Met ireann are recruiting Weather Forecasters, Flood Forecasters and Research and Development Meteorologists.
Weather and Flood Forecasters work as members of operational teams delivering services across day, evening and night duties, through the week and weekends.
The work entails detailed and on-going analysis of current conditions; the use of forecast models and other tools to determine the likely evolution of physical systems over the short and medium term; the translation of that knowledge into forecasts and warnings, and the communication of forecasts and warnings through a wide variety of media.
Forecasters can be assigned to general forecasting duties, or to providing specialised forecast and warnings services for aviation or flood forecasting.
Depending on the shift pattern, these positions potentially attract up to 27% shift allowance, three additional days of annual leave, as well as extra payments for public holidays.
Research and Development Meteorologists work traditional office hours across the organisation, with responsibilities and duties varying, depending on the assignment.
Such areas of work include increasing resolution and related data volumes in weather and climate models; engaging with international partners to improve the performance and future scalability of our forecasting model codes; utilising Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods to apply promising algorithms in the operational environment; analysis of the climate of the past and present and future climate projections; development of weather, climate and environmental monitoring programs as well as robust data management systems to reliably provide the accurate observational data which underpin all of Met ireanns operations.
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