Project Manager / Water and Wastewater - Project Manager CDM Smith Employee Review

4.0
26 Apr 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

This is a top notch company that wins some of the best projects in the market. You will have a chance to work on interesting and complex high-profile projects. The company invests highly in new hires in order to develop them into leaders.

Cons

It can be difficult to meet others in the company from different offices. Over time, this can lead to some employees getting lost and others being promoted because of who they know.

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5.0
22 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lots of training and opportunities

Cons

Company structure can be confusing

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2.0
18 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Flexible hybrid schedule is very nice and starting salary is high for early career engineers.

Cons

The main people running the company are not engineers and you can tell. They are all focused on utilization with rates often set at 97% or higher. This had led to my supervisor asking/telling me to not charge company required trainings. As an early engineer it really feels like they don't want to invest in me and only care about their bottom line. If you are an early career structural engineer you will also not get any meaningful work until you've been with the company for at least 5 years. The senior engineers do not trust you and will only give you grunt work.

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