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Great Environment, Great People, Great Opportunity - Engineer Coffman Engineers Employee Review

4.0
12 Jan 2026
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Pros

Work-life balance is generally good, everyone is supportive and willing to help, there's a lot of opportunity to learn and grow.

Cons

When multiple deadlines hit, overtime is not optional but that's just the industry I guess.

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Coffman Engineers Response
4mo
You have highlighted the difference between consulting engineering and many other engineering jobs. And yes, it is an industry wide dynamic. Our design projects are ultimately construction projects involving large amounts of time sensitive capital awaiting the needed return on investment. Projects move fast. But what we do is super cool! We get stuff built that is safe, functional, and additive to society. The busy-ness tends to come in waves. Try to find balance. Dave Ruff - CEO

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5.0
21 Apr 2026
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Pros

Awesome work culture. They are big on getting your work done rather than needing to stay in office longer than necessary. I also got a lot of hands on experience.

Cons

Hiring process is a little late in the year ~April for students trying to get internships.

5.0
26 June 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Professional Environment Focus on People Supportive Environment Engaging Work If you care about your work product, are a compassionate human, and enjoy succeeding as a team with a support cast of team members that share in your success - you would be hard pressed to find a better place to work. While this is a traditional engineering workplace, leadership as a whole is pretty darn great. Everyone is generally very supportive of one another and there are plenty of ways to get involved if you want to do more for either your discipline or your office (or you can not; definitely not required). There are lots of offices, while maintaining the brand and image is important, Coffman encourages individual office autonomy. There is also overtime/comp time.

Cons

Health Insurance could be better. For the most part Coffman follows standard engineering firm roles/rules for promotions, productivity, and project management. This is listed as a con, but it's more just a truth of the industry as a whole for better or for worse. Career opportunities depend on where you are, so if your discipline has 5 principal engineers that are all 30 years old in your office - you're going to be disappointed if you goal is to become a principal engineer in that discipline. There are other ways to stand out, but the shareholders (Principals) are generally who signs contracts, stamps/signs drawings, and are the major decision makers.

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Coffman Engineers Response
4mo
We are a growing company and do have other opportunities if you see limitations ahead of you. One of those opportunities is to help us start up a new office location (but you are sort of in one now). Another way to stand out is to get involved in our strategic programs. This is a way to gain exposure across the company. Keep crushing it in Portland! Dave Ruff - CEO
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