Careers · Cutting Through Project Barriers

Join the bench that signs its own drawings.

Big firms have more people. We have better ones.

We operate out of Bellingham and Arlington with a lean team of engineers and designers who run circles around the big regional players on local private development. Our land-use practice is deep, our clients keep coming back, and our work shows up in the community around us.

If you want to be one of the best engineers in the room — and actually have room to prove it — you’re in the right place.

The Axe Creed · Cutting Through Project Barriers

“We find a way. Every time. No exceptions.”

Most projects don’t die because of bad engineering. They die because someone accepted “no” from an agency, a neighbor, a jurisdiction, or a process — and stopped pushing. We don’t stop pushing.

Our pledge to every client: “we treat your project like it has our name on it — because it does.”

• TeamworkWe don’t hand off. We collaborate all the way through. The best answer on any project comes from the whole team thinking together — engineers, designers, land-use, and client in the same room, working the same problem.
• FreedomFlexible schedules. Real work-life balance. We care about what you produce, not when you clock in. Do great work. Live a great life. Those two things aren’t in conflict here.
• EmpowermentEvery person on this team has the authority to make decisions that move projects forward. You don’t need three levels of approval to serve a client well. You need judgment — and we hire people who have it.
• Sense of UrgencyTime is a competitive advantage — for our clients and for us. We return calls the same day. We turn comments fast. We don’t let things sit. In this business, speed and quality aren’t opposites. We deliver both.
• Commitment to Client SatisfactionWe don’t just meet expectations. We set them, then exceed them. If we make a promise, it’s kept. If something goes sideways, we own it and fix it — no excuses, no finger-pointing.