Aviation Meteorologist - Global Forecasting

International Trip Planning Services (ITPS) is a private aviation services company based in Houston, TX. We opened our doors in 2008 with a simple mission: provide exceptional, customer-focused trip support to corporate and private aviation clients around the world.

We are not a large company - and we like it that way.

At ITPS, your voice is heard and your name is known. Whether you’re working with a captain, supporting a client, or collaborating with a member of our leadership team, your work has a direct and visible impact on the business and the people we serve.

Our team brings together aviation meteorologists, flight planners, and flight operations specialists who work side-by-side to support flights around the world and provide the expertise our clients rely on to keep their trips moving safely and efficiently.

• A Company Invested in Your Success: Our 95%+ employee retention rate reflects our commitment to employee success, satisfaction, and long-term professional growth.
• Master Global Weather Forecasting: Expand your meteorological expertise by forecasting weather around the world and tackling a wide variety of real-world aviation weather challenges.
• Structured Training and Mentorship: Learn from experienced professionals through hands-on training, individualized guidance, and ongoing opportunities to develop your skills.
• More Time for Life Outside Work: Our unique 4-days-on / 4-days-off schedule means you’ll work fewer than half the days of the year.
• Remote Work Opportunities: Eligible employees can work remotely from within the Houston area on designated shifts, potentially spending up to half their working shifts away from the office.
• Exceptional Performance-Based Pay Growth: Our performance-based pay increases offer outstanding earning potential, with compensation growth designed to reward employee contributions.

We’re looking for curious, motivated meteorologists who want to apply their knowledge and experience in real-world aviation operations.

Whether you’re a recent or soon-to-be graduate ready to launch your career, an experienced meteorologist seeking a new challenge, or a military-trained forecaster interested in private aviation, we’d like to hear from you.

As an Aviation Meteorologist at ITPS, you’ll forecast weather around the world, analyzing constantly changing conditions that affect aircraft operations from departure to destination. From tropical systems in the Caribbean to convective weather in the U.S. and winter storms in Europe, you’ll encounter a wide variety of forecasting challenges in a fast-paced operational environment.

You’ll build practical forecasting skills while learning how weather information supports flight planning and operational decisions.

Your primary responsibility will be providing aviation weather forecasting and operational weather support to our clients, including:

• Analyzing current and forecast weather conditions around the world
• Producing and interpreting aviation weather products, including TAFs, METARs, SIGMETs, AIRMETs, weather outlooks, and climatological information
• Monitoring tropical weather and other significant weather systems
• Providing verbal and written weather briefings to aviation clients and flight crews
• Identifying weather threats that may affect flight routes, departure and destination airports, and alternate airports
• Continuously evaluating changing weather conditions and updating forecasts as new information becomes available
• Communicating complex meteorological information clearly and concisely to aviation professionals
• Working closely with flight planners and flight operations specialists to support safe and efficient flight planning

And there's more.

As part of your training, you’ll…