DOWL

FOR DOWL, IT ALL COMES DOWN TO PEOPLE, AND WE HAVE THE BEST.

If you are looking for an opportunity to grow personally and professionally, to start a career and to enjoy a challenge, consider joining the DOWL team of over 450 professionals in Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming. Finding qualified personnel through affiliations in the business and educational communities, we regularly expand to meet seasonal and project schedules.

DOWL offers career opportunities in the following employment categories:

• Civil Engineers
• Transportation/Traffic Engineers
• Water Resources Professionals
• Planners
• Landscape Architects
• Environmental Specialists
• AutoCAD® Technicians
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Professionals
• Materials Testing Technicians
• Construction Inspectors
• Land Surveyors, Licensed Surveyors, Crew Chiefs, Crew Members
• Geologists and Geotechnical Engineers
• Human Resources Professionals
• Marketing Professionals
• Accounting Professionals
• Information Technology Professionals

DOWL's Committed to Giving Back to the Community

DOWL managers and employees commit time and money to organizations that make the communities we live in better places. Some of DOWL’s community philanthropy includes a match of employee’s United Way donations 50 cents on the dollar, major gifts to two children’s hospitals and contributions of time and/or money to food banks, homeless and women’s shelters, street and park clean-up, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Habitat for Humanity, rotaries, economic development organizations, and much more. In addition, engineering services have been donated and/or fees greatly reduced to projects at children’s camps, humane societies, low-cost housing projects, and food banks.   

DOWL is committed to providing opportunities for youth in our communities. Our employees donate time to assist with Math Counts, robotics competitions, and other STEM programs for students. DOWL is a supporter of various universities through their engineering programs. 

On October 20th, 2015 the Helena office worked with the local Habitat for Humanity in an effort to clean up their ReStore site after an arson incident.

At DOWL we understand that our valued employees have full lives – families to love, adventures to have, and service to give to the community. Our administrative leave policy gives you the flexibility and freedom to enjoy your life in and out of work.

What is administrative leave?

Administrative leave is a way of tracking time away from work during the workweek. Administrative leave is used for holidays, vacation, illness, or other personal leave. No longer will you have to differentiate between vacation, sick, or personal leave.

Who uses administrative leave?
Salaried employees at DOWL use administrative leave.

Why administrative leave?
We respect the professionalism of our staff and work in an environment of trust.
When you join DOWL, we will ask you to work diligently. As a professional, there are times when you’ll need to work more than 40 hours in a workweek. Our staff works an average 44-hour workweek. Each of us has different ways to refresh. Some employees may choose to take a three-week vacation after working long hours. Some would prefer to take a day off here and there. It’s up to you. This system benefits DOWL employees by allowing flexibility and fostering autonomy; this also benefits the company.

• We do not need to track or monitor leave, reducing overhead costs.
• We do not carry leave as a liability. If you separate from the company, you will not be reimbursed for leave you did not use. So use it!
• We attract a self-motivated team.

How does this all work?
When you join DOWL, you and your supervisor will develop a goal for how many hours you will work each year. Consider the following when you want to use administrative leave.

• Check your worked-hours goal. Are you on track? If not, do you have a plan to meet that goal?
• Make sure your leave does not impact deadlines. For instance, a deliverable due the day you return is generally a bad idea. Plan deadlines before or well after leave whenever possible.
• Coordinate your leave with your coworkers so they know you will not be available to assist with projects.
• Designate someone to make decisions on your projects in your absence.
• Coordinate leave with your supervisor.
We understand that despite the best planning, deadlines shift. We also understand it is difficult to schedule a bout of the flu or your child’s track meet. We simply ask you to manage what you can, and adapt as needed to
unplanned events.

When do I use administrative leave?
Salaried employees use administrative leave whenever they have worked less than 40 hours in a workweek.

For instance, let’s say you had to attend a public meeting on Tuesday night and worked 11 hours that day. You decide you’d like to take Friday afternoon off. By noon on Friday you’ve worked 39 hours, so you would take one (1) hour of administrative leave to bring your time sheet to 40 hours.

As another example, you may want to take a workweek off to travel to a family reunion or you plan to spend time away from the office on July 4th. Those days would be accounted for on your time sheet using administrative leave.

Where do I record administrative leave?
Administrative leave is recorded on your time sheet. As a salaried employee, it’s the only leave you ever need.