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NOVA Engineering and Environmental

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Not bad, not great. - Special Inspector NOVA Engineering and Environmental Employee Review

4.0
12 Jan 2026
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Pros

If you have many certifications, you'll have plenty of work to do. Certification pay bumps and bonuses are clear, without question. The company events were fun, but the worthwhile ones varied by whoever was the department manager at that time. Taking PTO was easy, though many were not allowed to go into the negative. Managers were generally friendly and easy to get information from, in person. Pay seemed comparable to other firms.

Cons

If you're low on the totem pole, you'll be subjected to overnight and early morning shifts more frequently. It's difficult to get access to training materials for certifications-- I had to do a lot of legwork on my own time to get what I needed. Getting title changes and promotions were difficult from within. Benefits were not great most of the time I worked here ($5k+ deductible); it got slightly better ($1.7k deductible) shortly before I left. Management is hard to get a hold of via phone and text.

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5.0
12 Jan 2026
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Pros

You are challenged to grow by assuming higher responsibility

Cons

Senior staffing is needed for guidance.

3.0
21 Nov 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Team atmosphere on field positions is great and you can always count on fellow inspectors to help you think through or find code interpretations. Base pay Is good to start, and can be a wonderful place for an inspector to get a lot of varied experiences if they have combination certifications. Training offered several times a year and safety is important. It can be a great thing to be autonomous and be trusted to get your inspections completed as a subcontractor.

Cons

Base pay at hiring was a lowball based on how much more the guaranteed overtime with the assigned contract would pay for members of my team. When contract was up, the pay dropped around $1000 a month. Since it’s not happening to the managers and they are on salary, they are very detached and don’t realize that “their people” budget their monthly expenses based on the amounts and hours given to them at the time they are hired. It’s an engineering company, and the building inspectors seem to be quite an afterthought, even though the company has contracts (embedded employees) with a number of municipalities and a couple of larger counties, activities and get-togethers are geared toward only those actually working in person at the Kennesaw office. Honestly, just send us a gift card, none of our SouthATL people want to go 70 miles to Cartersville for a picnic. Expensive health insurance with high deductibles or an even more expensive co-pay plan if you have dependents.

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