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Leadership Academy
CDM Smith has launched an industry-leading internal Leadership Academy with development tracks for every member of the firm, as well as specialty programs for people leaders and succession prep. Employees are encouraged to thoughtfully and proactively advance their leadership skills that enriches individual career experiences and interactions with clients. CDM Smith's leadership culture is fueled by employees at all levels throughout the organization demonstrating leadership in their words and actions, and by our passion for continuous learning and development. More than a role, we view leadership as a set of behaviors and practices learned over a lifetime, it's a skill cultivated and applied in different ways throughout the unique chapters of your life. The creation of the Leadership Academy underscores our commitment to offering an unmatched employee experience and giving you the resources to actively shape your career at CDM Smith.
The Leadership Academy comprises four development tracks and opportunities for every member of the firm:
- Explore: open to all employees providing customized, self-driven roadmaps to develop you
as a leader. - Guide: designed for people leaders to grow their skills to be effective and connected
managers. - Elevate: a nominations-only track offering a high-intensity developmental experience for
mid-level individuals committed to accelerating their leadership skills growth. - Inspire: a nominations-only track offering a high-intensity developmental experience for
senior leaders committed to mastering the leadership competency and who are
developing as enterprise leaders.

CDM Smith University
Whether providing continuing education requirements to maintain professional licenses and registrations or teaching a new skill set to enhance an employee’s advancements, CDM Smith University helps its students grow professionally and personally. Our training curriculum provides in-person and virtual training led by certified professionals and continuing education opportunities that further our business goals and staff career development to help achieve our vision of being the best and the brightest in the industry.

Professional Licensing
We are committed to supporting professional registrations and certifications, and have several policies and programs in place to help achieve them. Currently, we employ more American Academy of Environmental Engineering Diplomates than any other consulting firm.
No matter how you envision your career journey, we are committed to investing in you and your continuing professional education. We are a family of professionals improving the environment and infrastructure in a place that is committed to our clients and offering an unmatched employee experience.
Project Management Certifications
The foundation of a legendary client experience is outstanding project delivery,which requires exceptional project managers and through this certification investment we are delivering on our commitment. This investment includes developing project management programs and tools that provide real time data to our project managers and leaders, and a robust learning and development program that reinforces the Project Management Institute's (PMI) approach and terminology to project delivery. And, all of our project managers are —or are in the process of being— certified in their respective industry. We are a family of professionals improving the environment and infrastructure in a place that is committed to our clients and offering an unmatched employee experience.
All CDM Smith approved project managers leading a project will have one of the following certifications:
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
- Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA)
- Certified Construction Manager (CCM)
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Alumni Program
Once you join CDM Smith, you are always a part of our family. Through our Alumni Program on LinkedIn, you can stay up-to-date on the exciting things happening at CDM Smith. Part of this program includes advertising various job opportunities and our hope is that as an alumnus, you will share these and your positive career experiences here with your network. Or maybe you even consider coming back! This program is a great opportunity to stay connected with CDM Smith–we hope you stay in touch!