Cianbro
Cianbro Employee Reviews
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Pretty decent company to work for all in all.
Regional Safety Supervisor (Current Employee) – Baltimore, MD – 1 February 2018
The company could use a revamp on the way they handle certain situations involving safety practices and training their employees.
Feel like they lead people on pre hire just to get you into the company and turn the other cheek once hired. (Smoke and Mirrors).
Feel like they lead people on pre hire just to get you into the company and turn the other cheek once hired. (Smoke and Mirrors).
Safest company I've ever worked for
Electrical Foreman (Former Employee) – Maryland – 9 November 2017
Great company to work for. Safest place I've ever worked. Culture of safety first is second to none in the industry. Their shortcoming is in the hourly pay. Other than that, a top notch company to work for.
Pros
Benefits, time off, etc...
Cons
Low hourly pay.
it was a great job
Welder (Former Employee) – Pittsfield, ME – 18 October 2017
this is a job for the traveling welder I would go all over the country welding I learned pipe welding management was great they took good care of us if we had troubles at home seeing we where far away the men I worked with where like brothers hardest part of the job was leaving love one behind
Pros
the work was great
Cons
leave my wife at home
Great place to work if you love different types of construction
welder (Former Employee) – Portland, ME – 7 September 2017
Cianbro works on just about everything. that is the most interesting part. The Family feel culture is great, never had or saw any issues on sites with coworkers. people really go out of the way to help each other. I went through the training with Cianbro was top notch, not just the trade side but they help you grow as a supervisor. If you show up, work hard, work safe, and get along with Team members you will not have an issues here. you will find a career not just a job.
Pros
culture and jobs
great company questionable motives
Electrician Helper (Former Employee) – Pittsfield, ME – 6 July 2017
great and safe work environment with friendly co workers. Decent pay and good benefits. only complaint is I got injured and tore my ACL in my right knee and was out on disability for a few months while I recovered from surgery. I then returned to work to be laid off 2 weeks after my return and was told I would be contacted soon about another job site they would be sending me. Months passed and no word until one day I receive a call telling me that I was being placed on indefinite layoff and the woman I spoke with then started talking about my missed work time due to my injury as if that was why I was being let go. now I know the sad truth is that many companies do this and as soon as you get injured or have a disability they do every thing they can to get rid of you as if you just painted a target on your back. I was just honestly shocked that Cianbro was one of them because they were a extremely great company to work for and they never made people feel stupid for not knowing some thing they would just take the time to teach you.
Pros
great co workers
Cons
getting injured = laid off
Do not want to rate Cianbro at this time
Industrial Painter (Former Employee) – Georgetown, MA – 29 May 2017
Due to confidential matters I would prefer not to rate this company. I do not believe it is in my best interest for me to fill out any more information for a rating.
Great employment when they have work
Pipefitter (Former Employee) – Pittsfield, ME – 23 March 2017
Good place to work if you like traveling,work is always out of state.must have own tools and good reliable transportation.,and must pay for youre own motel stay,its not covered by cianbro.
its alot of hurry up and wait
Welder (Former Employee) – Pittsfield, ME – 6 March 2017
almost every single day you are redoing someones screw up mainly coming from the engineers. 90% of the time if you think something is going together good its not and you have to wait hours maybe days to get the right print or right approval.
productive
Level 1 Fitter/Welder (Former Employee) – Baltimore, MD – 15 January 2017
very focus on keeping employees healthy. Really enjoyed every morning exercise. Cianbro gives his employees fruits every day, 2 breaks a day 1 hr lunch. Co workers and management are fair and enjoyable to work with.
Pros
great place to work
Cons
area were I worked closed
Awesome Company
Changes (Former Employee) – Virginia – 26 September 2016
I loved working for this company. Slow times lead to layoffs. I'd go back in a heartbeat. Job titles tend to change for each project depending on the needs for each site.
Pros
Compasation, benefits, 401k
Cons
Have to stay out of town frequently.
Great place to work
Engineer (Current Employee) – Columbia, SC – 20 September 2016
Great company, great people, awesome benefits. Busy days with a lot of meaningful challenges! If you're willing to grow as an employee they will invest in you!
Pros
wellness
Cons
long hours
Good workers .
Lead man / foreman (Former Employee) – Mannassas VA – 18 August 2016
Loved the workers there . The benefits were good but some of the management were a little conspicuous . The daily activity there were good days the stretching of a morning was really good for the workers as well !
Very safe construction company to work for with questionable management.
Structural Welder (Former Employee) – Baileyville, ME – 14 August 2016
A typical day working for this company starts with stretches and going over how everyone is going to be safe for the day. i learned how to build and weld together box cranes. Management was not the greatest, but my co-workers were awesome. the hardest part of the job was where the job location was, there was no actual knowing where they would send you and how long you would stay there plus they didn't reserve any hotel for you to stay in. The most enjoyable part of the job was we could make up our own hours depending on the work load.
Pros
great benefits and good wages.
Cons
Management was terrible.
I had a good experience when i was there
Machine Operator and Fabricator (Former Employee) – Curtis Bay, MD – 18 July 2016
They really care about the employees , and they made sure your safe while working . The on the job training was hands on and they where always glad to help you if needed .
Pros
pay rate was good
Cons
Job Security was not so good
A great company
Ironworker/opporater (Former Employee) – New England – 27 March 2016
A great company to work for.As with any company jobs get more competitive over the years,And that makes it harder on everybody.
Pros
Great pay, Great benifits
Cons
Traveling, Being away from home all week.
fast paced work place
Pipefitter (Former Employee) – Brewer, ME – 13 March 2016
My responsibilities were to install pre fabricated piping systems into large refinery modules at exact location and tolerances. The work was mostly outside in the elements regardless of the weather. Working with so many different people made it so interesting.
Pros
fast paced workplace
Cons
working under so many different elements
Find Something Better
Structural Steel Shop Fabricator (Former Employee) – Maine – 4 January 2016
The only nice things about working here were meeting a few good co workers, and the Pittsfield location is in an area that needs jobs. However, I cannot stress enough that the negatives outweighed the positives by far. Seriously do yourself a favor and try to find something else.
Management is absolutely awful in the shop. No one ever seemed to know what was going on at any level, and asking questions about anything was not received well. If you need something with even a semi reliable schedule, think twice. It changed often- what I was told would be a fairly steady schedule with some overtime was completely false. It also changed without much notice, which can be tough if you have children or other things in your life. Even though my job was supposed to be a "fixed base location" position I was often sent to other locations to work for weeks at a time. Equipment is older and constantly breaking. Management is not receptive to suggestions that may improve workflow or really any ideas other than their own. Safety is stressed, but not really enforced. Health insurance is astronomically expensive and doesn't cover much.
I guess it would be fine if you're an easy going single person with not a whole lot else going on in your life, and you don't mind working a dead end job with almost no possibility of advancement- unless of course you get on the bosses favorites list.
Management is absolutely awful in the shop. No one ever seemed to know what was going on at any level, and asking questions about anything was not received well. If you need something with even a semi reliable schedule, think twice. It changed often- what I was told would be a fairly steady schedule with some overtime was completely false. It also changed without much notice, which can be tough if you have children or other things in your life. Even though my job was supposed to be a "fixed base location" position I was often sent to other locations to work for weeks at a time. Equipment is older and constantly breaking. Management is not receptive to suggestions that may improve workflow or really any ideas other than their own. Safety is stressed, but not really enforced. Health insurance is astronomically expensive and doesn't cover much.
I guess it would be fine if you're an easy going single person with not a whole lot else going on in your life, and you don't mind working a dead end job with almost no possibility of advancement- unless of course you get on the bosses favorites list.