A unique perspective of what it’s like to work at RTM from mentorship opportunities, work life balance, career advancement, and all things culture.
RTM Reflections: How We Recruit at Career Fairs One of our recruiting strategies at RTM Engineering Consultants is identifying candidates whose career objectives align with our firm’s culture. For example, among our CORE values is “Excellence in engineering: we persistently work to find the right solution for the project.” So, when meeting aspiring RTM interns…
What Can RTM Engineers Learn from Design Partnerships? Great partners in professional relationships dedicate themselves to learning from each other. That’s the type of collaborative connection RTM Engineering Consultants enjoys with the design services firm Ware Malcomb, and the work we do together designing industrial cold storage facilities is an excellent example of our design…
How RTM Builds Culture Through Recruiting Every fall, colleges and universities across the country host career fairs – providing students the opportunity to engage with prospective employers and explore the many opportunities available to them post-graduation. That’s why for the last few months our Beyond Engineering podcast has featured conversations with interns and engineers, whose…
How Do RTM Engineers & Ware Malcomb Bring National Resources to Local Relationships? Recall the last time you opened a door in the refrigerated section of your local grocery store. Remember that chilly breeze across your face as you reached for your favorite frozen dessert? Ever thought about how that treat arrived there for the…
How Do RTM & Legat Architects Take on Environmental Responsibility? When RTM Engineering Consultants and Legat Architects partner to design a school, we work according to the philosophy that the whole world is a classroom, that learning environments and our global environment should be connected. I recently sat down with Robin Randall, a Legat principal…
How Does RTM Build Meaningful Partnerships? What is the foundation of a meaningful design partnership? Does each party need to have the same priorities, the same preferences, the same approach? These circumstances certainly help, but in our experience in this industry, what matters most are solid connections, clear communication, and mutual education. In this article, I…
How Do RTM Engineers and Legat Architects Design A+ Learning Environments? Studies show that education improves the likelihood of success in careers and in personal life for individuals from childhood into adulthood. That’s why RTM is proud of our longtime partnership with Legat Architects. For over a decade, RTM and Legat have collaborated on designs…
When you think of integrity in engineering, you might think about structural integrity, as in making sure buildings don’t fall apart around us. While that’s definitely important, equally important is the value of integrity. That is the practice of maintaining honesty and adhering to what you believe is right. This also happens to be crucial…
While many organizations have a set of shared values that guide their mission and business practices, what does it really look like? How does an engineering firm live its shared values every business day? How do those values trickle down to how people work with each other? In a 2022 episode of Beyond Engineering, a…
A college-aged engineer doesn’t always have all the right answers – nor should they. Part of the learning process is growing yourself and discovering where your place is in this world. The same can be said of the path to career success – it isn’t always clear. But mentorship, support and guidance from leaders can…