materials technician

geotechnical engineer

nondestructive testing technician

welding inspector

senior test technician

Froehling & Robertson, Inc.

It’s an average job, but a CMT technician is not a good career choice. It’s a place to learn and stay a couple years and let the job help you get a career in another type of construction inspections. When it rains your hours are not guaranteed, and  even when it rains the night before you will not work the next day! The pay is close to the industry standard, which is $15-17hr to start. The reporting at the end of the day is extensive, if your looking to collect a pay check and not use your brain this is not the job for you! High expectations for the $$$ it pays. You get a company truck and gas card, benefits are average, family insurance is extremely expensive and not that good. Management is decent, but have a really old way of thinking, everyone in the office has been there for 20+ years and are not going anywhere, if you have an engineering degree it will take you at least 3 years to even have a small chance of getting an engineering job in an office setting. 

I worked at F&R for over a decade when family circumstances resulted in a move outside of the company footprint.  After a couple of years I was able to return back home to F&R and was enthusiastically welcomed.  It’s great to be somewhere where you are truly appreciated.  F&R is a great place to come and to learn and to grow your career.  In this firm, you are able to know the key personnel at the branch and corporate levels even as an entry level employee.  At F&R you really can be a bigger fish in a medium-sized pond.  On the professional side, the annual professional staff meeting gives us all a chance to know our counterparts in other branches as well as the corporate officers.  This affords one the opportunity to build internal company relationships and contacts that can be utilized throughout the whole year (and career).  Not all companies are like this.  I highly recommend F&R as a great place to work.

F&R is an amazing company that I truly loved and miss since I relocated out of state. The teamwork not only in each branch but branch to branch was amazing. I was able to learn so much regarding Microsoft Dynamics, coming in with no experience, because of the teamwork between the administrators from all the branches. We worked as a team, if one needed help, all others were  willing to jump in to help, whether it was for something simple or if they needed coverage at their branch to take vacation or sick time. We were more of a family instead of a company. I was able to expand my knowledge of Excel and learn how to navigate full Adobe PDF. There are always good days and bad days at any job, however for me personal the hardest part of this job was walking away after nearly seven years. I felt as though part of me is missing without the fellow employees at the branch of my employment and the employees throughout the entire company.

As a structural steel inspector, my experience may be somewhat different than other types of inspectors at this company, but I would say that my personal experience here has been pretty good. My personality is to scrutinize a company I work for and find weakness and short falls. I can honestly say that I have found neither nor here at Froehling and Robertson. This company is really stable, has a strong plan going forward, keeps everyone in the loop, and is extremely capable. I am pretty aware of several other companies of this type in the area and surrounding states (and have vetted them all), and would have to say that I've made a good decision in coming to this company. If you're looking for an opportunity in this field, this company would be your best bet.

Provided corporate direction and management of Environmental Services firm-wide. Developed and wrote growth management plan and recruited new talent interested in diversification. F&R is a good firm with 138 years of history, but not really interested in growth and diversification. Generally loyal to old employees but not so much to new staff members. Its hard to motivate staff if management can't be motivated or does not engage in support of an approved directional change. 

Provided Federal Business Development direction for Environmental Service however without necessary marketing support or buy-in of managers.

CMT department was out of touch with responsibilities, professionalism and compensation. Branch Manager would look out for Staff Engineers, but there was little to no room for advancement unless you went out of your way to be social. 

Most of the time you were expected to cover technician call-outs or contractors calling last minute for concrete placements. Would be expected to manage reports and jobs but spent most of your time in the field while being paid salary. Job atmosphere is out of touch with the times, and engineer pay was well below standard market rate. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
The amount of downtime that they give us.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The clients we worked with. They normally won't listen to you even though it is your job to tell them the thing they won't listen to.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The in-house culture/ environment is actually pretty good, but you are CONSTANTLY on-site and rarely in-house. the on-site environment/ culture is actually really bad. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
A lot of traveling and talking with clients.

Management handles work related accidents in a manner clearly in favor of the company, and with little interest of anything to do with the employee. As with other honest reviews from past employees, the poor treatment of employees, with the misleading impression of a family atmosphere business, is a major issue. Low pay. Leaving long term employees jobless, and fighting for deserved medical and financial coverage for life lasting injury. Long term managers leaving due to continued disgust with leadership.  

The only time employees get a raise is when they threaten to quit which causes resentment among other more qualified employees.  No structure for advancement and no consistency between offices.  Branch managers have little or no training on how to adequately deal with employee concerns/complaints.  Often, managers are defensive and do not address the employee concerns because they take things personally instead of professionally.  There is no human resources person for employees to turn to.

Froehling & Robertson, Inc.’s testing and inspection program helps to ensure that your projects meet the requirements put in place by the numerous private, state, local, and federal entities that oversee the nation’s construction industry. Our combination of individual skills and companywide technological capability allows F&R to seamlessly integrate our personnel with the other members of your construction team. Our ability to quickly and accurately test the quality of your concrete, soil, asphalt, steel, masonry, and other materials will allow you to proceed with confidence.

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