Build your career at Nielsen Madsen + Barber
We're a family-friendly professional firm with a casual work environment, right in the middle of the growing I-94 corridor. The work is varied, the hours are real, and the people have been here a long time. We'd like you to be one of them.
Why NMB
Real hours
7:30 to 4:30, and Fridays until 4. Evenings and weekends are yours.
Stable since 1954
Seventy-plus years of steady work for the same communities.
Variety
Municipal work, schools, airports, roads, water, and surveying, often in the same week.
Room to grow
Mentoring from licensed PEs and PLSs, and support on the way to your own license.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Short- and long-term disability, and term life insurance
- Paid time off, personal and sick days, and paid holidays
- Retirement plan with employer contribution
- Tuition reimbursement and professional development
- Licensure support: exam fees and review courses ___
- Three paid company outings a year, for you and a guest
- $1,000 relocation payment for new hires who move
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Open positions
Municipal Engineer
Engineering · Full-time
Be the engineer our village and town clients count on: meetings, plan review, and public improvement projects.
View positionCivil Engineer (PE)
Engineering · Full-time
Design site civil plans, stormwater, and permits for schools, municipalities, and developers.
View positionGraduate Civil Engineer / EIT
Engineering · Full-time
Start your career designing municipal and development projects under experienced PEs.
View positionCivil Engineer Intern
Engineering · Internship
Paid, flexible internship (8 to 40 hours a week) on real projects while you're in school.
View positionProfessional Land Surveyor
Surveying · Full-time
Direct field crews and sign and seal boundary, ALTA, CSM, and plat work.
View positionLand Survey Crew Chief
Surveying · Full-time
Run a survey crew on boundary, topographic, and construction staking work.
View positionLand Survey Assistant
Surveying · Full-time
Work outdoors on a survey crew and learn the trade from experienced surveyors.
View positionField Engineer / Construction Inspector
Construction Services · Full-time or seasonal
Observe and document construction on municipal and private projects. $25 to $40 an hour.
View positionStudents and new grads
Internships
Paid civil engineering internships, flexible at 8 to 40 hours a week during school. Real projects, real mentors, and Civil 3D from day one.
Career fairs
Look for us at [schools and career fairs, from NMB]. Stop by and say hi.
The EIT path
Graduate as an EIT, work under licensed engineers, and get support all the way to your P.E.
Life at NMB
Apply
Don't see the right opening? Apply anyway with "General interest" selected. We're always glad to hear from good people, and we keep every application on file.
Equal opportunity employer
Nielsen Madsen + Barber is an equal opportunity, affirmative action, drug-free, and smoke-free employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status.