2023 was a successful and remarkable year for Coast Survey! We are proud to share some highlights of the past year in our Coast Survey Year in Review ArcGIS StoryMap: https://lnkd.in/eEj9r7Ei

The Office of Coast Survey's Resource Management Staff is pleased to announce an opening for a Management and Program Analyst (Acquisitions), ZA-0343-04 position based in Silver Spring, Maryland. 🔎 Key Details: Application Period: Open now through Tuesday, January 14, 2025 Location: Silver Spring, MD USA Jobs Link: https://lnkd.in/eYvwGtje #NOAAjobs #jobs #GrowWithGov

Apply to be a Senior Cartographer (ZP-1370-04) at Coast Survey! Join our team and contribute to creating essential tools for safe and efficient marine navigation. Use the links below (applications close on Wednesday, January 15th): 🗺️ Application for the general public: https://lnkd.in/dZXB-35h 🗺️ Application for current or former federal employees, veterans, and others with other special hiring authorities (e.g., Peace Corps): https://lnkd.in/dkVUGavZ 🗺️ Plus, a career profile on a current Cartographer at Coast Survey! https://lnkd.in/dkxcTv-a

Two new opportunities to join our team! 📌 Management and Program Analyst, Human Resources (Office of Coast Survey) is open to current and former Federal employees, as well as individuals eligible under special appointing authorities (e.g., veterans, military spouses, Peace Corps members). Learn more and apply by January 6, 2025: https://lnkd.in/eFRehs5k 📌 Stakeholder Services Branch Chief (Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, or CO-OPS) is open to the public. Learn more and apply by January 7, 2025: https://lnkd.in/ec2ispJN #NOAAjobs #jobs #GrowWithGov

NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey wishes you a safe and happy navigation into the new year! Please enjoy our holiday card, where the trees represent images of the national bathymetric source, nautical charts, the Gulf of Maine operational forecast system, and bathymetry from the Francis Scott Key Bridge response.

🌉 Today, NOAA Coast Survey updated the bridge clearances for eight bridges crossing the Lower Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, ensuring the safety and efficiency of maritime navigation. 🛳️ Modern ships navigate U.S. ports with increasingly tight margins—under their keels, beneath bridges, and within narrow channels. As vessels grow in size and port infrastructure remains the same or experiences limited expansion, the margin for error becomes smaller. 🗺️ By leveraging advanced lidar technology and aligning clearance data with modern surveying standards, NOAA is equipping mariners with precise, real-time information to navigate one of the nation’s busiest waterways. Read the full story on our blog here: https://lnkd.in/eqcpjTfj

Last month, NOAA's Office of Coast Survey regional navigation managers (Nicolás Alvarado, Jeff Ferguson, Tim Osborn, Laura Pagano, Colleen Roche, P.E., Quentin Stubbs, PhD, Kyle Ward, Ryan Wartick, and Caroline A. Wilkinson) gathered to align on priorities, challenges, and strategies. This meeting featured: 📌 Updates on National Ocean Service (NOS) and Coast Survey programs, products, and services. 📌 Regional briefings on emergency response efforts, including the Francis Scott Key Bridge incident and Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Key highlights included inspiring talks by OCS Director RDML Ben Evans and NOS Deputy Assistant Administrator Rachael Dempsey, emphasizing: ✨ Implementing the NOS and Coast Survey strategic plans to ensure safe, efficient navigation. ✨ Meeting user needs through sustained community engagement and partnerships. ✨ Supporting the critical role navigation managers play in connecting Coast Survey’s products and services to the public. Learn more about the work of regional navigation managers here: https://lnkd.in/g4KT9zpj

More opportunities to join our team! Ocean Associates, Inc. has openings for Oceanographic and GIS analysts available here: https://lnkd.in/ejhsXBAP 4 years of experience in engineering, oceanography, Geographic Information Systems, cartography, hydrography, or a closely related discipline (through education or work) is required, but anyone with equivalent credentials is encouraged to apply. #NOAAJobs #jobs

Join our team! Our job posting for a Supervisory Physical Scientist (ZP-1301-5, equivalent to a GS-15) is now live on USAJobs. This role will: ☑️ Lead team members in strategic planning, programming, requirements definition and resource allocation, collaborative problem solving, and development of policies, procedures, and technical guidance; ☑️ Build partnerships with other Federal mapping agencies, state and local government, tribal organizations, academia and the private sector; and ☑️ Manage office and interagency/state agreements necessary to advance mapping partnerships with internal and external partners The last day to apply is Wednesday, December 18th. Job posting: https://lnkd.in/eRbcUiqe Our Career Spotlight series on working at Coast Survey: https://lnkd.in/eRzW3pK6 #NOAAjobs #jobs #GrowWithGov

ICYMI - an incredible bathymetry blanked from our colleague at NOAA Ocean Exploration! Internship Coordinator Jesse Gwinn used deep ocean bathymetry data for this project. Want to create something similar for your travels closer to the coast? Check out our bathymetry dataset at https://lnkd.in/eHnxGPAB, and follow Jesse's instructions linked below.