At the end of July, the entire Colby Co team gathered together on the front lawn at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester, ME to celebrate the summer with employees and their families. Black Tie Catering provided food for the event, and families enjoyed lawn games while relaxing for the afternoon. We work hard, and play hard too!
This past weekend, June 17 – 19th, the Colby Co team participated in the Trek Across Maine.
The Colby Co team this year consisted of 14 members, and together raised $13,727 for this nonprofit organization! This is the 10th year Colby Co. has hosted a Trek team, and the popularity of this event within the company continues to grow.
The Trek Across Maine benefits the American Lung Association where all donated dollars go to education, research and advocacy to reduce lung cancer, improve the air we breathe and help other lung related illnesses. The Trek Across Maine started in 1985 and has been one of the largest fundraising events for the American Lung Association. This year, over 800 bikers participated and over 600 volunteers helped out with this event. Over the 3 days, the Trekkers cycled over 180 miles in Maine, from the ocean to the lakes and every hill in between! The route ran from Thomas Point Beach in Brunswick to Bates College in Lewiston, to St. Joseph’s College in Standish and back again to the start.
If you would like to learn more about this organization, visit their website HERE.
Colby Co. is a midsize multi-discipline design firm specializing in mechanical, electrical, fire protection, structural, civil and architecture. Seventy employees strong, Colby Co. is noted for its commitment to technical and service excellence in a fun, flexible, rigorous work environment. Located in the vibrant small city of Portland, Maine, Colby Co. offers a balance of opportunities for working and living well. Colby Co. has been named to the “Best Places to Work in Maine” list consecutively for the last seven years, and as an “Emerging Professional Friendly Firm” by the New England Chapter of AIA for the last three years.
We are seeking a Mechanical Engineer with 5-10 years of building and industrial experience in a consulting engineering design firm setting. We are looking for an engineer who can perform a broad range of mechanical engineering designs including HVAC systems, industrial systems (pumps, heat exchangers, piping, etc.), plumbing systems, and system controls. Experience with energy audits and sustainable design is a plus. The successful candidate will bring a deep, successful track record of design, quality control and construction administration experience. In addition to an outstanding technical skillset, they will be a quick, flexible thinker and problem-solver who is accustomed to working in fluid teams on tight deadlines.
This position is a part of the Mechanical Engineering Department which is comprised of mechanical, plumbing, and controls engineers. You will have the opportunity to work on multidisciplinary design teams as many of our projects encompass more than one discipline. Projects range in size from $50,000 to $100M in construction value for State, Federal, Industrial and Commercial clients.
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In addition to a comprehensive insurance and retirement benefits package, Colby Co. offers two paid volunteer days a year, paid educational reimbursement, summer hours, paid time off (PTO), flex time, ability to work remotely, and company outings.
Colby Co. is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
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Colby Co. is a midsize multi-discipline design firm specializing in architecture and mechanical, structural, electrical, fire protection and civil engineering. Seventy employees strong, Colby Co. is noted for its commitment to technical and service excellence in a fun, flexible, rigorous work environment. Located in the vibrant small city of Portland, Maine, Colby Co. offers a balance of opportunities for working and living well. Colby Co. has been named to the “Best Places to Work in Maine” list consecutively for the last seven years, and as an “Emerging Professional Friendly Firm” by the New England Chapter of AIA for the last three years.
We currently have an opening for an Architect with 5-10 years of experience in a design firm setting. Responsibilities include studies and planning; preparation of plans and coordination of drawings for a broad range of architectural designs; coordination with multiple engineering disciplines; and construction administration.
The position may also include leading project team assignments and contributing to all phases of planning, design, construction administration. The successful candidate will demonstrate experience negotiating critical issues and collaborating with other team members to meet project deadlines.
This position is a part of an 11-person Architectural Department, which is comprised of Registered Architects and Architectural Designers. Additionally, Colby Co. offers mechanical, fire protection, electrical, structural, and civil engineering with our in-house staff.
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In addition to our insurance and retirement benefits package, we offer two paid volunteer days a year, Anniversary Bonuses, paid educational reimbursement, summer hours, paid time off (PTO), flex time, free parking, regular company outings and great co-workers.
Colby Co. is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
To apply for this job, click here.
Colby Co.’s design team has supported art projects created by Michael Singer Studio that bring sustainable teaching tools to the public. Projects have included Sculptural Biofiltration Walls, installations at Waste to Energy Plants, landscape improvements in urban environments and marine installations; and outdoor recreation areas.
Structures which are designed to resist wave action, storm surges, and hundreds of feet of water head are a specialty engineering branch that Colby Co. supports with our in-house team. We have worked in marine and waterfront ports from Halifax Nova Scotia to harbors in New York and New Jersey. We have renovated ship haulers for ships weighing up to 4,000 metric tons, designed pier and wharf repairs and piling repairs for structures capable of supporting a naval destroyer, prepared master plans for shipyard upgrades, designed marine fueling complexes, and designed a dry dock caisson for one of the largest and most active Dry Docks on the eastern seaboard.
On Wednesday, January 26, 2022 eight members of the Colby Co. crew headed north to Madison Area Memorial High School in Madison, ME. There, the Colby Co. team surprised nearly 70 students with an introduction into the engineering profession along with a STEM activity that included the creation of a ventilated clean room for health care workers.
This was the first time many students had been exposed to the engineering field, and for many students this was the first time in years where they were able to collaborate with teams since the beginning of the pandemic. Many members from the school commented that they noticed students who are usually quiet in the classroom emerge as leaders within this hands-on experiment, and groups of students who normally wouldn’t work together rise together in collaboration.
Heather Sustersic, PE led a presentation that included highlighting the different engineering fields along with their function and importance to the assembly of kids, while Amanda Vogler, LEED spoke about Mechanical Engineering and its importance in the activity created by the Colby Co. team.
With 40 minutes on the timer, the high school students were tasked to create a well-ventilated hospital room where the goal was to keep the health care provider safe from a contaminated patient. Students used tools like fans, blowers, ductwork, plastic sheets, tape and scissors to create a ventilated space that would move contaminated air through the room while keeping the healthcare worker at minimal exposure. Once their rooms were complete, students tested their experiment by having a patient “cough” cornstarch in the room while the healthcare worker tried to care for the patient within a 2 minute period. The room that moved the air the most with their designed ventilation system, and kept the cornstarch from attaching to the healthcare worker, won a prize.
During the event, the Colby Co. team met with students to encourage their critical thinking and problem solving, while keeping them on task with a limited budget and resources. They shared their own problem solving techniques and unique challenges within the industry.
Colby Co.’s design team is well versed at providing designs to meet the guiding principles for sustainable federal buildings per UFC 1-200-02 High Performance and Sustainable Building Requirements. Requirements for sustainability, energy, indoor air quality, and water usage are considered during design and systems studied include geothermal heat pump systems, solar thermal domestic water heating systems; wind energy, PV and CHP.
Colby Co. has a Sustainability Committee whose purpose is to be an innovative leader in sustainable design through corporate practice and actions. The Sustainability Committee studies the ways to leverage sustainable technology externally, i.e. through our designs for clients to include material selection and mindful design, and internally, through our business practices at the office. They developed external and internal goals, instituted incentives and have held educational events for the company.
Colby Co.’s design team has experience supporting art installations throughout the United States to include sculptures, landscape and sustainable features.
Colby Co.’s design team has provided renovations of buildings with historical significance for the State of Maine, Bath Iron Works, JB Brown, General Services Administration, Naval Facilities Command, Department of Veterans Affairs, United States Post Office and the Air National Guard. Our work has included the study and design of buildings that have historical significance and/or are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
