staff engineer

geotechnical engineer

senior staff engineer

civil engineer

senior project manager

Langan Engineering and Environmental Services

My typical day at work consists of maintaining three Senior Associates calendar, answer and screening calls, booking conference rooms for meetings throughout the day, updating our phone list and CCM to add contact information so they can see it on their Blackberries. There are times I would have to create spreadsheets so we can track proposals and invoices that go out. Every month, on the fifteenth day, I call clients to make sure they have received invoices and find out if they have any questions. Also, I help them with their flights, hotel reservations, and car service when needed. There are days where I run several reports and send them out to various clients that request them. There are so many responsibilities I take on, but I named the ones that were most important.

There is nothing hard about the job. There are days that it can be downright crazy. There are deadlines that have to be met, so prioritizing plays a big role at this company.

Company projects were fairly interesting and a few of the middle management were encouraging and passionate about the work.
However, management definitely harped on brand new college graduates to take on grueling hours, low pay, and had very little guidance to help new engineers. Competition amongst peers and managers was pretty cut-throat. Work was very much numbers driven, with high productivity needed for the company's bottom line.
Company culture was very much doing things solo. Other peers don't talk to one another, and there is almost no cross-training with other groups. It never felt like you were a part of a 'team'.
Management themselves had no clear sense of direction for staff, throwing them from small tasks to giant projects very quickly.
Overall, I would only suggest to work here for a year or two, before moving on to a company that really values its employees.

Langan can be a whirlwind of good and bad from the same source. The driving force is the mission of the company which means when the work is flowing and your head is focused and in the game, it is an awesome place to work. If you are not driven or 100% on the same page with the leadership for personal, professional, or various other reasons, you can get lost in the surging tide. The communication lines are often very open and feedback is usually very welcomed.

From day one I felt like part of the team, and set out to learn everything I could. Through Langan I had the opportunity to see many types of project sites, work with cutting edge technologies, and overall pretty laid back and fun people. My one critique was that I felt there wasn't much opportunity for field personnel to learn new skills unless you happened to be sent on the right jobs... even then it was, 'go there, do this.' I left in order to pursue a career change, if I were still surveying I would be gladly working for Langan. (And helping to improve the field technician training system)

Worked for Socal office for a few years. Definitely feast or famine. Prepare for weeks at a time where there is no work. Then prepare to be away weeks at a time being worked like a dog. Prepare to be blamed for mangements inability to bring in work. Office is cold, no one speaks to one another. Folks will throw you under the bus in a heart beat. Project managers make unethical decisions making staff uncomfortable. Lack of cross training. Use of personal vehicle majority  of time. Very stressful and unsatisfiable work. Trust me, look at another company.

Offered full range of administrative support to Principal and Senior Project Engineers. Processed and verified expense reports. Project Management assistance, when necessary. Ordered supplies. Typed, reviewed and prepared engineering reports. Assisted company database gatekeepers with researching non-deliverable database contact e-mails and contacted previous and current companies to confirm accuracy of contacts. Supported Administrative Assistants with work flow. Managed Team meetings. Answered phones and directed calls as appropriate.

Productive and fun workplace. Some everyday tasks consist of ground water gauging and sampling for DNAPL/LNAPL. Installation of Monitoring Wells/Soil Vapor Wells, preparation of remediation impact work plan including CAD figures. Establishing data log for Community Air Monitoring Program and reviewed for exceedances, soil boring readings and logs of below grade surface profiles. Measured below grade lateral shifts with Inclinometer reader, oversight of subcontractors during construction operations.

This company is feast or famine.  There will be weeks where you will have no work at all and then there will be weeks where they work you like a dog.  Management excepts you to always be billable (which is impossible a lot of the times).  The office environment is cold and if not non-existent, they discourages socializing with your coworkers.  Departments discourages cross-training.

This company has a method of doing things their way. If it's not for you, they have no inhibitions of telling you where the door is. There are plenty of resources here. They are pretty keen to the technology, but there is competition within the company walls. Some do not want to help you out. They look for ways not to pay you your deserved compensation. Gather what you can from here and move on. Luckily there are companies that welcome former employees.

If you are field staff be prepared to work 60+ hours per week in rough conditions. The job can be physically demanding but it is also often just watching construction which gets very dull. That being said you will work with a lot of really smart, experienced professionals and there are a lot of perks for working in the company. If you are looking for a lot of field experience this is the company to get it. 

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