Job Description:
Idaho Power Company (IPC) located in vibrant Boise, Idaho is looking for an Atmospheric Scientist or Senior to join our Meteorology and Atmospheric Science team. It's an exciting time to work for Idaho Power. Our work plays a critical role in communities we serve across Idaho and Oregon, and we're working hard to provide our customers with the safe, reliable, affordable energy they depend on. This position is based at Idaho Power's downtown Boise location. Relocation assistance may also be provided to the successful candidate.
What does an Atmospheric Scientist or Senior do for us?
The Atmospheric Scientist supports Idaho Power Company (IPC)'s varied weather needs with limited guidance. Our team works in forecasting, operations, and research across a variety of topics including wildfire risk, winter weather modification, hydro-electric and renewable energy prediction, and weather modeling. The Atmospheric Scientist will lead moderately complex assignments and projects in these areas while interacting with various departments and weather users across Idaho Power.
In addition to the meaningful work we do, we offer work-life balance, competitive pay and benefits, an employee incentive plan, and both a 401k employer-match and a pension plan, making Idaho Power one of the best employers in the state.
A COMPETITIVE CANDIDATE WILL HAVE
Knowledge of:
- Applied atmospheric sciences and meteorology and how it pertains to a utility
- Short, medium, and long-term weather forecasting
- Weather analysis and forecasting techniques
- Applied research methods and data management techniques to conduct meteorological research and development
Preferred:
- Mastery of theories and principals associated with theoretical and applied atmospheric science and meteorology
- Applied research methods and data management techniques to conduct advanced meteorological research and development efforts
With demonstrated application of the above in one or more of the following areas:
- Utility wildfire mitigation, fire weather, and/or wildfire science
- Effects of orographics on wintertime weather systems and river system hydrology
- Renewable energy and/or the impacts of weather on utilities/power infrastructure
- Winter weather modification
- High performance computing systems, technical knowledge of weather models, and management of large datasets
Skills in:
- Weather analysis and forecasting
- Producing operational weather forecasts for wildfire mitigation, renewable and load forecasts, water supply forecasts, and weather modification operations
- Weather-related computer-programming languages such as Python, or other data-science-focused programming languages
- Effective communication of weather information to non-meteorology customers, as well as other meteorology staff and contract meteorologists
- Planning, organization, and time management
Ability to:
- Produce short (days) and long (months) term weather forecasts to work with both fixed and irregular time constraints
- Acquire and use atmospheric/meteorological data, synoptic and mesoscale models, and products to conduct mesoscale meteorological analysis and support specialized meteorological and hydrologic applications
- Work under general direction, with considerable latitude, to carry out responsibilities
- Plan and conduct assignments to conduct research, develop new techniques, produce operational forecasts for the business, operate and make real-time decisions for a winter weather modification program
Preferred:
- Identify productive areas for research and development of weather-based information products
- Exercise a high degree of originality and judgement to define complex problems, act in a liaison capacity with other departments and/or external stakeholders, design and implementation of new forecasting techniques to include utilization of computer programming languages associated with atmospheric sciences, and implementation of meteorological forecasts into IPCs day to day operations
- Analyze and interpret large datasets from weather models and observation networks
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Atmospheric Scientist:
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in atmospheric science, physics, meteorology, or a related science
Preferred:
- Master's degree in atmospheric science or physics, meteorology, or a related field
Experience:
- 3 years of experience in the atmospheric sciences or meteorology related fields, in research, observing, forecasting, or modeling
- A Master of Science (or Ph.D.) in atmospheric science or physics, meteorology, or a closely related science can be substituted for 1 year (3 years for Ph.D.) of experience
Preferred:
- 3 years of experience in operational meteorology with 1 season of meteorological and hydrologic integration, winter weather modification, wildfire mitigation/science, or renewable energy research
Idaho Power
1221 W Idaho St
Boise
Idaho United States
www.idahopower.com
