Design Engineer - Engineer Magnolia River Employee Review

5.0
25 Oct 2018
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Pros

Flexible work schedule, get your hours in and your work done. Good variety of clients, not totally reliant on one utility company for recurring work. Friendly, caring people. Good opportunity for advancement, show initiative and get the job done without relying too much on others. Provide paid time off to volunteer. Willing to provide training opportunities and purchase design reference material.

Cons

Overworked at times to meet clients needs with no opportunity to make money beyond base salary. Cramped office space, even with its benefits working on top of each other makes for lots of lost time. Laptops are used for all engineering department, desktops seem like they would be better for some drafters running CAD programs.

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5.0
10 June 2026
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Pros

It’s a good job to learn. I appreciate everyone being so accessible and wanting/pushing you to succeed. This goes for project design, continuing education, studying for FE/PE, etc.

Cons

I don’t have any cons honestly. The only thing I can say is I wish I was paid a bit more considering I had all the preferred qualifications like the FE and some engineering experience.

2.0
15 Apr 2026
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Pros

- Good experience for brand new inspectors. -Some of the management is great. -Great technical support from IT department. - Year round employment, they’re a big organization and can usually send you somewhere if work is dried up.

Cons

-Low pay -Benefits are mid range basic coverage nothing special. - Management expects you to travel but the company clearly doesn’t want to pay for it. (I was stationed over 800 miles from my home and was only 6 days per diem a week) - Per diem is based on days worked but they’ll send you hundreds of miles from your starting post. - Some of the management is terrible. - If you aren’t a friend to management you’re treated differently - Magnolia services clients well, but gives up too much power to the contractor. When you’re in field, the clients will steam roll you for stopping contractors from breaking policy if it slows production. (This includes safety policies) - You will not get a raise.

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