Natural Hazards Research Internship Summer 2024 Structural Engineering

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.

Internships for Structures and Geohazards Research

Exciting and interesting technical challenges await when you join a world-class research team dedicated to reducing the impact of natural hazards. FM Global is a market leader in commercial and industrial property insurance and loss prevention solutions, providing more than one-third of FORTUNE 1000 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 engineering and research.

Opportunity:

The Structures and Geohazards research group at FM Global is looking for creative, self-motivated individuals for internships. Selected candidates will work alongside a unique group of scientists to protect the value of FM Global clients' businesses by developing methods to identify hazards, assess risk, and produce loss prevention solutions that are efficient and cost-effective. The internship will be supervised by senior staff in the Structures and Geohazards research group and provides an opportunity to engage in solving real-world science and engineering problems in the insurance industry.

Ideal candidates are PhD graduate students pursuing a Structural Engineering Degree (with good academic standing for graduation), who are seeking to expand their research experience beyond academia and bring expertise in the following active research area:

Structural Engineering

General:

• Strong analytical skills and solid knowledge of probability and statistics
• Experience with programming languages such as MATLAB, R, Python, FORTRAN
• Proficiency in processing large volumes of data
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Desired based on Research topic:

• GIS skills (e.g., ArcGIS, QGIS, GDAL)
• Comfortable writing shell scripts and using APIs to automate workflows
• Comfortable in Microsoft Windows and Linux environments
• Experience in machine learning

The hiring range for this position is $35.00 hour to $37.00 hour. The final salary offer will vary based on individual education, skills, and experience. 

FM Global is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce.