Wildfire Damage Modeling Engineer

Company Description

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Job Description

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

Wildfire has caused significant economic losses in recent years and led to numerous environmental changes including an extended period of drought, loss of vegetation and alteration of soil properties. In this position, you will have an opportunity to directly work on a wildfire modeling that helps insurance companies to assess and manage risks. The role includes developing and enhancing damage estimation by wildfire for insurance portfolios by incorporating knowledge of wildfire mitigation, insurance regulations and state legislation. The candidate will work closely with a team of engineers, scientists, statisticians, and specialists in the research department. Candidate best suited for this position is expected to be highly motivated and detail-oriented team player with sophisticated problem-solving skills.

Main responsibilities

• Analyze wildfire data to build basis for wildfire damage and loss estimation
• Build vulnerability models to assess damage to buildings, infrastructures, and industrial facilities subjected to wildfires as well as wildfire smoke
• Represent Verisk to explain view of risks to technical and non-technical audiences
• Author technical writing for internal and external publications

Qualifications

• Master with 3-4 years of related experience or PhD degree in Agricultural, Civil, Fire Protection, Mechanical, or other relevant engineering disciplines.
• Knowledge of wildfire risk mitigation, wildfire related insurance regulations and state legislation
• Hands-on experience in fire risk assessment or post-fire damage assessment
• Proficient in programming with Python, R or similar. C++ programming capability is a plus
• Demonstrated experience in statistical and probabilistic modeling
• Familiarity of GIS data process, analysis, and visualization
• Ability to communicate effectively through verbal and written mediums with technical and non-technical audiences

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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.

We’re 9,000 people strong, committed to translating big data into big ideas. We help others see new possibilities and empower certainty into big decisions that impact individuals and societies. And we relentlessly and ethically pursue innovation to help move our customers, and the world, toward better tomorrows.

Everyone at Verisk—from our chief executive officer to our newest employee—is guided by The Verisk Way, to Be Remarkable, Add Value, and Innovate.
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