What are the responsibilities and job description for the Research Engineer, Flood position at Verisk?
Job Description
This engineer position is responsible for developing, enhancing, and managing the vulnerability component and overall model performance of Verisk Extreme Event Solutions’ water peril catastrophe models, which cover worldwide regions and perils, including storm surge and precipitation-induced flooding. General responsibilities include identifying these perils' impact on the built environment, including physical damage that can result in monetary loss to buildings/infrastructure, contents, and loss of use (downtime). In this role, you will work closely with a team of structural engineers, hydrologists/hydraulic engineers, atmospheric scientists, statisticians, and specialists in financial application to perform probabilistic risk assessments for the built environment, and present and explain results to internal stakeholders and external clients. The candidate is expected to be a highly motivated, detail-oriented, well-organized, and an independent worker, and a collective team player.
The evolving nature of research work at Verisk creates unique and challenging problems that spark innovation and growth, and creates opportunities for its employees. A successful candidate should desire to use problem-solving skills in applying sound engineering principles to solve unique and challenging problems in civil/structural engineering and risk assessment. Candidates are expected to be highly motivated, detail-oriented, well-organized, able to perform high-quality self-directed research, have outstanding written and verbal communication skills, and be team-oriented.
Responsibilities
About the Day-to-Day Responsibilities of the Role
As a member of our Atmospheric Perils Vulnerability Team, your day-to-day responsibilities will include the following:
About You and How You Can Excel in This Role
For over 50 years, Verisk has been the leading data analytics and technology partner to the global insurance industry by delivering value to our clients through expertise and scale. We empower communities and businesses to make better decisions on risk, faster.
At Verisk, you'll have the chance to use your voice and build a rewarding career that's as unique as you are, with work flexibility and the support, coaching, and training you need to succeed.
For the eighth consecutive year, Verisk is proudly recognized as a Great Place to Work® for outstanding workplace culture in the US, fourth consecutive year in the UK, Spain, and India, and second consecutive year in Poland. We value learning, caring and results and make inclusivity and diversity a top priority. In addition to our Great Place to Work® Certification, we’ve been recognized by The Wall Street Journal as one of the Best-Managed Companies and by Forbes as a World’s Best Employer and Best Employer for Women, testaments to the value we place on workplace culture.
We’re 7,000 people strong. We relentlessly and ethically pursue innovation. And we are looking for people like you to help us translate big data into big ideas. Join us and create an exceptional experience for yourself and a better tomorrow for future generations.
Verisk Businesses
Underwriting Solutions — provides underwriting and rating solutions for auto and property, general liability, and excess and surplus to assess and price risk with speed and precision
Claims Solutions — supports end-to-end claims handling with analytic and automation tools that streamline workflow, improve claims management, and support better customer experiences
Property Estimating Solutions — offers property estimation software and tools for professionals in estimating all phases of building and repair to make day-to-day workflows the most efficient
Extreme Event Solutions — provides risk modeling solutions to help individuals, businesses, and society become more resilient to extreme events.
Specialty Business Solutions — provides an integrated suite of software for full end-to-end management of insurance and reinsurance business, helping companies manage their businesses through efficiency, flexibility, and data governance
Marketing Solutions — delivers data and insights to improve the reach, timing,relevance, and compliance of every consumer engagement
Life Insurance Solutions – offers end-to-end, data insight-driven core capabilities for carriers, distribution, and direct customers across the entire policy lifecycle of life and annuities for both individual and group.
Verisk Maplecroft — provides intelligence on sustainability, resilience, and ESG, helping people, business, and societies become stronger
Verisk Analytics is an equal opportunity employer.
All members of the Verisk Analytics family of companies are equal opportunity employers. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, veteran's status, age or disability. Verisk’s minimum hiring age is 18 except in countries with a higher age limit subject to applicable law.
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This engineer position is responsible for developing, enhancing, and managing the vulnerability component and overall model performance of Verisk Extreme Event Solutions’ water peril catastrophe models, which cover worldwide regions and perils, including storm surge and precipitation-induced flooding. General responsibilities include identifying these perils' impact on the built environment, including physical damage that can result in monetary loss to buildings/infrastructure, contents, and loss of use (downtime). In this role, you will work closely with a team of structural engineers, hydrologists/hydraulic engineers, atmospheric scientists, statisticians, and specialists in financial application to perform probabilistic risk assessments for the built environment, and present and explain results to internal stakeholders and external clients. The candidate is expected to be a highly motivated, detail-oriented, well-organized, and an independent worker, and a collective team player.
The evolving nature of research work at Verisk creates unique and challenging problems that spark innovation and growth, and creates opportunities for its employees. A successful candidate should desire to use problem-solving skills in applying sound engineering principles to solve unique and challenging problems in civil/structural engineering and risk assessment. Candidates are expected to be highly motivated, detail-oriented, well-organized, able to perform high-quality self-directed research, have outstanding written and verbal communication skills, and be team-oriented.
Responsibilities
About the Day-to-Day Responsibilities of the Role
As a member of our Atmospheric Perils Vulnerability Team, your day-to-day responsibilities will include the following:
- Data acquisition and analysis to understand building inventory and its vulnerability to atmospheric-based hazards in multiple regions worldwide
- Analytical analyses and research aimed towards the development of vulnerability functions and monetary loss curves for structural and non-structural building and infrastructure components subjected to flood (coastal and precipitation induced) hazards for several regions of interest worldwide
- Implementation of research into Verisk Extreme Event Solutions’ portfolio risk analysis models, including programming loss simulation codes and analysis tools, and probabilistic assessment validation
- Use of GIS tools for data visualization and analysis
- Real-time and virtual building damage assessments due to natural catastrophes during and after significant events
- Preparation and presentation of work at staff internal and client external meetings as well as technical writing for internal and external publications and client-facing documentation
About You and How You Can Excel in This Role
- Ph.D. in Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering, and/or other relevant fields
- Experience in performance-based design, probabilistic and stochastic risk assessment and modeling, and reliability theory with applications to the field of structural engineering
- Strong background in construction practices as it relates to flood vulnerability, and on the effects of water damage on structures
- Knowledge of structural design
- Excellent proficiency in C/C , MATLAB, R, and/or Python
- Demonstrated data mining skills (SQL and/or statistical analysis)
For over 50 years, Verisk has been the leading data analytics and technology partner to the global insurance industry by delivering value to our clients through expertise and scale. We empower communities and businesses to make better decisions on risk, faster.
At Verisk, you'll have the chance to use your voice and build a rewarding career that's as unique as you are, with work flexibility and the support, coaching, and training you need to succeed.
For the eighth consecutive year, Verisk is proudly recognized as a Great Place to Work® for outstanding workplace culture in the US, fourth consecutive year in the UK, Spain, and India, and second consecutive year in Poland. We value learning, caring and results and make inclusivity and diversity a top priority. In addition to our Great Place to Work® Certification, we’ve been recognized by The Wall Street Journal as one of the Best-Managed Companies and by Forbes as a World’s Best Employer and Best Employer for Women, testaments to the value we place on workplace culture.
We’re 7,000 people strong. We relentlessly and ethically pursue innovation. And we are looking for people like you to help us translate big data into big ideas. Join us and create an exceptional experience for yourself and a better tomorrow for future generations.
Verisk Businesses
Underwriting Solutions — provides underwriting and rating solutions for auto and property, general liability, and excess and surplus to assess and price risk with speed and precision
Claims Solutions — supports end-to-end claims handling with analytic and automation tools that streamline workflow, improve claims management, and support better customer experiences
Property Estimating Solutions — offers property estimation software and tools for professionals in estimating all phases of building and repair to make day-to-day workflows the most efficient
Extreme Event Solutions — provides risk modeling solutions to help individuals, businesses, and society become more resilient to extreme events.
Specialty Business Solutions — provides an integrated suite of software for full end-to-end management of insurance and reinsurance business, helping companies manage their businesses through efficiency, flexibility, and data governance
Marketing Solutions — delivers data and insights to improve the reach, timing,relevance, and compliance of every consumer engagement
Life Insurance Solutions – offers end-to-end, data insight-driven core capabilities for carriers, distribution, and direct customers across the entire policy lifecycle of life and annuities for both individual and group.
Verisk Maplecroft — provides intelligence on sustainability, resilience, and ESG, helping people, business, and societies become stronger
Verisk Analytics is an equal opportunity employer.
All members of the Verisk Analytics family of companies are equal opportunity employers. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, veteran's status, age or disability. Verisk’s minimum hiring age is 18 except in countries with a higher age limit subject to applicable law.
https://www.verisk.com/company/careers/
Unsolicited resumes sent to Verisk, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Verisk business mailing address, fax machine or email address, or directly to Verisk employees, will be considered Verisk property. Verisk will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.
Verisk Employee Privacy Notice
