Competitive Salary and Flexible Working Environment - Planner CDM Smith Employee Review

4.0
26 Mar 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Competitive salary - Excellent healthcare benefits benefits - Flexible work environment: Ability to work from the office and/or from home - Overtime pay - Diversity of transportation projects, across all modes - Opportunity to work on projects outside of your region - Company support for involvement in committees, societies, and certifications

Cons

- Physical office location in suburbs - Travel to remote/rural areas of the state - Lack of opportunities to attend industry conferences

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5.0
22 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Lots of training and opportunities

Cons

Company structure can be confusing

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Thank you for taking the time to leave us a 5-star review! It was great to have you as an employee and wish you all the best in your future endeavors.
2.0
18 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Flexible hybrid schedule is very nice and starting salary is high for early career engineers.

Cons

The main people running the company are not engineers and you can tell. They are all focused on utilization with rates often set at 97% or higher. This had led to my supervisor asking/telling me to not charge company required trainings. As an early engineer it really feels like they don't want to invest in me and only care about their bottom line. If you are an early career structural engineer you will also not get any meaningful work until you've been with the company for at least 5 years. The senior engineers do not trust you and will only give you grunt work.

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