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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jobs.fmglobalcareers.com/job/-/-/474/6295069?p_uid=n1HR4ACSoz&p_sid=ZJwsncb">https://jobs.fmglobalcareers.com/job/-/-/474/6295069?p_uid=n1HR4ACSoz&p_sid=ZJwsncb</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black;letter-spacing:-.1pt">More information about this job:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black;letter-spacing:-.1pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black;letter-spacing:-.05pt">Overview:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">FM Global is a leading property insurer of the world's largest businesses, providing more than one-third of FORTUNE 1000-size companies with engineering-based risk
management and property insurance solutions. FM Global helps clients maintain continuity in their business operations by drawing upon state-of-the-art loss-prevention engineering and research; risk management skills and support services; tailored risk transfer
capabilities; and superior financial strength. To do so, we rely on a dynamic, culturally diverse group of employees, working in more than 100 countries, in a variety of challenging roles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black;letter-spacing:-.05pt"><br>
Responsibilities:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Please note: This posting is not an indication that there are job openings currently available. By applying
to this opportunity, you are expressing interest in a Research Scientist job in Norwood, MA should an opening become available.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Exciting and interesting technical challenges await when you join a world-class research team dedicated to
reducing the impact of natural hazards. As a leader in property loss-prevention, FM Global has been on the forefront of innovation since 1835 paving the way for many insurance industry firsts. As part of our research division, you’ll work alongside a unique
group of scientists across engineering, earth, and atmospheric sciences to protect the value of FM Global's clients' businesses by developing methods to identify hazards, assess risk, and produce loss prevention solutions that are efficient and cost-effective.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Interested in a career with our Structures and Natural Hazards group? The following are some of the areas
where we are always seeking specialized research professionals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
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<b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Geological Sciences</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""> team studies the hazards and effects of earthquakes and tsunamis.<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul type="circle">
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Seismology and geology: characterize seismic sources, propagation, and site response for hazard evaluation.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Ground motion: investigate factors that influence earthquake ground motions; construct site response maps.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Tsunami: characterize subduction zone earthquakes; model tsunami initiation, propagation, and run-up.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Shake table: subject specimens to shaking; develop loss prevention solutions to mitigate shaking damage.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Meteorological Science</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""> team studies severe weather, climate change, and other atmospheric perils, and the impacts on
building envelope components.<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Hazard: develop hazard maps for extreme weather events including tropical cyclones, thunderstorms, tornadoes, hail, and winter storms.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Numerical modeling: model weather, climate, and wind-induced coastal storm surge.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Wind: develop wind load recommendations for building components and cladding using boundary layer wind tunnel testing and computational fluid dynamic simulations.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Mitigation: identify solutions to reduce loss from building envelope failures.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Hydrological Sciences</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""> team studies fluvial and pluvial flood hazards.<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Heavy precipitation: investigate the physical and statistical properties of flood-causing precipitation using rain gauge and remote sensing data, and numerical weather model outputs.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Hydrologic flood modeling: estimate flood discharges at global to local scales, modeling the water fluxes from precipitation to river overflow.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Hydrodynamic flood modeling: one and two dimensional, small to large scale, using commercial software and developing in-house models.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Structural Mechanics</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""> team covers response and damage of structural and non-structural systems, contents and equipment.<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul type="circle">
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Finite element modeling: model structures, non-structural components, equipment, and fracture mechanics; analysis of commercial and industrial materials and products.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Loading: evaluate structural vulnerability, damage, and risk under natural hazard and fire loading.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Material properties: study thermal and mechanical properties of materials used in construction and mechanical equipment.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Mitigation: identify and develop loss prevention solutions for structural systems, components, and products to reduce the risks associated with natural hazards and fire.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black;letter-spacing:-.05pt">Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Qualifications include a Ph.D. degree, strong research record in the area of interest, and excellent written and verbal communication skills. A solid background in
probability and statistics, proven technical programming and modeling experience, and knowledge of model physics, principles, setup, calibration, validation and sound analysis practices are highly desired. Senior applicants must have demonstrated project management
abilities. The job title and compensation depend on qualifications and experience.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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