Cultural Diversity Makes a Difference
As a global organization with more than 100 offices across the world, our employees come from a variety of backgrounds and cultures. By creating an internal culture where everyone feels welcome and treated fairly, we can connect with each other and our clients to create innovative solutions, deliver excellent client service and embrace sound business practices. This aligns with our goal of becoming the employer of choice by attracting and retaining the industry’s top talent to lead our organization to long-term sustained and profitable growth. As our business services have grown and diversified across the world, we remain committed to having an inclusive workplace where everyone is valued for his or her ideas, experiences and contributions.
Building an Inclusive Environment
Our employees are the heart and soul of our company, so creating an inclusive working environment where everyone feels they can be their best self, share their points-of-view and learn from each other, ultimately, positions our firm to make a greater impact in the communities we serve.
Wisdom From Women in STEM
In celebration of International Women in Engineering Day 2018, we met with five of the brightest female engineers, project managers and planners at CDM Smith to learn about their career journeys and industry perspectives.
Recruiting the Best
One of our major recruiting objectives is to ensure that our workforce reflects the communities we live in and serve. To accomplish this, we have developed partnerships with diverse student organization chapters and universities, such as the:
- National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
- Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
- Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University—a historically black college or university (HBCU)
- Society of Military Engineers (SAME)
Interested in joining our growing team of professionals?
Visit our Careers page to learn more about our opportunities, apply or join our talent network.
Learning for Tomorrow
Through CDM Smith University, we offer a variety of virtual and instructor-led courses, including:
- Multi-Generational Team Management
- Diversity Recruiting
- Managing Diversity
We continue to review and update our course offerings to provide managers and employees with the tools necessary to support a diverse and inclusive work environment.
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Community & Social Responsibility
CDM Smith Cares is an employee-led volunteer outreach program fostering community development, promoting education and supporting multi-national/cultural programs like Engineers Without Borders and Water For People.
Our commitment to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment
CDM Smith is committed to providing a work environment free from discrimination, harassment, bullying and retaliation (victimization), and providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants in accordance with governing laws in the countries in which we operate. All employees will be treated with dignity and respect and receive fair and consistent treatment regardless of where they work.
Learn more about policies that support our diversity and inclusion efforts.