Multi-disciplined engineering firm serving civil, structural, and environmental projects across the Southeast
Thompson Engineering is a 500+ person, employee-owned engineering firm operating across eight states with a heavy engineering and design focus. The tech stack—AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Revit, MicroStation, and Bentley tools—is classic for AEC firms, but the hiring velocity (63 roles posted in 30 days, mostly engineering and mid-to-senior level) and active project mix (23 bridge constructions, site assessments, highway design-build) point to expansion in infrastructure and environmental services. The pain-point concentration on compliance, laboratory resource management, and regulatory tracking suggests scaling challenges as project complexity and volume increase.
Notable leadership hires: Surveyor Party Chief
Thompson Engineering provides engineering, design, and construction management services across civil infrastructure, structural, environmental, and water/wastewater sectors. The firm operates nine offices spanning Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Texas, employing planners, designers, and field constructors. Current work includes bridge construction, highway design-build projects, environmental site assessments, and complex commercial and municipal infrastructure. As an employee-owned firm founded in 1953, it operates at mid-market scale and is actively hiring across engineering, construction, and operations functions.
Primary tools include AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Revit, and Bentley (MicroStation, OpenRoads Designer, GeoStudio, PLAXIS). AWS is used for cloud services. The stack is standard for AEC and geotechnical engineering practices.
Active projects include construction of 23 bridges, a West Alabama highway design-build project, environmental site assessments, underground storage tank (UST) closures, site characterization, topographic surveys, and complex commercial/industrial/municipal infrastructure.
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