VP, Principal Resilience Engineer
Core
Provide engineering leadership for community-scale climate resilience, connecting building design and construction with measurable reductions in damage and insured losses.
Role type
VP, Principal Resilience Engineer (Physical/Clinical work)
Builds
Verified risk reduction and modeled loss reduction strategies for community-scale resilience investments
Domain
Insurance, Risk Consulting, Natural Hazard Mitigation
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Civil/Structural/Environmental/Fire Protection engineering, Natural catastrophe peril expertise (wildfire, flooding, wind, storms), Building design and construction knowledge, Performance-based engineering judgment, Field assessment and technical review, Catastrophe modeling collaboration, Risk selection criteria definition, Cost-benefit analysis of mitigation, Technical guidance development, Mentorship
Preferred skills
None stated
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Serve as a senior technical authority on building and community resilience; Lead field assessments and technical reviews to identify damage contributors; Develop prioritized recommendations across property and community scales; Apply performance-based engineering judgment to develop solutions beyond code requirements; Translate recommendations into actionable scopes and design criteria; Partner with catastrophe modelers to translate vulnerabilities into modeling assumptions; Assess whether modeled risk reductions are supported by engineering evidence; Work with underwriting to define mitigation criteria and verification requirements; Support evaluation of mitigation costs against potential reductions; Establish consistent assessment methods and quality standards; Explain technical findings to stakeholders; Mentor colleagues and turn project findings into practical guidance.