Senior Environmental Economist / Quantitative Analyst Needed for Oil Spill Cost Study

An Oil Spill Cost Study updating prior work (2019-era baseline) and supporting evaluation of Reasonable Worst-Case Spill (RWCS) volume criteria and financial responsibility requirements.

We are seeking a highly qualified senior contractor to support quantitative analysis, cost-model updates, benchmarking research, and high-quality technical writing. This is a short, high-impact engagement with potential follow-on work.

Scope of Work (What you’ll do)

You’ll work directly with our Project Director and science team to support:

Cost / damages data analysis

Clean, normalize, and summarize spill response cost and damages datasets (Excel-based workflows)

Produce distributional statistics, stratified summaries, and sensitivity checks

Document assumptions and limitations clearly (audit-ready)

RWCS and financial responsibility benchmarking

Research and summarize comparable state/federal frameworks and methodologies (concise, cited)

Support evaluation of formula suitability by facility/entity type

Model update support

Help refresh/update an existing cost-model approach (continuity is important)

Propose practical improvements where justified and defensible

Deliverable support

Draft technical sections, tables, and figures for a Word/PDF report

Create a clear “methods + reproducibility” narrative

Required Qualifications (Must-have)

Please apply only if you have strong evidence of the following:

7+ years professional experience in environmental economics, natural resource economics, quantitative policy analysis, or environmental liability cost modeling

Demonstrated experience with spill response cost estimation, environmental damages, or analogous liability/cost-of-incident modeling (e.g., disaster recovery, hazardous releases, industrial incidents)

Advanced capability in Excel (pivoting, structured models, QA checks); comfort with Python/R is a plus

Excellent technical writing: you can produce clear, defensible, regulator-facing narratives

Strong research discipline: can provide clean citations and avoid unsourced claims

Ability to handle sensitive information professionally (NDA-style expectations)

Highly Desired (Nice-to-have)

Familiarity with California regulatory context or OSPR-style frameworks

Experience supporting public comment intake/disposition matrices or stakeholder response logs

Knowledge of incident cost categories (cleanup, contractor costs, third-party costs, NRD context)

Experience working with government clients and audit-ready documentation

Deliverables (What success looks like)

Cleaned/organized analysis workbooks and/or scripts with reproducible outputs

Stratified cost summaries and sensitivity notes ready for inclusion in a report

Drafted report sections (methods, findings summaries, benchmarking narrative)

Clear documentation of assumptions, data completeness, and limitations

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