“Management truly values employees. Firm operates with long-term perspective.”
We prioritize long-term growth and career expansion, fostering an environment where employees can thrive and build lasting careers. With low turnover and a culture of transparency, we believe in empowering our team members through continuous education and skill development opportunities.
The annual New Hire Orientation brings new employees together for a day of team building and learning about the firm. Presenters from across the company dive into the corporate mission, history, standards, and values – ending with a social gathering.
Degenkolb’s employee conference sees the entire firm come together to listen to engineering, project, and business presentations given by our colleagues.
Project Managers experience a yearlong eight session program on best practices in the industry. The sessions are set up to delve into the firm’s Quality Assurance Manual and present topics such as proposal creation, go-no go policies, and project financials.
Monthly forums are hosted across the firm and in individual groups for educational programming on engineering topics and project lesson learns.
Each month a Senior Principal draws on their decades of experience to address a topic of interest. Previous topics have included client development, seismic corporate programs, and case studies.
Each year a group of new project managers and leaders have the opportunity to participate in a 1.5 day-long working session to enhance communication, presentation, and public speaking skills including live feedback from a professional coach.
The right candidate loves a good challenge, appreciates variety, and doesn’t mind doing things they don’t know how to do – every day.
In return, we offer the opportunity to work directly with clients from day one, the chance to be a key player in some of the most prominent structural engineering projects across the globe, and an open door to some of the best minds in the business.
Degenkolb employs a framework known as CareerBuild that communicates performance expectations at one’s current level as well as what skills are needed for future development. Using this framework, professionals can set a course for developing their skills, core competencies, and talents.
Through professional and self-directed training and lifelong learning, employees at Degenkolb guide their careers at a pace that interests them.
