Probably Not A Good Option for Experienced Nuclear Industry Personnel
Pros
Pay is very good as are benefits. Outstanding 401k, profit sharing, and bonus. Company has recently completed a new building complete with a cafeteria and gym. Co-workers are great. First-line supervision is generally very good as well.
Cons
Location is the worst I have ever experienced which makes for a lousy work/life balance. Not sure how much longer I can put up with this location even though the money is primo good. You minimally have to drive a day to get far enough away from here to have decent shopping or entertainment (unless you like Rodeo or Team Roping in which case you'll be OK). Morale has deteriorated to its nadir due to impossible backlog of work coupled with unqualified technical leadership. Company chose an operator with no real technical qualifications to lead Technical Support. Company pretty much only advances Operations personnel and the supervisory and mid-level management positions and business functions are suffering. If you hire into any organization other than Ops, you can pretty much write off advancement or meaningful career development under this current regime. Company is now seems to only hire engineers directly from college as they have no appetite for paying real money for experience and talent. I was lied to during the interview process. Another guy was lied to on the basis of the salary he thought he had negotiated and discovered the deception after leaving his previous job. Another engineer was given a written offer of employment which was rescinded when they found out he was not a U.S. citizen (which was not in the advertisement and all they had to do was ask him). Unfortunately for him he had quit his position -- a strike against management ethics in my opinion. Company is in a right to work state and the organization takes advantage of it. Senior leadership's favorite method of advancing another operator is to redefine a job description for an occupied position so they can oust a staff member with experience in the position and they can put another shooting star from operations in there. This has happened a number of times. Recently, an operator was "told" to send his resume to HR because he was applying for a management position -- which was news to him. This was particularly troublesome as their was a very well qualified female ready to advance into that position but moving an operator into the position was part of leadership's agenda. The company's top priority is community relations and it taints everything they do. The best way to get promoted at Urenco is to be the son, daughter, or former associate of a senior manager or of the powerful political or monied interests in Lea county. Leave your experience and capability behind because it will do you very little good here. There is not one member of the leadership team that has not had a family member or old school boy on the payroll, one or two of them have had multiple legacies on payroll. New CEO actually believes theat purchasing heavy construction equipment and teaching employees how to operate bulldozers and road graders is a career development opportunity for his professional engineering staff. This is the only thing he can talk about when the subject comes up with employees.
