Inspiring leadership, positive environment - Senior Manager, Program Management CDM Smith Employee Review

5.0
26 Feb 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Matrix organization with an entrepreneurial team mindset, Plenty of opportunities to get involved in the growth and success of the firm if you're willing to reach out, several employee growth and development programs - CDM Smith University, Transportation Specialist Development Program, Mentoring, Career Development Planning; The ability to reach across geographical and discipline boundaries to engage in pursuits and projects, Employee recognition programs and other employee benefits that other firms just don't care about. Management from the top down really seem to listen to employee feedback. After 13.5 years with my last firm, and being treated like a worker bee instead of a valued asset, CDM Smith is an energizing and positive environment to work in.

Cons

Too many acronyms, project reporting and accounting systems are outdated but being addressed, stock ownership not available to rank and file employees, only titled staff.

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5.0
22 Apr 2026
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Pros

Lots of training and opportunities

Cons

Company structure can be confusing

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2.0
18 Jun 2026
Recommend
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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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