structural engineer

engineer

estimator

superintendent

assistant superintendent

Management was pretty non existent, was placed on a large scale project as a new person and was expected to do the job or ten men. When I inquired about getting pulled off the project. I was meet with hostility as it was a partnership between my office and an office that does really big projects, and was told to suck it up. 

Following with the work life balance there wasn’t any, expected to answer all time of day on you or personal device as it was hard to get a company issued phone. 

The office was cold, you would ask a question to someone not even 3’ away and they would rely on the computer vi teams and not turns and look at you. 

Sometimes would want you to work through lunch. 

Would expect me to stay later and give me trouble because I had a second job

I left after only 8 months with such a bad taste in my mouth for the industry

I have had the pleasure of working at STV Incorporated for the past five (5) years.  The CM group consists of a team of hard-working, talented & socially-capable persons dedicated to delivering Phase 3 Projects within budget and on schedule to a variety of Clients.  I have had the opportunity to work on a variety of contracts ranging from maintenance jobs to bridge retrofits to a two-year, $65 Million Roadway Reconstruction.  I believe that these aforementioned opportunities have given me the experience and confidence to continue to grow in my individual career in whatever shape it may take, whether it be a Tollway Project team member or acting as Resident Engineer to CDOT on future work.

I and two others were hired at STV as a part-time Building Envelope Consultants to form, along with two full-time Architects, the Building Envelope Department in the Boston office by a newly-hired VP. 

Unfortunately, the type of clients we were allowed to pursue was restricted by company policy so we couldn't go after private work. The result of that was the department mostly dissolving when most of us, including the Architects and VP, were laid off.

In general, it's a big company and acts like it, for both better and worse. You do wonder sometimes about who rose to top positions and why, but you get that in big companies.

My job was only part-time and on a different floor than the main local office, so my observations are somewhat limited.

STV, as a company, is very good. They have many projects to be proud of. However, the Marketing Department needs a serious revamping of management. The expectations are too high, people are spread too thin, and the work hours are very, very long. Overtime is expected, and not compensated for in higher positions. Too many internal processes get in their way, and proposal managers are held responsible for the entire submission, no matter what. Not good for accountability of the team. General feedback is to hear what you did wrong, not what went well.

There is no work in the Denver office. They appear to be trying to hire people that will bring the clients with them but lack quality people to produce the work. 3 people have moved on in the last month. Less than half of the cubicles are occupied. The hanger-ons from the former company GWD are very noninclusive. If you are nonbillable (most are) you are encouraged to contact clients you have previously worked with to bring in work. They promised training and mentoring, didn’t provide it and told me to learn on my own time. “Put some skin in the game” was the way they put it.

The benefits are decent enough, average of what you would expect from a mid-tier company, nothing too extra or interesting.

The management is simply horrible, a lot of talking behind backs (no transparency), the managers lack mentorship and fail to support their employees. A lot of micro managing occurs, where your manager will be above your head waiting for you to make a mistake so they can push you down further.

This is not a good option for anyone building their career. You will not do any important work or learn much here. You’ll either leave or get fired before you can quit, which explains why the retention rate is low here.

After being laid off multiple times and working in otherwise abysmal jobs, STV and its supportive, congenial culture feels like karma. On my side of the firm few people have worked there fewer than 7 years. Most people I work with there have been there on average 7-15 years. I can learn from my colleagues, they share resources and insight and information. I do wish business development and marketing worked more closely together; I’m still trying to understand why there’s a chasm. However, having taken steps to develop relationships with BD staff, I’ve found they’re willing. Plus, I’ve never been more supported and never had a better relationship than I do with my supervisor.  

The office culture was great as well as the people I worked with and for.  Management was relaxed and easy to get along with, their main goal was to do good work and have fun doing it.  I increased my knowledge of Excel and Microsoft Project because of the knowledgeable staff that was interested in helping others grow.  The most difficult part of working at STV was the upper management struggles between offices that filtered down to the staff causing misdirection and confusion.  Overall, I enjoyed my time at STV and would work for them again if given the opportunity.

Employees are friendly and helpful, they all work together, are often very busy with a ton of work, but that's good if that's what your into it for.

A typical day at work can vary from one project to several tasks;

Learned so much from all the people that I was able to work with;

Management team is very close to the remainder of the staff; so makes it feel as if its a work-family;

Culture is always trying to bring people closer together;

Hardest part of the job was leaving because I needed to seek what would have been best for me.

Most enjoyable part of the job is walking around the city and seeing the many things you get to do!

It was a good learning experience. Provided overall project support such as assisting in writing scope of work, design criteria, specifications and performed quantity take-off and cost estimate.
 Performed site visits to collect field measurements and necessary data.
 Tracked and reviewed RFI, submittal, transmittal, shop drawings and inspection reports.
 Performed design calculation and analysis using MathCAD, Excel, CSI Bridge, SAP 2000, RISA 3D, RISA Section, Hilti Profis and other software.
 Drafted contract drawings and instructed CAD technicians to prepare complete drawing sets

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