Program Manager

About the role

• Job Title: Program Manager
• Location: Suitland, MD (Hybrid)
• Term: Full Time
• Clearance Level: Public Trust
• Program: USNIC

Program Summary

The USNIC provides global tactical scale ice and snow products, ice forecasting, and other environmental intelligence services for the U.S. Government, other agencies, and the public. NOAA is one of three agencies comprising the USNIC, in addition to the United States Navy (USN) and United States Coast Guard (USCG).

This contract provides scientific support services to the USNIC which will include imagery ordering and analyses of meteorological and oceanographic data to support the execution of the USNIC mission. These analyses are required in order to provide daily operational global and tactical scale ice and snow products, ice forecasting, and other environmental intelligence services for the U.S. Government critical for maritime safety operations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as team lead for the Operational Snow and Ice Analysts and Observations

Additional information

Lead, ensuring contract deliverables adhere to PWS requirements, provides quality assurance of products and contract deliverables, leads recruitment efforts, supports Contractor personnel conflicts and issues, and tracks and reports monthly expenses as required.

• Analyze remotely-sensed data to produce real-time operational snow and ice products and decision support services.
• Coordinate, schedule, and monitor receipt of satellite observations (SAR and visible/infrared imagery) eight (8) hours/day x five (5) days/week for operational use by the USNIC.
• Fill in for Operational Snow and Ice Analysts vacancies and absences as required.
• Produce all required products in accordance with standard USNIC SOPs with minimal oversight.
• Perform routine USNIC office tasks relevant to the position as required (e.g.,
• logging shift items).
• Present briefings and engage with customers at workshops and meetings in support of the USNIC mission to ensure better understanding of USNIC products and to collect feedback to improve products.
• Perform special projects to include research collaborations, outreach, along with data analysis and verification, as assigned in support of the USNIC.
• Ensure COOP as required. Support coordination and execution of COOP exercises every 6-months.
• Complete monthly review and update of any SOP documents pertaining to relevant work by the position.
• Budgeting

Will get 3 months of IMS training - pattern recognition, Observational analysis, some Meteorological forecasting

• Qualifications:
• Extensive experience working with Meteorology/Climatology/Oceanography
• Satellite tasking and planning
• Project Management experience

Knowledge in Remote sensing - visible, Radar, microwave, Synthetic aperture radar

Great email and communication skills and etiquette

Quick learner for Ice climatology for Satellite planning.

• Experience with python programming
• Basic ArcGIS usage for visualizing imagery - quick learner for tools
• Visual basic programming experience
• Experience working with Excel