Senior/Junior Risk Modeler

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About the Role

Verisk Extreme Event Solutions (VEES, previously AIR Worldwide), a member of Verisk Analytics, is the scientific leader and most respected provider of risk modeling software and consulting services. VEES founded the catastrophe modeling industry in 1987 and today models the risk from natural catastrophes, terrorism, and pandemic outbreaks in 90 countries. VEES offers the opportunity to work with advanced technologies, global clients, and hundreds of the most innovative, talented minds in the industry.

This senior earthquake engineer research position is responsible for leading and improving the development of the damage estimation component of VEES earthquake models. These models cover worldwide regions and include multiple perils such as ground shaking, liquefaction, landslide, fire-following, sprinkler leakage, and tsunami. The damage estimation component quantifies the impact these perils on the built environment and society in terms of physical damage to properties (buildings and contents), loss of use (downtime), and human loss and casualty. The candidate will work closely with a team of structural and geotechnical engineers, seismologists, and specialists to perform model validation, deterministic and probabilistic risk assessment, and present and explain results to internal stakeholders and external clients.

Evolving nature of research work at VEES creates unique and challenging problems that spark innovation and growth for VERISK and creates opportunities for its employees. A successful candidate should have a strong technical background in earthquake, structural, geotechnical, or civil engineering. Candidates are expected to be highly motivated, detail oriented, excellent team player, and capable of utilizing problem-solving skills to solve problems as new areas of modeling emerges.

About the Day to Day Responsibilities of the Role

·                Data acquisition (including post-event survey) and analysis to understand building inventory and their vulnerability in regions of interest

·                Perform analytical studies on damage observations or synthesized data to develop fragility functions for a variety of assets subjected to earthquake shaking, liquefaction, landslide, tsunami, fire and etc.

·                Use data from independent research to assess and validate model components and its overall performance

·                Explore process improvement and innovative ideas to improve modeling accuracy and efficiency

·                Present VERISK models to technical and non-technical audiences and provide support to clients and staff as needed

·                Author technical writing for internal and external publications

Qualifications

·       Master with 5+ years of modeling experience or PhD in Earthquake, Structural, Geotechnical, and/or other relevant engineering fields with 3+ years of modeling experience

·       Demonstrated capabilities in probabilistic and stochastic risk assessment and modeling, particularly in earthquake engineering

·       Familiarity with C++ and data mining skills using tools such as R, Matlab and others

·       Excellent written and verbal communication skills

·       Strong organizational and documentation skills

·       Experience with GIS applications (e.g., ArcGIS, QGIS, etc.)

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Additional Information

In 2022, Verisk received Great Place to Work® Certification for our outstanding workplace culture for the sixth year in a row and second-time certification in the UK, Spain, and India. We’re also one of the 38 companies on the UK’s Best Workplaces™ list and one of 18 companies on Spain’s Best Workplaces™ list.

For over fifty years and through innovation, interpretation, and professional insight, Verisk has replaced uncertainty with precision to unlock opportunities that deliver significant and demonstrable impact. From our historic roots in risk assessment, we’ve grown to provide analytic insights that help transform industries focused on some of the world’s most critical areas. Today, the insurance industry relies on Verisk to be, and to make the world, more productive, resilient, and sustainable.

Verisk works in collaboration with our customers and at the intersection of people, data, and advanced technologies. Through proprietary platformed analytics, advanced modeling, and interpretation, we deliver immediate and sustained value to our customers and through them, to the individuals and societies they serve, with greater speed, precision, and scale.

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