URS Employer Reviews

While the work we did at this site was extremely dangerous the company was very safety consious and proactive in keeping employees interactive in the progress of the work.

The people that worked for me are awsome. Enjoyed traing new Navy pilots for the fleet and traing younger technicians

There was a lack of relationship with anyone within URS. The company was too large with its sole goal to make money.

Working at URS gives me a great feeling of confidence, and saftey. We acheived over 16 million safe man hours, and 2 VPP star awards. The number one rule at URS is the saftey of my self, and the saftey of others. It was a team that i was proud to be apart of.
We destroyed the largest stock pile of chemical warfar munitions in the world, and I am proud – more... I played a part in that role. – less

A typical day at work includes performing normal Logistics Task per the the contractual agreement with the Army. I learned an up close perspective of the new Army provisioning system and database LMP. The management team /company is great but on this contract, we are a sub to another company and I am not comfortable/appreciate the relationship. My co-workers – more... are old professionals that know the inside and out. The hardest part of the job is working as a sub to another company that could learn a lot about teaming. The most enjoyable part of the job was being an important component of the US Army's mission accomplishment. – less

would be a good place to work if half of the people cared as much as you did. There were people in positions that really shouldn't be in those positions. It was all about the buddy system. Management couldn't make decisions on anything, and when they did it really didn't make sense. Though it was decent pay there were no reviews being done either.

The work Schedule is flexible. Since the work involves multi-faceted domains so there is always scope to learn new things. Since the projects involves dealing with different levels of client, value addition is required at every level and hence can fine tune the design at every stage. There is Team work and gets support from subordinates peers and bosses.

being professional,safety number one and respect for co-workers

Normal daily/monthly routines: run financial reports, review reports for proper revenue recognition, generate monthly invoices. Review financial reports against invoices, submit invoices to managers for final review, finalize and submit to client for payment

It's been an amazing experience working there, if the job was not ending I would have stayed there indefinitely.

URS is a company that takes great care of its employees. They offer training where needed. They also take pride in their work.

This firm is not well know outside of professional circles, and it appears to prefer that. Expanding markets or changing course is difficult due to size of corporation. On the local level, people are great to work with, managers are generally approachable, and branch management tries to keep people informed at a general level and also satisfied in work – more... environment. – less

great company, great benefits, fun work place, would still be employed but contract was lost

Working at the chemical agent disposal facility taught me a lot about the right safety cultures to have in the workplace. Put into an environment I knew nothing about, I found it both frustrating and challenging to adapt--and once I did, did I realize the opportunity I had available to me. 12 hour shifts, rotating days and nights.
Shift work included – more... verifying all forms of munition tracking from physically verifying their locations and lot numbers, to cross referencing government tracking forms to the company's. It allowed me to learn about pneumatic conveyor systems, operating cranes, forklifts, cascade ventilation systems, use of heavy, awkward tools in an even more awkward position to perform my job duties..and all safely.
My co-workers were people of various ages from all walks of life, which made our job smoother. We were a mostly serious bunch, and helped each other through the stress of our shift and our job itself.
A part of our job was to perform "entries" into chemical agent contaminated areas while wearing protective equipment to perform a myriad of jobs, while under direct supervision and control of a process supervisor, and a control room operator, through CCTV and personal radios.
I'd say the most enjoyable part of the job was being able to look through our logbooks, our paperwork, our storage areas, and being to see, every day, the impact we were having on the company's mission: to safely, and environmentally compliantly, dispose of a part of the nation's stockpile of chemicial weapons. Every munition sent in for destruction was both satisfying, and rewarding. – less

This, relatively new office, is a collection of relatively new employees who prefer to do things the way they were done at their old companies. This creates significant confusion and constant stress as different Project/Discipline Management staff want their work done differently. URS will espouse an impressive collection of "best practices and procedures" – more... but they are seldome followed preferring to do things to individual past experience and preference. Couple that with ineffective and often absent senior management and you have a company which must be micro-managed by their only client infusing another level of requirements, practices, priorities and procedures. The Houston Office has similar issues. Significantly top-heavy with overworked staff due to frequent and constant employee turn-over. When I was there over 60% of my department quit within 10 months! If you like a place where Management regularly angrily shouts at each other and subordinates this is the place for you. – less

going to work was great because there was new challanges everyday

A very good workplace for anyone who is ready to work. Management is very accommodating and reasonable .Excellent place to work

URS has been a great company to work for. I have worked here from 2001.

I worked as on site remediation manager on a very large remedial project.Our client was challenging and so was the community surrounding the job. It was a constant challenge and so, was a lot of fun. I worked with a great bunch of folks, in URS, with our subcontractor and with our client.

The most difficult part of the job was the weather conditions.