Benefits

Comprehensive Engineering Services, Inc. (CES) provides a broad spectrum of Civil Engineering services and the staff collectively represents over 300 years of engineering experience. CES has more than quadrupled in size since the firm was established in 1997. This expansion has been, and will continue to be through careful staff additions which will allow CES to provide enhanced quality and service to clients. Opportunities are available in our organization for conscientious hard working individuals. As stated in our mission statement, Comprehensive Engineering Services, Inc. will build “upon exemplary professionals who pledge unmatched performance and unparalleled quality to clients in a broad spectrum of engineering services”. The management team also believes in cross training over several engineering disciplines to build diverse capabilities to benefit the firm and the individual.

CES provides a unique environment for professional growth and development due to our diverse experience with clients throughout the State of Florida. CES currently provides services to the Florida Department of Transportation in six Districts and numerous Cities, Counties and private sector clients. Services include highway design, signalization design, highway lighting design, traffic control plans (for maintenance of traffic during construction), signing and pavement marking design, drainage design, connection permitting, traffic studies and analysis, transportation planning, land development, stormwater management, field construction assistance, environmental permitting and expert witness testimony. We offer an excellent benefits package and, as stated in our mission statement, “each employee will share in the success based on each individual’s contribution and on the performance of the group as a whole”. The details of CES’s employee benefits are as follows:

Location

CES is located in the heart of downtown Orlando in Class A office space with a panoramic view of the City from the 13th floor of the Seaside Building on the corner of Church Street and Orange Avenue.

Pay

All CES employees are paid electronically on a biweekly schedule using direct deposit to accounts of the employee’s choosing. All salaried employees are eligible for straight time overtime pay with approval in advance.
Incentive bonuses are paid to employees in addition to salary, based upon profitability of the firm and employee performance. Bonuses are considered to be an important part of the compensation package.

Parking

The cost for employee monthly covered parking rental in Downtown Orlando is paid by CES.

Professional

CES covers all fees associated with membership in professional societies. In addition, any fees for professional engineering registration (including exam fees) and engineer City and County occupational licenses are paid by CES.

Insurance

CES offers complete comprehensive health insurance coverage for each full-time employee and their families. At this time, base employee contributions toward health insurance costs are based upon the following schedule:

Employee Only 1.0 hours of biweekly salary
Employee and Spouse 3.5 hours of biweekly salary
Employees, Spouse and Children 6.0 hours of biweekly salary

Base employee contributions towards health care are pretax dollars. Health insurance is available from BlueCross BlueShield, which allows open access to all physicians including specialists within the plan without prior authorization from a primary care physician.

Company paid short term and long term disability.
Company paid life insurance is provided to all employees with a benefit of $25,000.
Workers compensation insurance is provided to all employees for coverage of on the job injuries.

Retirement Plan

Please contact us for more information regarding our retirement plan benefits.

Vacation Time

Vacation time is accrued biweekly and in the following amounts:

0-5 years – two weeks
6-12 years – three weeks
> 12 years – four weeks.

There is no vesting period for vacation accrual. Accrued hours can be used as accumulated.

Seven paid holidays are provided each year. Additional paid holidays are often granted at the discretion of the President.
Time off for personal reasons, illness, bereavement and jury duty is allowed as needed.

Associates Program

CES has a formal Associates Program and Associates Profit Sharing Plan. The Program is intended to provide special recognition and financial reward to those employees who make continuous and significant contributions the success and growth of the firm and who have demonstrated continuous loyalty and dedication to the success of CES. In addition to receiving special “profit sharing” distributions the Associates provide advice and counsel to the CES Board of Directors on issues that affect the Company or its employees.

Education

Reimbursement for educational costs is provided where appropriate. Approval of the expense must be obtained in advance. The Company pays all expenses for seminars and conferences deemed appropriate for professional development.

Travel

CES covers all costs for travel for Company business and reimbursement for mileage on personal automobiles at the current IRS rate.

Health Club Membership

CES contributes to a health club memberships at two facilities. If any employee wishes to participate they are asked to pay just $10 toward the monthly membership.

Recreational & Charitable Activities

There are many recreational, community and charitable organized activities in which our employees participate from time to time. The company encourages these activities and covers the costs (i.e. golf, softball, volleyball, bowling, 5k run/walks, MathCounts, Engineer for Day, etc.).

Social Activities

CES has an annual Spring Family Picnic and Christmas Party. The Christmas Party includes door prizes and awards for employee achievements for the previous year.

Support Resources

State-of-the-art resources are provided to assist each employee to perform his/her duties. CES is a relatively young firm and our growth has paralleled the recent technology boom. CES uses the most up to date equipment for computers, printers, digital photography, digital office telephones, voice mail, email, Internet access (Fiber Optic 100 Mb access) and cellular smart phones. The most current versions of software for operating systems, CADD, engineering analysis and administration are maintained. From our telephone system/computer network integration to the way we electronically input time sheets into our accounting system, CES has a strong commitment to technology.

Summary

The CES working environment is unique. We are a fun and energetic group and are always looking for ways to improve and offer better benefits. We believe it is just as important to take care of our employees as it is to take care of our clients. We provide beverages (coffee & soda), bagels and monthly employee appreciation lunches. All employees have easy access to officers and owners of the company since they are just “down the hall”. The management team has a strong commitment to employees and employee families.