Ground Stations Service Level Manager

Spektrum supports apex purchasers (NATO, UN, EU, and National Government and Defence) and their Tier 1 supplier ecosystem with a wide range of specialist services. We provide our clients with professional services, specialised aerospace and defence sales, delivery, and operational subject matter expertise. We are looking for personnel to join our team and support key client projects.

Who we are supporting

EUMETSAT (the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites) is an intergovernmental organisation established in 1986, which provides its 30 member states with weather and climate-related satellite data, images and products – 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. EUMETSAT's headquarters are in Darmstadt, Germany.

The primary objective of EUMETSAT is to establish, maintain and exploit European systems of operational meteorological satellites, taking into account as far as possible the recommendations of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

The data generated by EUMETSAT’s satellite systems and the derived products are supplied to the National Meteorological Services of the organisation's Member States in Europe, as well as to other users world-wide.

A further objective of EUMETSAT is to contribute to the operational monitoring of the climate and the detection of global climate changes.

 Role Background

The EUMETSAT Operations and Services to Users Department (OPS) is responsible for exploiting EUMETSAT’s operational satellite systems and delivering agreed data, products and support services which fulfil the requirements of European and WMO users.

Currently EUMETSAT operates several missions, including the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG), the EUMETSAT Polar System (EPS), the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG), the EUMETSAT Polar System Second Generation (EPS-SG) and the Copernicus Sentinel-3 and Sentinel-6 space and ground (satellite) systems. In addition, EUMETSAT is contributing to the operations of several other missions, such as JASON, and some other 3rd-party missions. The focus of routine operations at EUMETSAT is the provision, by effective utilisation of all elements of the space and ground systems, of timely and reliable operational services to the users.

Additionally, the OPS Department supports development activities led by the Programme Preparation and Development Department (PRD) – currently these encompass activities related to recurrent satellites of the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) and EUMETSAT Polar System Second Generation (EPS-SG), EPS-Sterna and the Copernicus European CO2 monitoring mission (CO2M). Support to development of new missions like EPS-Aeolus and others.

Within the OPS Department, the Real-Time Services and System Operations (RSO) Division is responsible for the end-to-end system and mission operations, including ground stations, data and product processing, communications, and dissemination of the data and products to users. RSO also supports the Programme Preparation and Development Department (PRD) during the development of new programmes .