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FM Research Graduate Internship 2025 Climate Risk and Resilience - Tornado Loss Database

Employer
FM Global
Location
Norwood, Massachusetts
Salary
$33.00 hour
Closing date
Feb 27, 2025
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Discipline
Atmospheric Sciences, Hydrology
Career Level
Student / Graduate
Education Level
Masters
Job Type
Internship
Relocation Cost
Negotiable
Sector Type
Industry/Private Sector

Job Details

FM 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 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.

Exciting and interesting technical challenges await when you join a world-class research team dedicated to reducing the impact of natural hazards. FM helps clients maintain continuity in their business operations by drawing upon state-of-the-art engineering and research.

The Climate Risk & Resilience Team at FM is seeking a creative, self-motivated individual for an internship in Norwood, MA. The intern will work under the supervision of senior staff and will have the opportunity to tackle real-world science and engineering challenges in the insurance industry. The project involves:

  • Cleaning past tornado loss data
  • Linking these losses to known tornadoes and tornado outbreak events
  • Collecting available engineering information related to the losses
  • Creating a searchable GIS database

The internship is planned to last 3 to 6 months. By the end of the internship, the intern will gain experience in

  • Tornado research
  • Insurance losses
  • Wind engineering

We are looking for undergraduate students in good academic standing who wish to expand their research experience beyond academia.  Ideal candidates will have:

  • Attention to detail
  • Strong analytical skills
  • GIS skills (e.g., ArcGIS, QGIS, GDAL)
  • Experience with programming languages such as MATLAB, R, Python, and FORTRAN
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Comfort with writing shell scripts and using APIs to automate workflows
  • Familiarity with both Microsoft Windows and Linux environments

This is an in-office role based in Norwood, MA.  Temporary relocation support provided for selected qualified candidate.

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

Company

FM Global is Insurance Evolved FM Global provides comprehensive global commercial and industrial property insurance, engineering-driven underwriting and risk management solutions, groundbreaking property loss prevention research and prompt, professional claims handling. As a mutual company, our products and services directly support our clients' overall risk management objectives through: Understanding the nature and reality of their specific risks Establishing sound loss prevention solutions that safeguard against loss Developing cost-effective insurance and risk transfer solutions backed by large, stable capacity Providing the claims and loss mitigation support to minimize business disruption

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