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Coastal Mechanical

Typical day at CMS was nice. You come in first thing in the morning and everyone has good conversation before starting the day. The whole day consisted of fabricating sheet metal. Unloading peices of air duct off of semi's for furthar construction then loading them back up to be sent to the required locations. The warehouse part of the job consisted of taking flat peices of sheet metal and cutting out peices while using various tools to shape them for specific dementions and all for one purpose, to make airducts. Management was great there and everyone helped each other out as much as possible. The hardest part of the job was learning how to use all the diffrent tools and machinery required to complete the job. The most enjoyable part was getting to work in a new enviroment while learning new things and having a good time doing so.

Great job, great benefits and excellent learning environment. The projects are usually very well organized and everyone on the job(coastal crew) are usually friendly except for management. Next, I would say the compensation is ok only for the reason that they move you to different jobs and expect you to cover all the traveling time and expenses that you incur(I.E. Gas, vehicle wear and tear, tolls). And lastly, job advancement and security... Unless you are friends with someone in management chances are you are never gonna make it there reguardless of how well you perform your job. They will ask a lot from you, that is guaranteed and a lot of upper management won't even acknowledge your presence or thank you. Also if they feel like cutting man hours you better hope your buddies with one or more of the foreman....

It was decent, that being said they don’t value you until you put them in a pickle. I expressed since the day I got hired that I need to make 1000$ a week after taxes. For the first 90 days, I took a $2.25 pay cut in order to secure a position with a 90 day review if I was worth it to get me back to what I was used to making at the previous company. 90 days came and I had to remind them that I took the job for less money than I’m used to with that promise of a review and they gave me 2$ short by a quarter, And also told me at my one year review  to not expect any more money. So when I got an offer for 7$ more dollars And informed them that Friday would be my last day. Somehow, the next day I was worth the money I had been asking for for months. I got burnt out and couldn’t accept their 4$ raise. It’s not a bad company. They just have to understand economics a little better and value people before they get burnt out.

Coastal Mechanical is a company where YOU can make your own destiny.  If you have a good attitude, good work ethic, and willing to soak up all the training that is offered, you can go as far as you want to go.  The majority of the top project mangers at Coastal started out working with their tools.  Our top foreman and tradesmen started as helpers and worked their way through our apprenticeship program.  If you're already a high caliber tradesmen, and you are happy practicing your craft, you will be appreciated, respected, and compensated according to YOUR attitude how YOU produce!  That's the great thing about Coastal, YOU make your own destiny!

Unsafe, untrained foreman.saturate work areas with the trades,then make the tradespeople fight for space to do they're work.draconian supwrvisors ,and good oldboys to midmanage.make up unrealistic schedules,then shorten them to make themselves look good to proj mgr.under tooled, if it was missed on bid,YOU made the mistakewith matieral, unemphatic on any personal /family needs.no field to office communication from employees tolerated.in 31yrs in plplng trades,18 hvac specific I would rather HOLD A SIGN,ON SIDE OF ROAD THA WORK FOR COASTEL MECHANICAL!!

They have their faults like all companies but after leaving for a year and a half I have learned to appreciate the time I spent there.Co workers are great and management is tough sometimes but usually fair.We are grown after all and construction workers so this is the life weve chosen.I never got laid off in 6 years even through some slow periods of little work.Dont go there looking for a babysitter because they treat you like an adult and expect you to act like one.No, they dont probide doggy day care or nursing rooms.who does that?

A typical day at work would be showing up, listen to the foreman tell the whole crew how bad there doing for an hour, finally go work, do what u can, tell your foreman, what parts your missing, he tells u there's nothing he can do about it, then find something else to work on, then get yelled at for not finishing what you started even though you didn't have any of the parts you need and told them about it, this was a everyday thing for almost for a year at this company. If you want my review about this company, in my ten years and many company's in this field this is by far the worst company I have ever worked for

I had 10 people crew so every day first thing full out paper work as pree task hot work permits material order lay outs answer questions to the crew directing what to do  attending meetings with general contractor coordinate with the other trades thath was the hard part and the most enjoyable part at end of the day thanking to the all crew for the hard work and go to the house with no injurys

My departure from this company had nothing to do with them. I would highly recommend them to anyone that is willing to put the work in. You will only get as much as you put in. There is potential to grow very much with them. I wish I could have stayed with the management team that is their because they are truly hard workers and world class!!!

I left a long term job to come to CMS sheetmetal Division and have loved every second  of it..  we strive to train and encourage employees. I'm currently in a management position @ Coastal and was in a similar position at my last company but Coastal consistently trains us and Coastal Appreciates their employees and it shows. There's plenty of advancement opportunities here

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Sheet metal mechanic 16 salaries reported	$31.91 per hour
Hvac technician 9 salaries reported	$31.78 per hour
Pipefitter 9 salaries reported	$28.50 per hour
Plumber 10 salaries reported	$29.80 per hour
Pipefitter helper 1 salary reported	$21.00 per hour

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