water resources engineer

environmental engineer

chemical engineer

system engineer

Barr Engineering

A typical day at work includes plenty of emails and phone calls regarding project/proposal set ups, invoice issues, and collection initiation. You must also run reports to make sure that project budgets are being maintained and also notify the project managers if budget amounts are close to depletion. I learned about prioritizing and managing a large workload. The workplace culture is generally friendly and they offer doughnuts and fruit every other Wednesday for their employees in an attempt to encourage camaraderie.  The hardest part of the job is finding the work life balance since you are expected to take work home and work until it is finished. I mostly enjoyed having my own office, learning a vast variety, and the benefits package.

The hardest part of working for Barr, for me, is networking. My co-workers are mostly located in Minneapolis, MN, while I work full-time on-site for a client and live in Wyoming. Funding to go to the Minneapolis office is limited and thus, so is my exposure to the central hub of the business. Due to this limitation, finding work for additional clients and opportunities within my company is difficult. I enjoy working in client services and meeting client goals gives me great personal and professional satisfaction. I love that everyday brings new challenges in my daily tasks and that I occasionally have the opportunity to work with a few of my co-workers when they come to the client site.

Most of my colleagues were fantastic people that truly embodied the culture that the company promotes. However, the company’s business group management created a challenging and toxic environment. Leadership issues were exacerbated by a culture of nepotism, where decisions favored personal connections over merit. Additionally, certain management often responded to feedback or concerns with dishonest and vengeful behavior, which further impacted morale and made it difficult for employees to feel secure in their roles.

Payroll with Compusource software. Filing, Switchboard when the receptionist is on break or lunch. Good management. I also worked in the dispatch department when the employees working in that department went on break or lunch.

They had great Christmas parties. About 5 or 6 employees would go to the store to shop for Christmas presents.  Always had very nice Christmas parties.

I was initially very excited about this companies culture and the opportunities for career growth.  The reality was that satellite offices were treated like store fronts.  I was penalized for being unable to work on delayed projects because I had other priorities.  Management didn't seem to care about the poor management of workload.  Turn over was high,  and the culture resembled a high-school popularity contest.

Barr is a wonderful employee owned company with fantastic benefits and educational opportunities. I have two cons: 1. Career growth can be difficult if you are within a support function (Fin/IT/HR) as teams run very lean. 2. Sometimes things feel incredibly slow to make progress on, get approval or hire new people (again for support functions). It can be difficult to make progress while being reactive to staffing and capacity needs 

Loved meeting new connections at this internship experience. Work is varied and there are a lot of interesting clients. The company has a "free market" system, so needed to push myself out of my comfort zone to find work, which helped me grow. However, would have liked a more structured internship. The long-term employees seem to enjoy the freedom, and take a lot of pride in their work. There is also strong mentorship program. 

The people are top-notch and team oriented.  The work is interesting and technically challenging.  The diverse client base has provided resiliency during challenging economic times.  The company consistently finishes strongly in the Best Place to Work evaluation, when it applies (odd-numbered years).

Barr Engineering has been rated a great place to work in 2016.  I agree with this statement.  There is ample career path opportunities for those in the environmental engineering and scientist roles.

Barr has a great work culture and is employee owned. You will get stock with with the company after working one full calendar year with them. Peoples work can be very flexible based on what is needed for projects.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Water resources engineer 3 salaries reported	$92,507 per year
Environmental engineer 3 salaries reported	$71,680 per year
Chemical engineer 3 salaries reported	$68,567 per year
System engineer 1 salary reported	$39.96 per hour

Working at Barr Engineering: Company Overview and Reviews

Barr Engineering

Barr Engineering Ratings

Popular jobs at Barr Engineering

Salary Satisfaction

Job Seeker Tools

Employer Tools

Browse

Stay Connected