[Oppslist] Opportunity for Lead Tropical Cyclone Modeler

[Audrey Duckworth]

Who we are:

 

Risk Management Solutions (RMS) is the world's leading provider of
products and services for the quantification and management of property
catastrophe, natural hazard, and complex business risks. RMS clients
include leading insurers, reinsurers, brokers, industrial corporations,
and financial institutions. The company was founded at Stanford
University in 1988 and is owned by the UK-based Daily Mail and General
Trust publishing enterprise. RMS continues to grow through market
leadership, superior client service, research and technology innovation,
and international expansion. Today, the company comprises over 300
employees in offices throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.

What we are hiring for:

Lead Tropical Cyclone Modeler (reference 05-007) Newark , CA 

Description:  As part of our RMS Climate Hazards Team, you will work
with meteorologists, statisticians, climate scientists, engineers,
hydrologists, geophysicists, software professionals, and actuaries to
incorporate the modern modeling technologies into state-of-the-art
insurance risk assessment software tools.

Responsibilities include among others: Develop and expand RMS Tropical
Cyclone (TC) models for different areas including the US and Caribbean.
Consider results from GCM tools and techniques in order to simulate
TC-environments and the influence of climate factors on the storm
occurrence and development. Use modern technologies in order to model
real-time storm evolution and storm losses at high resolution. Manage
recent HU hazard information and develop statistical tools for the
assessment of recent hazard data. Adopt modern techniques in order to
model extreme TC events. Interact with the Climate Hazard and research
teams in California as well as London to incorporate flood as well storm
surge into the simulations. Manage a limited number of less senior
modelers if needed. 

Your contributions will aid clients in the insurance industry to assess
their portfolio windstorm risk and will enable them to make decisions
related to their allocation of capital and reinsurance purchases.

Requirements:  The position requires a graduate, a Ph.D. or similar
degree in meteorology/geophysics, statistics, or engineering and at
least 4 years of experience in climate hazard and/or risk studies.
Abilities should include experience in General Circulation Modeling
tools and the interpretation of related results.  Strong analytical
skills are required and applicants should be able to prove that they
have abilities to gather, understand, and scrutinize relevant weather
and hazard data from various sources.  In addition the applicant must be
highly motivated and self-directed in complex projects and should be
team-oriented.  Solid technical programming and EDV-knowledge gained
through practical experience in e.g. C++ is a plus. 

This position is located at Risk Management Solution headquarters
offices in Newark, CA (San Francisco Bay Area).  To apply, please
respond by sending your resume to Elizabeth Durand, Senior Recruiter,
elizabeth.durand @rms.com.

Elizabeth Durand
Recruiter
Risk Management Solutions
elizabeth.durand at rms.com
http://www.rms.com <http://www.rms.com/> 
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