Substation engineer - Senior Electrical Engineer CDM Smith Employee Review

1.0
Jul 27, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay, the engineer manage Mike was great guy

Cons

Old fashioned company. Very toxic environment. Blame shifting is the attitude there. Some of these people who work there they make it their mission to make your live miserable. No training what so ever. Project managers there think they are the boss of everyone. If you dont mind the stress and the very hostile environment then go ahead and work there

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CDM Smith Response
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5.0
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Lots of training and opportunities

Cons

Company structure can be confusing

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2.0
Jun 18, 2026
Recommend
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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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