equipment operator

senior structural engineer

senior mechanical engineer

field engineer

controls engineer

Zachry Construction Corporation

I had been working for this company for years and the longer you're in it, the more you realize it is corrupted. There is so much nepotism and it's probably the only way to get promoted in this company. The management is horrible and inexperienced in safety and production at multiple site locations. You can't escape it. The good managers get shot down constantly when they try to do the right thing. Female employees get paid less and will have a difficult time advancing unless they know someone of course. Horrible compensation, less than market value. Other companies will end up surpassing this company. Zachry used to be the company to work for, definitely not anymore. Don't even get me started on the ISG side of it. The regional managers aren't capable of handling their sites, mostly because they don't even know the process at site level. They just show up and leave, nothing gets fixed or improved. A majority are there because of nepotism. They are greedy cons that will use any excuse to not give raises to their employees. They will use "contract issues" as the excuse all the time. If they need you at a site, you are stuck because they won't help you advance. 

The benefits used to be better, not anymore. Other construction companies have now beat Zachry in that as well. It's not looking good and once people start realizing it and leaving, maybe then corporate Zachry will start evaluating their sites and more importantly, the people chosen to run them. Just because the site looks good on paper, doesn't mean it is. Safety is the only thing they care about (which is important) but I wouldn't trust the pencil whipped numbers they give. Many incidents happen that are never reported. Safety personnel are uneducated and a joke at any site I've been at in the Houston area. Not all employees but definitely the managers. The good safety employees will get shot down for any improvement. So, if you actually have a heart and care, don't join the safety team for Zachry. 

Low non-competitive wages is why I left this company for good. There's too much competition to have to settle for mediocrity. The benefits and wages are better at competitive companies. Zachry's way of not losing is buying out the competition and the companies they know could surpass them. Trust me, you are better off not working for the Industrial Services Group or Construction side. Horrible management at every level. The good employees always leave, I saw it throughout the years.

A typical day at work is moderately productive with this and that coworker and superior want this and that expecting you to do everything at the same time. 
Management is the worst part of this company hands down. At the beginning of the job they will lie and say that they will work with you if you need help. There was a total of 4 days in a 5 month period that I had to miss. 2 of those days were excused for medical reasons. The other two days were missed because I was forced to relocate twice with no notice whatsoever. Management did not care that I called in ahead of time or that I still showed up the same day to get a partial work day after I had been up all night moving. All in all they do not treat there employees well and will make an example out of anyone that they can. 
My co-workers were mostly excellent workers with positives attitudes other than when it would rain. This part I just could not understand. 
The hardest part of this job for me was dealing with the constant complaining about production from supervisors who had never laid a bead in their lives. Supervisors who will write you up for turning down a weldment because of its cleaniness etc.
The most enjoyable part of this job for me was laying beads down on structure and pipe. This is my calling for life. Welders RULE!

What is the best part of working at the company?
They gave me the opportunity to use my unique skill sets and the tools to enhance them. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Job security within the organization has been the most difficult part of working for Zachry. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Excellent. I was blessed to have worked with some of the best men and women in the industry. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Arrival began with going through my emails and prioritizing the scope for the day. Communicating with my Team members in person to see what I can do to proactively keep our department on schedule. Troubleshooting any immediate concerns and addressing them promptly. After all priorities were addressed, I went through the database files to ensure that there were no discrepancies in the vendor documentation that was turned over and communicating to the proper channels to resolve any issues. Attended many meetings. Received information from the field inspectors and revised and generated QSR and NCR reports for design and installation errors. Many other activities throughout the day to improve the performance of the project.

Worked with Zachary for several years in maintenance.went through several different managers. They seemed to get worse every time! Work trucks are falling apart. There are literally  Holes exposing the truck Axel's while management rides around in new four door trucks. Rate of pay was the same for 5yrs.if you worked any overtime during the week ,you were told to leave early on friday.they do offer 401, dental, health benefits for a step price.oh, yeah there's a call out list that gets passed around to each crew on weekends. If you're crew is on that weekend your told not to go anywhere or drink alcohol. Your on call and have to be ready to work, if needed. No you are not going to get paid while waiting for the call either. Your forman is given a phone and a list of names for the call out. All contractors who get hired on an outtage or turnaround will be getting paid more than the employees working maintenance even though there working side by side doing the same thing. Your told by management that there temporary and your permanent. Whatever!

I had the 6-6, 12 hours a day type of work when I worked for this company. I would clock in and immediately the day would begin as I started going through my paperwork and my assigned duties for the day. I learned that multitasking was something that could be mastered and appreciated in the construction world. My management and co-workers were definitely different than what I had encountered before. They were the type that if you could not hang with the best then you can pack your stuff and leave; so I had to learn quickly and always be better than the person standing next to me if I wanted to have a job. The hardest part of my job was always the long hours and no personal time off. When you get off at 6 pm every night or later you have no personal time to get things done. You end up choosing your work over your relationships, sleep, family, and other things. The most enjoyable part was once I mastered my multitasking skills I was able to do 5 things at once and still take on more responsibility. It helped me when upper management takes a look at my logs and see's how much I do a day; there's a since of pride that goes along with being noticed for how far you come than when you first start.

I always planned ahead and knew how to delegate work to employees according to knowledge/work experience. 

What I I learned is to be flexible with work assignments taking into account  that everyone working together will have positive results. 

I believe management provides the leadership and direction helping set the pace for the projects. Communication is the key to staying completely informed with all the team members. In order for this to occur a weekly huddle time is good way to share information an agenda and rules for how the meeting shall be controlled.

When you say you work for Zachry it carries a sign of respect. The work place culture is a culture un-matched it is a pleasure to be associated with the Zachry Corporation.

I think some of the hardest things I had to do was getting team to accept project directives and follow design standards for the project.

Well, I have to say many times Project Managers down would say how did you get this done, I was able to meet project objective sometimes not knowing how you did it. Very rewarding when you actually hear the units fire up and then go on line.

Schedule  can change any day. In 2 yrs had over 10 adjustments to work schedule .. 8s. 10s. 12s start time, finish time, break time,days on, days ff , lunch time ,etc. etc . .   experienced personel hard to find .No pay raise even after 2 yrs - aperantly  must change position to get raise  .Tasks are stretched out sometimes twice as long as need to complete task. on average Less than 4hrs hands on work in a 10 hr day except for janatorial and forklift operators  . Many employees paranoid all day long in fear of getting fired for minor infraction or spend there day texting about how to get another employee fired  .   If it sounds like I'm describing a schizophenic unhealthy work environment ... Seems like they fire and hire in batches  3s . 4s , or 5s... . Most enjoyable part of the job is not being there. Setting employees up for success is not part of managment culture appearantly  . Pay is good but benefits are worst I have ever exsperienced. You will constantly hear  you have to be 
 " Nimble" which is code for be quiet and take what ever I give you . If your looking for good pay and no pride in a job well done this company is for you ,  

I am responsible for all office supply inventory, which includes special requests from engineers and executives as well as employees. I am also responsible for all kitchens restocking of coffee and food supplies, any catering needs for meetings and conferences, doing all set up and clean up. It falls under my department to work with the teams on large projects, working with specifications, drawings, printing, and anything else that is needed to get a project completed.  I am the back up to the reception front desk, greeting of visitors, making travel arrangements when needed, setting up conference calls, WebEx conferences, securing conference rooms, camera’s, and fleet vehicles as needed.  The maintenance of all the fleet vehicles falls under me, as well as reporting to our headquarters in San Antonio the mileage and maintenance of all the fleet vehicles on a monthly basis.  I am the point of contact for all operations vendors and doing all research for competitive pricing for the operations of the Denver Design Center.

My typical day working for Zachry Industurials consisted of fitting and welding structural supports and pipe, keeping my immediate crew on task and organizing incoming materials to maintain field efficeincy.
A couple of things that I learned while working for Zachry are: a few more techniques for laying beads with the GTAW process, increasing my deposition speed for the SMAW proccess and how to better commuciate in a high stress, high danger and high productivity environment.
My co-workers at Zachry were very informative, full of constructive critisicm and ready to take the job at the drop of a dime.
The hardest part of this job was taking instruction from someone with no prior experience in my field and maintaining a permanent domicile away from home.
The most enjoyable part of my job with Zachry was solving problems of fitting or repair when they came up.

Everyday is different in construction! I would come into work and start by checking my emails to plain my day. Getting my document request if I had any to print out of the contracts assigned to me. Pulling old drawings and adding the new drawings after watermarking that blue print. If there are any reason for questioning I would take them to the engineer for them to fix. Sending out the EMLs and MSO's to the warehouse for the new materials coming in with a blue prints attached and a excel form and RFI's. Being helpful with making sure that everyone finds or receives what they need. My boss was the hardest part of my job we did not see eye to eye and that had to be handled by hire management, but I did it by the book and never lost my temper nor do anything to find myself fired. My co-workers were the best part of the job we understood each other and made hard days seem easy.

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