Research Engineer Structural

Company Description

We help the world see new possibilities and inspire change for better tomorrows. Our analytic solutions bridge content, data, and analytics to help business, people, and society become stronger, more resilient, and sustainable.

Job Description

Become a member of the exposures group and join our growing research and model development team at Extreme Event Solutions in Boston.  As an engineer in the exposures group, you will work with a collaborative team of engineers, analysts, and economists to transform national census, building surveys, geospatial data, and satellite imagery into detailed models of the built environment for over 100 countries. In this role, you will use a variety of quantitative techniques, tools, and programming languages to build databases that capture the locations and characteristics of the buildings where people live and work. The property databases that you and the team develop will serve as inputs into Extreme Event Solutions catastrophe models and will be used by the modeling teams to predict how much property damage would be caused by simulated catastrophes ranging from hailstorms to earthquakes and estimate corresponding industry losses.

Successful candidates will be highly motivated, detail-oriented, and have strong technical and analytical skills.  They will also have excellent research skills and be able to work well independently.  It is expected that they will apply their engineering knowledge and work with the team to create and deliver best-in-class property databases to the market. 

About the Day-to-Day Responsibilities of the Role

As a member of the exposures engineering group, you will be primarily responsible for evaluating and assigning the building characteristics to the properties in the databases. Your work will consist of the following:

·       Collect and analyze data on buildings characteristics for buildings around the world to use in assessing the potential vulnerability of the building stock to natural catastrophes

·       Use information obtained from engineering reports and building codes to develop classifications of the building stock by structural type, occupancy, and height

·       Derive regional cost estimates for buildings of varying types throughout the world

·       Employ the use of GIS tools to locate buildings and determine the proximity to natural hazards

·       Develop custom tools and/or applications for use in building classification

·       Create and deliver presentations of analysis methods and results to coworkers and senior management

·       Write technical documentation for internal use and distribution to clients

Provide support to clients

Qualifications

Experience, Knowledge and Abilities:

• Ability to gather, understand, and critically analyze data on building construction types
• Knowledge of statistics
• Demonstrated ability to learn new concepts and skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

·       Familiarity with handling raw data and manipulating large data sets

·       Programming experience in a high-level language such as SQL or C#

Desired Experience:

• Insurance industry knowledge
• Experience in GIS
• Experience in risk modeling and/or economic modeling
• Experience in project management
• Foreign language skills

Qualifications:

·       BS or BEng degree in a quantitative field such as engineering, construction science or construction management

·       MS/PhD preferred

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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.
• 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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