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Sponsored by: Sargent
Updated: May 8, 2023 2023 Work for ME

Sargent

Sargent is a family of over 400 employee-owners, building infrastructure including wind farms, highways, commercial site work, and landfill cells in the Northeast US and Mid-Atlantic region. Sargent is 100% employee owned and has a rich, century-long history of building lasting infrastructure and continues to focus on preparing the next generation leading into its second century.

Industry: Earthwork & Heavy-Civil construction.

Markets/Customers: Airports, highway and roadwork; landfill; renewable energy; site development; municipal and utility; alternate procurement; fabrication and mechanical; hot mix asphalt and aggregates.

Career/Job Opportunities: Laborer, Pipelayer, Operator, Foreman, Superintendent, Operations Manager

Sargent Construction Academy: Gain first-hand experience. Embark on a career in heavy construction with competitive pay and benefits. Sargent provides classroom & on-the-job training covering key aspects of heavy construction work. Individuals who successfully complete their first construction season will receive additional classroom instruction and hands-on training during the winter months.

Company Benefits: Robust benefits package including a 401k Plan (with employer match), Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), health and dental coverage for individuals and families, an annual health savings account employer match, life and disability insurances, identity theft coverage, as well as multiple resource and referral benefits for patient advocacy, federal and state benefits navigation, a “Dig In For Health” Wellness Program, and profit sharing bonuses of 10% of our annual net income distributed equally to each of our employee-owners every year.

Internship Program: It is our goal to teach the basics from the ground up and give the intern more responsibility and increase their workload as they gain confidence. Interns have control over their experience and their level of responsibility by their motivation, effort, and attitude. Our goal is to develop leaders through field experience where they learn the basics and can build upon a solid foundation of knowledge gained from a mix of classroom and hands-on learning.

Community Engagement:

  • We are supporters of the United Way of Eastern Maine, Habitat for Humanity, and the Old Town Orono YMCA, along with several other organizations that we support anonymously.
  • Sargent built, in-kind, baseball and softball fields around Penobscot County.
  • Annually among Gold Award recipients for United Way campaign.
  • Provide scholarships to employees’ children attending accredited colleges and universities.
  • Sponsored and funded a heavy equipment operator program at UTC in Bangor.
  • Employees volunteer as coaches, local board directors, local community committees, etc.
  • Active in local charity fundraising and performing in-kind work for Old Town-Orono YMCA.
  • Perform in-kind work for Habitat for Humanity.
  • Support UMaine both with speakers/instructors and financially (recent engineering building contribution)

Sustainability: Since renewable energy is crucial to our future, we’re proud to say that we’ve played a key role in many solar and wind projects developed in the Northeast. Energy providers and general contractors choose us for their renewable projects because we can do everything from clearing and grubbing to pioneering roads and precise finishing. Sargent’s ability to value-engineer on-the-fly for larger projects results in significant cost savings for owners.

Company Profile

Photo / Courtesy of Sargent
Herb Sargent

https://www.sargent.us
3 Godfrey Drive, Orono, ME 04473

Phone: 207. 817.7538

Founded: 1926

President/CEO: Herb Sargent

Full-time/ FTE employees: 400+

Headquarters: Orono, ME

Additional Company Locations: Ashland, VA; Fremont, New Hampshire

Pete Parizo

Photo / Courtesy of Sargent
Pete Parizo, 44

Years at company: 21

Position: Workforce Development Specialist

The opportunity to help invest in our people through industry-leading training & development initiatives is what gets me excited to put my boots on every morning. Sargent’s culture of continuous career growth empowers our family of employee-owners to build great projects and tremendous value – personally, collectively, and for our families.