CH2M
Hill
Global engineering
and construction company.
Headquarters:
9191 South Jamaica Street
Englewood, CO 80112
Employees: 23,000
CEO: Ralph Peterson
Employee owned
Website:
http://www.ch2m.com
Career
Site
CH2M HILL is a global leader in full-service engineering, consulting,
construction, and operations with the following expertise:
* Architectural Design
* Business and Operations Support
* Chemical Engineering
* Civil Engineering
* Construction
* Environmental
* Mechanical Engineering
* Operations & Maintenance
* Structural Engineering
The company has offices worldwide with
projects including chemical plants in Buenos Aires to super cleanrooms
in Japan, from nuclear cleanup in Colorado to wastewater treatment
plants in New Zealand.
CH2M Hill was named one of the Best Companies
to Work for in America by Fortune magazine in 2008 for the third
time.
The company had more than $5 billion in
revenue in 2007.
History
CH2M HILL was founded in January 1946 in
Corvallis, Oregon, as CH2M-a name derived from the initials of
the company's four founders: Fred Merryfield, Holly Cornell,
James Howland, and T. Burke Hayes. Some 25 years
later, the company merged with Clair A. Hill and Associates
to form CH2M HILL.
The idea for CH2M HILL began to grow in
the mid-1930s as the three Oregon State College students - Cornell,
Howland, and Hayes - came under the influence of their tremendously
enthusiastic civil engineering professor, Fred Merryfield. Merryfield
remained quite active with his students outside the classroom,
and used that environment to plant the seed for an engineering
partnership. After graduation and throughout World War II, Merryfield
and his students maintained an active dialogue about a potential
partnership. The post-war economy was ripe for qualified, experienced
engineers, and Merryfield, Cornell, Howland, and Hayes were ready
and eager to fill that need. With their complementary skills
and temperaments, these four men provided the backbone and direction
of the firm.
The goals of these founders were simple.
Find clients who needed engineering or consulting solutions for
their problems; solve those problems with technology, creativity,
and ingenuity; find more clients and more projects; hire creative,
bright people to deliver the work; and then share the benefits
with them.
Benefits
* Medical, Dental
* Employee Ownership
* 401(k)/RRSP
* Life and Accidental Death
* Disability Benefits
* Spending Accounts
* Family Medical Leave
* Employee Assistance Program
* Paid Time Off
* Tuition Reimbursement
Updated August 5, 2008
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