Infrastructure engineering and design for water, wastewater, and civil projects
Wade Trim is a century-old civil engineering firm with 500+ employees executing infrastructure projects across water, wastewater, stormwater, and natural gas systems. The tech stack reveals a traditional CAD-centric practice (AutoCAD, MicroStation, Revit, Civil 3D) paired with specialized utilities software (SWMM for hydraulic modeling, SCADA for asset control), indicating mature internal discipline but limited modern data or cloud adoption. Hiring remains heavily engineering-focused (123 of 171 roles), skewing senior, suggesting a business model built on deep technical expertise and client relationships rather than scale.
Notable leadership hires: Survey Crew Chief, Practice Lead, Construction Practice Lead, Transportation Lead
Wade Trim delivers civil engineering, landscape architecture, and surveying services to municipalities, utilities, and construction firms across the United States. Their work spans infrastructure planning, design, and construction support for water treatment, wastewater, stormwater management, natural gas, and public works projects. Headquartered in Detroit with a 501–1,000-person workforce, the firm operates with a project-based delivery model, customizing solutions for each client. Current project activity centers on combined sewer overflow mitigation, stormwater systems, wastewater treatment facility design, pump station upgrades, and water main replacement—reflecting demand for aging-infrastructure renewal in urban and suburban markets.
Wade Trim's stack centers on AutoCAD, MicroStation, Revit, and AutoCAD Civil 3D for design work, paired with SWMM for stormwater modeling, ArcGIS for GIS mapping, and Bluebeam Revu for project coordination and drawing markup.
Current projects include combined sewer overflow solutions, stormwater and wastewater treatment plant design, water main replacement, pump station upgrades, natural gas infrastructure, and multi-disciplinary substation design for utilities and municipalities.
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