Karen Clark & Company (KCC) is seeking talented structural engineering professionals to join our growing team of catastrophe model developers. In this role, you will collaborate closely with scientists and engineers to enhance our global suite of advanced catastrophe models.
Expected Salary Range: $90,000-$100,000
Responsibilities- Develop and maintain building vulnerability models for a variety of natural hazards, including earthquakes, hurricanes, wildfires, floods, winter storms, and severe convective storms.
- Conduct post-event damage surveys for natural disasters around the world, analyze collected data, and present findings and insights internally and to clients.
- Stay current with building codes and construction practices across the United States and internationally.
- Collect, compile, and analyze catastrophe loss data.
- Perform validation tests on model-generated loss estimates.
- Prepare technical documentation and deliver presentations related to scientific models and findings.
- Master’s degree in civil engineering required; PhD preferred.
- Practical experience with building design, construction techniques, or forensic engineering required.
- Experience conducting post-disaster surveys following natural catastrophes such as hurricanes, severe storms, earthquakes, or wildfires required.
- On-site experience with building construction is a plus.
- Strong understanding of building response to and damage from natural hazards.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, attention to detail, professional presentation skills, and strong organizational abilities.
- Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally, sometimes on short notice.
- Experience in catastrophe modeling is a plus.
- Active Professional Engineer (PE) license is a plus.
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What We Do
Karen Clark & Company develops software that provides innovative tools for catastrophe risk management. Over two decades ago, Nobel Peace Prize Honoree Karen Clark pioneered the catastrophe risk modeling techniques and solutions used today by virtually every insurance and reinsurance company in the world.
Karen Clark & Company is now leading the next generation of catastrophe risk management solutions to address the evolving needs of its clients. RiskInsight®, the first open loss modeling platform, is used by insurance and reinsurance companies in US and non-US markets and supports new catastrophe models for major perils such as hurricanes, earthquakes, and severe convective storms. Additional innovations by Karen Clark & Company include the Characteristic Event (CE) methodology and real-time event tracking.
