Earthquake Engineer

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Job Description

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 earthquke engineer resaerch poistion is responsible for developing and supporting 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 focuses on identifying 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 casaulty. The candidate will work closely with a team of structural and geotechnical engineers, seismologists, and specialists to perform 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 techncial 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.

Responsibilities (main responsibilities, but not limited to):

• 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
• 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 2+ years of relevant experience or PhD in Earthquake, Structural, Geotechnical, and/or other relevant engineering fields
• 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 WorkplacesTM list and one of 18 companies on Spain’s Best WorkplacesTM 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.
• Be Remarkable by doing something better each day in service to our customers and each other
• Add Value by delivering immediate and sustained results that drive positive outcomes
• Innovate by redefining what’s possible, embracing challenges, and pushing boundaries

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

Verisk Maplecroft — provides intelligence on sustainability, resilience, and ESG, helping people, business, and societies become stronger

At Verisk you can build an exciting career with meaningful work; create positive and lasting impact on business; and find the support, coaching, and training you need to advance your career. We have received the Great Place to Work® Certification for the 7th consecutive year. We’ve been recognized by Forbes as a World’s Best Employer and a Best Employer for Women, testaments to our culture of engagement and the value we place on an inclusive and diverse workforce. Verisk’s Statement on Racial Equity and Diversity supports our commitment to these values and affecting positive and lasting change in the communities where we live and work.

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