Trainee Meteorologist

Location: Birmingham, UK

Forecasting your future

Weather Services International is a wholly owned subsidiary of WSI Corporation and a sister company of weather.com and The Weather Channel. Based in Birmingham, WSI is a leading provider of weather services to the aviation, media, energy and roads markets in Europe, the Middle East, the Far East and some global accounts.

Start your meteorology career in forecasting with WSI in our European forecast operations in Birmingham. Comprehensive training and mentoring will be given in forecasting techniques, WSI’s leading proprietary systems and applications, and WSI’s advanced forecast models and workstation technology. You will also participate in daily Forecast Centre weather briefings and discussions involving European synoptic scale trends, model bias and expected developments in the short and medium term forecast periods.

You should have or expect to achieve a good BSc degree or higher degree in Meteorology, in which you have gained a solid understanding of theoretical and practical meteorology. An added advantage would be experience in forecasting through work experience or extra-curricular activities and we expect you to demonstrate a deep interest in weather.

You must be able to communicate and interact well both within a team environment and with external clients. You will be able to effectively carry out a number of tasks at the same time. Your data analysis and collation skills will be of the highest order and you will be able to prioritise and meet deadlines in a fast-paced operational environment.

Within WSI forecasters work on a flexible shift pattern covering 24 hours per day seven days per week.

The position will start full time in September but you will need to be available for some initial training during the summer months.

So if you are bright and enthusiastic and would like to apply please e-mail your c.v. with a covering letter to Bill Craig at jobs@wsieurope.com.
Closing date for applications: 22 April 2008