Oceans Ltd. is a 100 percent Atlantic Canadian Company, with its head office in St. John’s, NL and an additional office in Halifax, NS. Oceans Ltd is a multi-disciplinary environmental company specializing in weather forecasting, research and modeling, climatology, wind and wave extreme value analysis, physical oceanography, environmental effects bio-monitoring, marine search and rescue R&D, iceberg profiling, and scientific software development. The company maintains offices in St. John’s, NL and Halifax, NS.
Oceans Ltd. operates a 24/7 weather forecasting office from its St. John’s location with an additional weather office at its Halifax location. Currently, the company is the major provider of weather forecasting services to the oil and gas industry in Atlantic Canada.
WEATHER FORECASTER
Oceans Ltd. is seeking applications for a weather forecaster for the St. John's office.
Qualifications
Minimum requirements are a bachelor's degree in meteorology, or a bachelor's degree in mathematics, physics or related science along with a diploma or certificate in meteorology from an approved university. The successful candidate should also have a minimum of 2 years experience forecasting in a marine environment.
Additional assets include:
- professional training through the Meteorological Service of Canada (or equivalent)
- Experience in report writing
- Experience in preparing extreme value analysis’
- Proficiency in high level computer programming languages (particularly C/C++) and research abilities are desirable.
- Ability to work shift work
The ability to work shift work is essential.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to meet deadlines are essential. Please forward a cover letter and resume to oceans@oceansltd.com or
Human Resources
Oceans Ltd
85 LeMarchant Road
St. John's, NL A1C 2H1
Please no telephone inquiries. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. For further information about the company visit: http://www.oceansltd.com.
Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.
