solutions that are to be derived by interpreting and extrapolating from situations that were faced in the past. Provides recommendations to improve work processes.

Provides guidance to lower-level technical staff on how to solve difficult technical issues. Resolves all but unique technical problems without the intervention of management or a more experienced technical specialist. Identifies and informs management of problems that require their attention. Often develops and recommends techniques to address problem situations.

Work is reviewed periodically, typically at major milestones and at completion, for technical compliance and alignment with the requirements of the project or other work activity. Work activities typically support and may be vital to the success of projects or activities of one or more organizational units, subdivisions, and LOBs/SOs.

Job Requirements:
Requirements Conditions of Employment

US Citizenship is required.
Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents).
Designated or Random Drug Testing required.
This position has a positive education requirement. Transcript(s) required.
A one-year probationary period may be required.
Successful completion of a security investigation may be required.
Please Review Required Documents & Additional Information.

Qualifications

BASIC REQUIREMENTS:

Degree: meteorology, atmospheric science, or other natural science major that included:

1. At least 24 semester (36 quarter) hours of credit in meteorology/atmospheric science including a minimum of:

a. Six semester hours of atmospheric dynamics and thermodynamics;*
b. Six semester hours of analysis and prediction of weather systems (synoptic/mesoscale);
c. Three semester hours of physical meteorology; and
d. Two semester hours of remote sensing of the atmosphere and/or instrumentation.

2. Six semester hours of physics, with at least one course that includes laboratory sessions.*

3. Three semester hours of ordinary differential equations.*

4. At least nine semester hours of course work appropriate for a physical science major in any combination of three or more of the following: physical hydrology, statistics, chemistry, physical oceanography, physical climatology, radiative transfer, aeronomy, advanced thermodynamics, advanced electricity and magnetism, light and optics, and computer science.

* There is a prerequisite or corequisite of calculus for course work in atmospheric dynamics and thermodynamics, physics, and differential equations. Calculus courses must be appropriate for a physical science major.

Combination of education and experience -- course work as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

AND

To qualify for this position at the FV-I (FG/GS-13) level, in addition to the Basic Requirements you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-H (FG/GS-10-12) level. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.

Specialized Experience: includes experience providing detailed project plans, resource estimation, and work plan scheduling, identifying trends in development team performance metrics, determining system/project impact or deficiencies, determining system/project impact or deficiencies, applying meteorological knowledge of Automated Weather Observation System (AWOS) and Automated Surface Observation System (ASOS) algorithms to finalize detailed system requirements and overcome ambiguities in system documentation.

AND

Quality Ranking Factor (QFR): Well-qualified applicants will demonstrate experience in providing operations and maintenance (O&M) support, including modification of and technical assistance for, one or more NAS meteorological systems (i.e. AWOS, LLWAS, JAWS, SWS, ITWS, WSP, TDWR) within their application/resume.

Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history. Qualifications must be met by the closing date of the announcement.

Education

This position has a positive education requirement: Applicants must submit a copy of their college or university transcripts(s) and certificates by the closing date of announcement to verify qualifications. If selected, an official transcript will be required prior to appointment. You may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS or fax it to fax number provided in the announcement (please include announcement number on each page).

Failure to do so will result in loss of consideration.

Schools must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Accreditation may be verified at the following website: www.ed.gov/accreditation.

Foreign education must be evaluated by a private professional organization specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials or an accredited U.S. educational institution in terms of equivalence to a degree acquired at an American college or university. A copy of the evaluation results must be included, otherwise your foreign education will not be considered.

Information Regarding KSA’s:

As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA.

In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs), in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate.

Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the KSAs and Other Factors listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for consideration.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

IMPORTANT: Applicants may be rated on the extent and quality of experience, education, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated. Ensure that your application package/resume supports your responses.

Required Documents

Notification of Personnel Actions (SF-50) and/or DD Form 214 (Member Copy 4) will be require to determine if you meet area of consideration. Transcripts are required (see below). Other documents will be accepted in combination with your on-line application. These documents must be uploaded or emailed to 9-AMC-AHF-S210@faa.gov on or before the closing date of this announcement. All submitted documents should reference the announcement number.

Applicants claiming eligibility for the Expanded Veterans Hiring Opportunity (EVHO), MUST submit a DD Form 214 reflecting character of service to verify eligibility by the closing date of the announcement as requested by the Human Resource Office. Eligibility for EVHO will be considered based on applicable documentation submitted by the closing date.
This position has a positive education requirement; college transcripts are required for ALL candidates newly appointed to the FAA in the 1340 series.

College transcripts must be submitted from current FAA employees applying for internal vacancies if they have never held a position in the 1340 series with the FAA.

College transcripts are not required from current FAA employees who are currently occupying a 1340 series.

If selected, official transcripts are required prior to employment.

If you are a current or former Federal employee (including a current FAA employee), you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) containing information in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organization of record by the closing date of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line application. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy.

If you are a current Federal employee and need a current copy of your SF-50, please contact your personnel office. If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/. If you are a former Federal employee, you can obtain a copy of your SF-50 by writing the National Personnel Records Center Annex, 1411 Boulder Boulevard, Valmeyer, IL 62295. Additional information is available from this link: https://www.archives.gov/st-louis/opf.

Expanded Veterans Hiring Opportunity (EVHO) are preference eligibles and veterans who are honorably discharged from the Armed Forces after completing at least three (3) years of continuous active service. Applicants claiming eligibility for EVHO, MUST submit a DD Form 214 reflecting character of service to verify eligibility by the closing date of the announcement as requested by the Human Resource Office. Eligibility for EVHO will be considered based on applicable documentation submitted by the closing date.

Forms:

SF-15 : Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

Salary Range: $87,971 - $136,343

Job Ident #: 809750000

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