Job Introduction
We’re looking for Senior Operational Meteorologists to join our teams at NATS or Heathrow, to help us make a difference to our planet.
As our Senior Operational Meteorologist, the job may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in the office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and the location advertised will be your contractual place of work.
Our opportunities are full time, 37 hours per week, based within NATS’ Swanwick operational control centre or Heathrow’s Airport Operations Centre (APOC). We’re recruiting to fill permanent vacancies at both sites and a 6-month temporary post at Heathrow. These roles involve working shifts on a 24/7 roster, including nights and weekends.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• An expert by nature as a Qualified Operational Meteorologist, having completed a Forecaster Foundation Training Programme or equivalent (meeting BIP-M standard), with evidence of ongoing professional development. To work at Heathrow, you must hold or be willing to complete the Aeronautical Meteorological Observer (AMO) accreditation.
• You live and breathe it, with a strong customer service focus, through excellent communication skills and a flexible approach that demonstrates a wide-ranging understanding of customer requirements, including airport and airline operations and decision making.
• You demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of impacts of weather on aviation customers, with a proven track record of delivering operational forecasting.
• You work better together with others as part of a team and have the capability to make independent decisions without direct supervision.
• You keep evolving by delivering innovative improvements to a service.
• A willingness to deploy in person and remotely across our operational network – enabling resilience, knowledge sharing and consolidation.

• Provide meteorological information and advice to NATS and Heathrow’s key decision makers regarding impacts on the network and operations. This ranges from tactical advice and nowcasting within the operations centres, to weekly and monthly forecast information for planning purposes, ensuring that the right person has the most up to date information in real time.
• Develop an in-depth knowledge of the customer, including a full understanding of the weather elements which impact on their operations and the contingencies which may be implemented to help to mitigate these impacts.
• Understand NATS and Heathrow organisational structures and communicate clearly with all parties within the organisations to ensure that technical information is conveyed in a relevant way to all interested parties.
• Build positive working relationships with stakeholders at NATS and Heathrow, as well as other commercial customers on both a regular and ad-hoc basis, supporting their forecasting and training needs.
• Manage workload effectively to respond flexibly and quickly to changing customer requirements, whilst maintaining a clear focus on operational priorities and ensuring consistent messaging of the forecast through liaison with other meteorological teams.