Structural Engineer

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.

Qualifications

• 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.