MPR Associates Career Opportunities

MPR, an inter-disciplinary engineering firm founded in 1964, delivers uncompromising dedication to quality and a thorough understanding of our clients' business challenges. This leads to the highest-quality service and product offerings.

MPR delivers our collective technical capability with full knowledge of the business and organizational challenges our clients face. We pride ourselves in solving the unsolvable, and doing it in a way that makes clear business sense. We cut through inefficiency to reach the root cause of a technical problem and provide a practical answer. We have saved our clients millions of dollars in annual operating and maintenance costs. We like to be strategic partners with our clients. We know how to apply engineering and scientific principles to resolve problems. Information is a cornerstone for maximizing our efficiency and effectiveness, sharing the client's perspective and sense of urgency. We explore choices and evaluate potential solutions with these business goals in mind. We frequently produce innovative, far-reaching solutions that have a wide range of technology applications.

MPR instills individual responsibility as well as accountability to both the organization and to our clients. We field teams with fewer people, and more productivity. Communications are streamlined, and efficiency is enhanced. Our methodology is extremely rigorous—focused on quality and excellence. We involve our clients and respond quickly to their requests.

MPR has established a distinguished tradition of providing clients the ultimate in engineering excellence, technical integrity, and responsive service. We are very proud of this fact.

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Why Choose MPR?
Our employees are MPR. We provide a supportive, productive and satisfying workplace, and through company growth, we enhance the opportunities for personal growth, professional development and reward. We promote teamwork, demand accountability and encourage personal development. Our employees can disagree without fear. We seek to operate profitably so that we can compensate our employees favorably and perpetuate the heritage of employee ownership.

Benefits
MPR offers a competitive benefits package to include:

• Eight paid holidays per year
• Vacation benefits ranging from 11 to 21 days per calendar year
• Sick leave when employees are sick
• Commuter Allowance which provides parking in a building nearby or a non-taxable payment each pay period to defray commuting expenses
• 100% employer-paid medical insurance for all eligible employees working at least 30 hours per week with three separate plan options
• 50% employer-paid dental insurance for all eligible employees working at least 30 hours per week
• 100% employer-paid group life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance with supplemental insurance available at the employee’s expense.
• Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability benefits
• Flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Reimbursement of full tuition for approved educational courses at colleges or universities
• Opportunities to attend outside training and conferences
• Employer contributes, out of profits, to individually managed retirement accounts
• Employees eligible to contribute to the 401(k) plan
• Smoke-free work environment

MPR provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, handicap, disability, or veteran status, in accordance with applicable federal laws. In addition, MPR complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, recruitment, selection, promotion, transfer, training, benefits, compensation, disciplinary action, and separation.

MPR's most valuable resource are our engineers and scientists, who combine technical expertise with practical engineering experience. Below are links to profiles of a few of our engineers. These profiles provide an engineer's perspective on his or her work and other responsibilities at MPR. Please note that the individuals highlighted on this page do not constitute the entire company, i.e., these individuals are a representative sample of the approximately 100 engineers and scientists at MPR with varying backgrounds.


Eric C.
B.S. Mechanical Engineering,
University of Virginia, 1986

"The wide variety of challenging work at MPR has really appealed to me and has allowed me to develop capabilities in new technical areas such as software development, electronics, and instrumentation." Learn more about Eric's experience at MPR.


Ryan D.
B.S. Mechanical Engineering,
Penn State University, 1997

"I was surprised how quickly you get assimilated into projects and how soon you start to make a difference. I walked in with a mechanical engineering degree, but I checked that at the door. Now, I am a multi-discipline engineer." Learn more about Ryan's experience at MPR.


Paul M.
B.S. Chemical Engineering,
Carnegie Mellon University, 2000

"Although I have not done strictly chemical engineering while I have been at MPR, I have always been given choices about the type of my work involvement. I enjoy the variety of work I am exposed to and the opportunities to be involved in completely different fields." Learn more about Paul's experience at MPR.


Caroline S.
B.S. Civil/Structural Engineering,
Duke University, 1981

"The variety of tasks and the opportunity to work with many different people, including my terrific colleagues at MPR, are two of the primary reasons I am still at MPR after so many years." Learn more about Caroline's experience at MPR.


Randy T.
B.S. Chemical Engineering,
Lehigh University, 1981

"My job search led me to MPR, which I felt would provide me the opportunity to use my chemical engineering training, and to learn and apply new engineering skills." Learn more about Randy's experience at MPR.



Chris R.
B.S. Mechanical Engineering,
University of Notre Dame, 1993

"When I had the opportunity to join MPR...I recognized it as a chance to work with highly motivated and capable people and to learn to use my degree from the best in the business." Learn more about Chris' experience.

MPR Associates is located at:
320 King St., Suite 400
Alexandria, VA 22314-3230



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MPR also has offices located in:

California
222 N. Sepulveda, Suite 2000
El Segundo, CA 90245
Telephone: 310-364-5247
Fax: 310-364-5201

New York
10 Maxwell Drive, Suite 204
Clifton Park, NY 12065
Telephone: 518-371-3983
Fax: 518-371-4359

Texas
1221 McKinney Street
Suite 3325
Houston, TX 77010
Telephone: 713-964-6776
Fax: 713-964-9779

Brazil
MPR do Brasil Ltda.
Rua Hungria, 664
01455-000, Sao Paulo, SP Brazil
Telephone: 011-55-11-3816-6940
Fax: 011-55-11-3037-7145