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Babcock & Wilcox

there were no typical days at work, most work I did involved extensive training in their training facilities in Cambridge Ontario. Every job was different so all training varied. On the job site was a serious matter as we were most often working in Energy Producing Plants and this would either mean the Nuclear Plants with all their Nuclear Specific training and qualifications including Security, and a Drug and Alcohol free environment.
The hardest part of the job could be patience for many people, there were a lot of requirements for Permitry to perform the work and access would be granted according to the judgement of the Vault coordinator who may have many trades and work groups vying for the same area to work in at the same time. This could mean sitting at the ready for days on end sometimes  for twelve hour shifts and you had to be where you were supposed to be when you were supposed to be in case of sudden access approval.
the most enjoyable part for me was the friendships we would strike up as we worked and the stories we would tell to amuse ourselves as we waited.

A typical day in the office was to review field packages to ensure they meet our Quality Assurance Manual, also to verify trades were training as per the procedure written for the project to be executed on site.. During the review process I was constantly referenced to areas of or QAM and codes, all that cross reference added to a greater knowledge of our process. My manager was very knowledgeable in QA/QC and very willing to assist and explain all questions asked of her. My co-workers were easy to get along with and also very helpful when asked for assistance. The hardest part of my job was preparing to be away from home on long outages ( 2 months or more). The part I enjoyed most about my job was knowing I had input on the finish product.

Jobs mostly involved understanding the different methods of non destructive testing of steam generator feeder tubes installed at various nuclear power plants located across Ontario and designing/implementing engineering software to manage the data collected. worked as part of a highly efficient and innovative team. Enhanced project management, and time management skills. Job involved learning a great deal of new software technologies, programming languages, and enterprise software architecture. Great place to work flexible hours, and good pay for an engineering intern.

Bacock and Wilcox cambridge Ontario is the plant in which I was employed, therefore my review is of that site. It is a unionised shop (USWA). There is little in the way of upward mobility in this company. However, lateral mobility is frequent as one bumps from posotion to position in response to lay off. Ability to do this depends on seniority and skill and experience. They are a good company to work for, though in early years lay offs do come, but so do recalls. Therefore if you are willing to hang in there you can have a very long term job.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Very easy to work for and treat workers with respect.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
One foreman wasn't good to work for as he didn't know very much or how to treat the workers equally.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Excellent and overall good experience.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Enjoyed going to work and co workers were great.

Giving all my foreman their job's for the day , planning man power that is alotted , planning material and equip needed , meetings with client , time sheets , progress reports.
Patients , how to deal with safety measures.
Upper supervision was great , helpful . trusting.
Hardest part of any job is making everyone happy , you can't , always try your best tho.
The men I had working for me , the crews , the upper management.

Mat leave which was extended another year when incumbent either chose to stay home or requested additional year, I do not remember.
Good workplace attitude, excellent cooperation between staff and departments

Job finished after two years - position consolidated with another payroll administrator with higher education and skills than I

This company practices "equal opportunity" only in their HR speeches. Be prepared for a miserable worklife in an incredibly corrupt work environment where favoritism, harassment, and backstabbing are the main forms of communication. Life here involves a revolving door of layoffs approx. every year and a half. While the pay is great, the constant layoffs and politics will destroy yours sanity and financial security.

A typical day at work included any activity that an ordinary engineer in training, who is enrolled in the electrical field, would experience. Included in my activities were organizing my day's work, developing PCB schematics, developing firmware in C, ordering products, performing research, and testing electrical designs.

If your a type of person who can handle stressful atmosphere and a fast paste dead line this is the pace for you. but keep in mind you have to do your due diligence as well.

life in the field sucks not going to lie about that and away from home all the time and the air out there is not the best but overall working with Babcock was a great experience and will miss the lovely people that I got the chance to work with.

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Warehouse worker 1 salary reported	$22.00 per hour
Site supervisor 2 salaries reported	$43.75 per hour
Project administrator 2 salaries reported	$31.00 per hour
Service technician 5 salaries reported	$20.80 per hour
Tooling manager 1 salary reported	$37.50 per hour

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