Storm Surge Scientist
Storm Surge Scientist
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Job Site:100 Federal St 7th Floor Boston MA 02110
Job Title:Storm Surge Scientist (Boston MA)
Job Duties: Conduct indepth evaluation of vendor models research and develop internal views of risks consult on accountspecific risk analyses and develop internal tools to facilitate account underwriting decisionmaking and other related activities.
Specific duties include:
- Development of internal surge analytics based on the Sea Lake and Overland Surges from Hurricanes (SLOSH) and Advanced Circulation (ADCIRC) models as well as leveraging existing surge outputs available from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA);
- Perform indepth evaluation of the storm surge hazard components of vendor models;
- Use geospatial analytics to evaluate surge risk metrics and integrate results into the underwriting workflow;
- Communicate surge risk evaluation and development results to both internal and external stakeholders;
- Review accounts at risk for storm surge losses as part of the larger Catastrophe Engineering & Analytics processing;
- Provide operational assistance during realtime catastrophe events and contribute to realtime estimation of losses to the company portfolio; and
- Conduct research on a wide range of natural hazard topics to develop risk management strategies.
Position Requirements:PhD degree (or foreign equivalent) in Marine Science Physical Oceanography or a related field.
Experience must include the following coursework:
- Analyzing Hydrodynamics storm surge and other coastal ocean processes;
- Developing hydrodynamic model grids using tools including SMS QGIS and MATLAB and setting up model inputs using bathymetric topographic meteorological and oceanographic datasets;
- Running hydrodynamic models including SLOSH ADCIRC SCHISM FVCOM and Delft3D and postprocessing model outputs using MATLAB or Python;
- Data visualization using MATLAB python and GIS tools including ArcGIS or QGIS;
- Statistical Analysis using R MATLAB python and GIS tools; and
- Catastrophe modeling.
(Full time) Salary: $160000 / Year
Apply via email to& reference Job SSS025.
Employment Type
Full Time
