Sinclair Knight Merz Reviews

If you are not part of the MAMIL cycle club (Middle Aged Men in Lycra) than you get nowhere. Don't work here if you are a woman, don't be fooled by their 'Women in Consulting' promises - you don't get anywhere. There is so many levels of middle management, that makes the entire company extremely top heavy and full of ex shareholders (after Jacobs merger) that just charge to overheads. They made all the wrong people redundant during the GFC and consequent 3-4 rounds of redundancies. The treatment of graduates is very poor, no engagement and very little in the way of professional development opportunities. Make big promises in the interview stage but don't follow through. If you don't achieve CPENG/RPEQ within 4 years of graduation (A pretty hard ask when you don't get to actually work on projects) then you are automatically career limited throughout the company. Expect a lot of unpaid overtime - especially from junior staff. If you question their resourcing policy - you get put on the 'list' and even more limited in your project involvement. Salary reviews are a joke - they don't actually budget for increases ever. The Jacobs acquisition process promises more pain, and they have started a policy of 'don't tell staff anything' instead of the previous SKM policy of 'give some information out on occasion'.

- I've been at SKM / Jacobs as a graduate engineer for almost 2 years, still haven't developed any significant skills related to my profession. I am still treated as a newbie who knows nothing and have been given tons of admin work. Thanks to my manager who always sees me that way for some reasons. I've been involved in several projects doing bits and pieces but nothing technical. I was involved in those projects as a helper. Instead of using my brain solving technical problems, I have to scan, print and bind tons of documents and reports. Not just once, but all the time. - Every time I finished my work, I have the options of sitting down in front of my computer doing nothing (surf the net etc) until I get bored OR I ask for more work from my manager and get me to help someone for administrative related for one of the senior guys. - I keep asking for some relevant work (e.g. field work, report writing etc) and he kept giving me fake promises. I'm really wasting my time here but then again I've got time to write all these stuff I don't like on glassdoor sharing my experiences as a female graduate engineer at SKM / Jacobs. - At the same time, they expect me to complete my CPEng within 4 years (during the graduate program). Should I write my experience as an admin person to get certified? Sure that looks promising for my future career. - Favouritsm is a big thing at SKM / Jacobs. Don't get fooled by those who say equal opportunities for everybody (female or male). Being a female and plus a graduate are tough especially if you are the only female graduate in your team. - There's another grad in my team. Lets say his name is 'A'. One day I overheard one of the senior engineers saying to my manager "I just want to work with 'A' or someone similar to 'A'". I guess he was being honest of his preference but the worst part was that my manager had no problem with what he said. Favouritsm or sexism? I have no idea what to call this.