Catastrophe Risk Modeler — Climate & Event Forecasting

North American Search Group; United States; On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

North American Search Group is seeking a catastrophe risk modeling researcher to join our analytics team in the United States. You will apply expertise in developing and improving earthquake, flood, atmospheric and other peril models, and support solution development across internal platforms.

Responsibilities include benchmarking model performance, supporting exposure management and risk analytics, and contributing to climate change research and physical risk assessments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (Masters or Ph.D preferred) in Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Engineering (Structural, Earthquake, Wind or Hydraulic), similar field or equivalent work experience.
• Relevant and progressive professional experience in Catastrophe Modeling exhibiting educational training in area of expertise and aptitude to adapt to other expertise.

Responsibilities

• apply expertise in catastrophe risk modeling research and development for earthquake, flood, atmospheric and other peril models.
• Develop internal models and support solution development
• Research and develop benchmarks to evaluate model performance overall and for detailed model components
• Support exposure management and other risk analytics functions to define peril assumptions, support event response live event forecasting and post-event impact analysis.
• Apply expertise to support climate change research and impact assessment of physical risks.

Skills

Catastrophe modeling

Risk analytics

Model development

Education

Bachelor’s degree (Masters or Ph.D preferred) in Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Engineering

Job description

North American Search Group is seeking a catastrophe risk modeling researcher to join our analytics team in the United States. You will apply expertise in developing and improving earthquake, flood, atmospheric and other peril models, and support solution development across internal platforms.

Responsibilities include benchmarking model performance, supporting exposure management and risk analytics, and contributing to climate change research and physical risk assessments.