Career Opportunities

Garden & Associates is a long established and growing engineering and surveying firm based in Iowa. We are focused on serving the needs of public entities and private interests in the State of Iowa. We are looking for team players who will share in our goal of providing first-rate services and developing long lasting business relationships with our clients. Team members will be contributing to a well-respected, experienced, and thriving team of professional engineers and surveyors.

We offer:

Who do we hire?

  • Civil Engineers
  • Land Surveyors
  • CADD Technicians
  • Construction Observers
  • Administrative Support

We are always looking for qualified employees who have the same client-focused mindset to join our team. Please complete employment application below. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

Garden & Associates Benefit Package

Garden & Associates understand the value of a comprehensive benefit package and the significance to our employees of the security and work/life balance provided by their benefits.  We are proud to offer the following benefits to eligible employees: 

  • Medical Insurance
  • Flexible Benefit Plan
  • Life, AD&D, Short-term & Long-term Disability Insurance
  • Paid time off, Bereavement Leave, Military Leave, Paid Holidays
  • 401(k) with company contribution and Profit Sharing
  • Professional Liability Insurance
  • Professional registration reimbursement, time off to test, and Professional Memberships
  • Continuing Education Benefit
  • Company Apparel reimbursement
  • Employee Social Events
  • Monthly G&A Luncheons
Employment Application

Team Testimonials

The thing I enjoy most about Garden & Associates is the variety of clients and projects we get to work with. Working with and in the smaller communities around Oskaloosa, it seems there is always a project that comes up which is a little different than anything I’ve done before. I can drive from community to community in the area and in almost all of them I get to see projects that I have personally been a part of.  The company has been a wonderful place for me to grow in my abilities and in success. I began at Garden & Associates as a summer survey assistant in 1996, joined them full time as an entry level engineer in 1999, became licensed as a Professional Engineer in 2003, had the opportunity to join in company ownership in 2005, and was honored to become company President in 2017. I’ve had the chance to write my own story here and can’t really imagine working anywhere else.

Brad Uitermarkt, P.E., President

Some positive aspects I find about working at Garden & Associates:

  • Personal fulfillment in helping meet the needs of smaller communities in Iowa
  • Raising kids and working in a small town
  • Primarily managing my own workload
  • Working on a diverse range of projects
  • Opportunities for advancement and company ownership
  • Working alongside people I can depend on

 

Matt Walker, P.E., Partner

Here are some things I think are beneficial about working at G&A:

  • We mainly work with a few smaller cities and I am able to develop a working
    relationship with the city personnel which allows the designing of a project to go more smoothly. Whereas at a firm in the metro, you would work in multiple municipalities and they all have varying ordinances.
  • I get to work on projects where my family and friends live and play.
  • With a smaller firm, I feel I get to work on a large variety of project versus being
    specialized in a certain area.
Erin Van Roekel, P.E.