Overview
$94,563 - $105,910 per annum + 15.4% super
Field Services Flood Warning Network – Technical Officer Level 4
Position overview
We are seeking enthusiastic and qualified Electronics, Electrical, Instrumentation or Telecommunications Technicians or Engineers, ideally with previous field experience.
Responsibilities
You take pride in developing and mentoring staff. Your strong teamwork abilities ensure you can empower and inspire the field teams you are responsible for managing.
Staff based at the Observing Operations Hub travel far and wide and into remote areas, utilising 4WDs, planes, boats, and helicopters to maintain service delivery within the various instrumentation networks. This includes:
* Rain Radars
* Automatic Weather Stations (AWS)
* Sea Level Monitoring Stations
* Wave and Wave height buoys
* Satellite ground reception and space weather instruments
* Flood warning/rainfall monitoring systems
* Cooperative observers, volunteer rainfall stations
* Communications, telemetry and instrumentation systems
We are part of a national maintenance workforce and there is every likelihood of travel to other parts of Australia on occasion to support the other seven Hubs around the country.
We offer specialised, in-house competency-based training on all our equipment and will ensure you have the necessary tools and skills to undertake this work.
We strive to deliver exceptional customer service, as we engage with stakeholders, contractors, support staff and the Australian public.
Qualifications / Who are you?
You have an appetite for working in remote locations so a willingness to travel is essential. You are a suitably qualified team player who likes to get hands-on in the field, and the prospect of seeing many parts of Australia excites you.
You have strong communication skills to support your field team, negotiate and manage stakeholder relationships, and leverage emotional intelligence.
About us
The Observing Operations Hubs are the Bureau of Meteorology's Technical Operations centres comprising of 8 Hubs, one in each capital city and Cairns.
We are part of a national maintenance workforce and there is every likelihood of travel to other parts of Australia on occasion to support the other seven Hubs around the country.
Application details
Application Closing Date: Monday 22 September 2025
For further information please review the position description on the Bureau of Meteorology website.
The Bureau of Meteorology is Australia's national weather, climate and water agency. Its expertise and services assist Australians in dealing with the natural environment and provide forecasts, warnings, monitoring and advice across the Australian region and Antarctic territory.
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