PITTSFIELD, Maine — Cianbro Corp. is looking to hire 150 Maine construction workers.
Cianbro President Andi Vigue said the company had a backlog of projects and needs workers to help fill job openings.
“We’re grateful for the opportunity to employ our fellow citizens,” said Vigue. “We’re bullish on hiring Maine people who possess the skills necessary to accomplish the challenging projects that Cianbro faces. Not only will those people we are hiring become part of the largest construction firm in the Northeast, they will also become co-owners in our employee-owned company on day one.”
The company is seeking Maine state licensed electricians and helpers who would be assigned to jobs in the Bangor area, Brewer, Auburn and other locations in the southern part of the state.
Structural iron workers and riggers are needed in Bangor and Brewer. Journey-level millwrights, pipe welders and pipe fitters are needed for Greater Bangor and Woodland. Cianbro also is seeking first-class transmission lineworkers, electrical engineers, electrical superintendents, mechanical superintendents, safety professionals, estimators and project controllers.
The employee search comes on the heels of Cianbro’s hiring of 250 workers last fall.
A Maine Company employing Maine people with good paying jobs, imagine that. I wonder what negative twist the left will try to spin on this.
Probably something that begins with the letter “u” and ends with “nion”.
Maybe they can somehow blame the Governor. In their eyes, everything seems to be his fault.
that was a negative comment!!
that was a negative comment!! Unions are protecting workers from being slaves!!! The people that need jobs in this state may not be able to afford the $100,000 that is cost to go to college to qualify for these jobs!!! Get real and get a life!!! How about training/educating people ON THE JOB for these positions. If that were the case, I’m sure there wouldn’t be that many openings.
I have no problems with unions as long as it is in a free option situation known as “right to work” where they are free of the intimidation shakedown practices of the union stewards and managers. Not even the state workers are free to opt out of the union thanks to the Democratic vote gathering machine. Talk about freedom.
“A Maine Company employing Maine people with good paying jobs, imagine that. I wonder what negative twist the left will try to spin on this.”
We need only mirror your approach and ask how will you conservatives
try to spin it to avoid the reality that the BUSH Depression is ending,
despite your effects.
But thank you for asking, at least.
A non-union company that is prospering AND hiring locals. Quite a nice change from the whining nurses union that usually occupy the headlines around here.
People need jobs, this is a good thing. but short time. Cianbro is famous for hiring when their projects are full, and layoff as soon as they are complete. sign of the times i guess
That’s business, can anyone say they wouldn’t do the same no matter how bad they might not want to (though the bottom line is always colored green for the higher ups i suspect).
true
That’s construction. Every project has a start/completion date. Nothing lined up afterwards is life. Anybody working or running a construction company knows this is the name of the game. These company owners would love to keep everyone employed their whole life. Don’t think they aren’t trying. If you knew the amount of work they bid just to land the work they do get it would blow your mind.
thats how it is in the construction business. You land a big project and you hire. When the project ends if you don’t need the people on another project you lay them off. Companies like Cianbro have many projects lined up and can often move people around as projects end, but not always. Sometimes they need more people, sometimes less, and sometimes they need people with different skillsets. They are always hiring and laying people off. Its the nature of the business.
That’s how it is in a lot of businesses. Landscapers, ice cream shops, restaurants, retail at Christmas…. it’s the way business works.
And how would you do it? Would you keep people on your payroll with no money coming in to pay their wages?
they hire people and pay below the average wage, and then they throw them away like an old dish rag when they are done using them. No retirement , No Vacation and if you do use the health insurance and disability insurance they will not hire you again. Nice bunch of people?
Thank you for the word from you local Union Rep.
Gee sounds like a Union job to me
You mean a onion crybaby.
No vacation or retirement, yeah let’s just stay on welfare. Who wants to work anyway, surely not you.
When there is work, these companies hire a bunch of people, when the job gets done, people get let go, that’s how it works with construction jobs. I bet when these 150 people are hired, they will be happy to have that job, no matter how long it last!
The problem is that Cianbro promises them the world, starts them under the prevailing wage not counting benefits. Then just as soon as they are getting close to 1000 hrs to get benefits they lay them off and hire 150 more. I have worked for them before and been through it more than once. They will keep so and so’s son, brother, daughter, niece or cousin and let the good help go just before christmas. Then they will not get any profit sharing regardless of their hours.
How odd, I know someone who has worked as a linemen for a number of years for Cianbro. He has and has used his health insurance. He has and has taken vacation time. He has and has used sick time. He has been seasonally laid off a number of times but has always been rehired. To bad you fantasy of what Cianbro is doesn’t add up to the reality of what Cianbro truly is.
Just another excuse, for someone who whines on here daily that there are no jobs, to stay on the system. Of course Vigue did say “skilled”.
Anyone who has been unemployed for 6 months or more and has done nothing to acquire useful skills, does not want to work.
After listening to people cry on here about minimum wage jobs, and then say that Cianbro doesn’t pay enough….well that is a total loser. Apparently junker207 is holding out for that airline pilot job he always wanted.
You’re a welfare hater. How in the he** is someone who has been on welfare suppose to come up with enough money to go to college and get a degree to work in an underpaid position? Why don’t you put your money where your mouth is and offer full tuition to one of those people that “don’t want to work” and educate them? and yes, I”m educated and not working full time.
Perhaps you have the wrong education? Folks with an education and a part-time job have often majored in something that isn’t in demand – art history or sociology or Latin come to mind.
my buddy’s dead beat ex wife just got money from the state to go to school for a 2nd or 3rd time guess what she did she took the check and went to bangor to have a good time.
I know someone over sixty years old who is going back to college to get a degree on the State. I know for a fact she is doing it so she can get her continuous unemployment checks without hassle. When she graduates, I promise you she will NOT go to work. She can then start collecting disability. Isn’t life grand when you get all this money for nothing ?? Oh wait, it’s not NOTHING… she’s getting an education !!
People do it all the time. If you want to work on a crew chief in a NASCAR team, then you see if you can “sweep floors, detail cars, or whatever” just to get your foot in the door. You work long hard hours and MAYBE you will be given a little more responsibility and even more pay to move up the ladder. I’ve heard it several times in the music industry.. JUST get moving. Stop whining and belly aching that you don’t have money for college and the training it takes to start out making what it’s taken others several years and much hard work to get where they are today. Nobody owes you anything. You owe it to yourself to be self supporting !
Yes…I am, for those who have been on it for more than 6 months. There are many programs offered to get training, you may have to start at the bottom and work your way up again if there is nothing in your field. You may actually have to start as a floor sweeper at Cianbro, who has many offers for training to better yourself. Your poor choice of education or a career should not fall on our shoulders, as we are trying to provide for the people that we “do” care about. Most of us got part time jobs and student loans and “earned” our way through college.
I wouldn’t think that if you are “educated” someone would have to take you by the hand and show you how it’s done again. If you are working part time and are educated, you lack ambition.
Unions has trained him to hold out for his nanny.
Key word here is work.You get out of a job what you put in. I guess earning your pay now is slave labor.Showing up on friday morning to grab your check is not working for a company.Unions carry non producers along with the workers.In todays markets margins are so thin everyone must produce or it all fails.
Well said!! :) I know of several people, including my husband, that have worked for Cianbro for many years, and they too have been seasonally laid off numerous times. They’ve always been hired back. Maybe the ones that haven’t been hired back are the ones who don’t want to work, show up late or not at all, or are major complainers? If you don’t have a good work ethic, it shows, and you end up paying for it.
Sounds like a bitter ex employee?
I am not really bitter, I was just not treated well there, I got hurt off the job and used the insurance and disability. I was harassed monthly by them telling me I should be able to work when my doctors and physical therapists said otherwise. When I was ready to finally go back to work 6 months later they told me to bad we no longer have anything, they did not layoff a new hire to make room for me or anything, they cancelled my health insurance and disability the next day. Then a few months later I was working on a good paying Union job and they called me and wanted me to come back, I told them I would if they paid me the same wage other than that they would have to wait until the job was finished in 2 or 3 weeks and I would call them, The lady said good luck with that.
Maybe if you did your job while there you wouldn’t be complaining. I have family that works there and guess what – higher wages than other places, vacation time and benefits.
Report the facts
I’m willing to to compare my union wages, vacation time and benefits to a worker there. On the other hand, can’t blame folks for taking those jobs. To those in desperate need of work those jobs will be good jobs.
Some are in the Click and others are left out, Cianbro is so full of nepotism it is a joke in the Construction profession. The Union companies around will not tolerate nepotism when layoffs come, seniority counts.
And that’s where UNIONS would be helpful and NOT allow just that style of treatment/human abuse!!!!
Human abuse? being paid for what you do.further proof of the Obama mediocre mantra .Maybe we need a nanny for president now.
human abuse!!!! you want the rich to pay your taxes
employers to pay huge wages and health care
government to buy your food
just where do you come in on all of this
what makes you deserving of all this
An eight hour a day semi coma work day maybe.
how long should everyone else pay all this to you
Put down your copy of The Jungle. It hasn’t been like that for a loooooong time. Unions and their poor work ethic, sense of entitlement and outrageous demands have hurt corporations and driven jobs out of Maine and the United States in general. That over developed sense of entitlement hurts us all. Grow up and smell what you’re shoveling.
I smell the crap you are shoveling and it is not good, Cianbro will be bringing in Canadians in a year or so just wait and see.
I guess they should bankrupt themselves paying people to stand around when they don’t have a construction job to work on? That would really benefit their other employees and the state, wouldn’t it?
Pick your peas and don’t be concerned about having to work for them.
I’d be interested to know exactly how much you would pay someone to “just show up” and “put in the hours”. Some employees have absolutely NO common sense or ability and end up costing you more than they made for you. It would be awful to take a job and actually put in an full day labor for a paycheck when you can sit at home on the internet and collect unlimited unemployment checks. JMO folks.. have a wonderful day !
Hey a job is a job, no matter how short term or crappy, it’s better than nothing. Feel lucky if you are among the Mainers who have had luck in getting work.
No people in here say not every job is a good job
Not good enough for too many folks. They want the perfect job with 100% security. And I want to fly a unicorn to watch Hillary Clinton win a beauty contest!
As long as Hillary does not cast her gaze upon your unicorn, you won’t fall like a stone to the ground.
And you will have just as good a chance to do that as the attitudes on here have of being hired by anyone.
Good company to work for as far as wages and benefits.
Very demanding management — no smoking on the work site or adjacent properties — very demanding safety policies — work is all about production — ridgid personel policies
The work today is in Bangor tomorrow in Maryland and the day after in New York — not much in the way of home life
Typical of construction work — lots of work today — tomorrow no work see ya
Good deal if you can cope
…at least someone has a grip on reality!!
It’s important to note that these policies are in place to help with rising healthcare costs, workers comp, etc. This is making them more competitive, able to land more work, therefore hire more people.
Attention Katahdin area residents who believe that the charcoal factory is somehow going to re-emerge as the paper mill of yesteryear – take advantage of the re-training programs, go back to school and learn a new trade – this is where the US is going.
and where does the money come from to pay for this education? Especially when the president of these institutions require a salary of 277,000 per year with MANY lucrative retirement benies.
It’s called a student loan. Are you expecting somebody else to pay for it?
Apparently he/she is. There’s help out there for those who want it.
Hmmmm, right after the study for the east west highway was approved. Connection?????
Nice to see that someone made the connection. Next move is to start seeing who is pushing this and is subsequently getting the surveying and timbering contract’s. The really interesting part of this is when all of that timber has to be moved to the mill’s. Can we all say R-A-I-L. Irving wasn’t a fool when he ‘locked up’ the majority of the MMA rail’s traffic capacity last year. The real interesting part is where the power for all of these project’s is going to come from. Cianbro has built DAM’s. Gee, can I read the writing on the wall or what ?
Cianbro has built dams for owners. These were projects needing repair to meet federal/state regulations. Are you implying Cianbro is building DAMS in preparation for something else – come on! Conspiracy theories!
So does that amount to $300, 000 kick back from the GOTea Administration ?
I was fortunate enough to get to know Pete Cianchette during his gubernatorial run against Baldacci. Pete C, Pete V and his family are brilliant businessmen that have put Maine on the map in several areas of construction. We are blessed to have them operating in our state. They have a great company that has a huge trickle down effect on our Statewide economy, particularly this region. Like all other non union employers, they force no one to work there. God bless America.
Wall Street has topped 13,000 and we get 150 temporary jobs.
Whoopee.
We get 150 jobs and you’re obsessing about Wall Street.
Lame.
First in a recession. last in recovery.
But hey, that’s about as many jobs as the GN Mill and better paying , to start, too, I’ll bet.
Okay, but after reading the rest of comments, let’s get real up here at the top,
where people are really talking about the point of the article … instead of each other,
… So how many of these job where Pres.Obama’s shovel ready ones
and how many are a result of that “Open for Business” ad/PR promotion ?
Pick your peas and stop complaining. You would not be working for them if they were hiring 10,000 people.
They could pull up in a limo everyday to bring you to work and you still wouldn’t be happy.
I dont think you work anyways not that you are scared of it you could prob. lay down beside it and go to sleep.
Why will they not pay their help union wages then?
All the liberals are mad cause it is not a union shop and they can not drive up the workers pay and increase taxes on the company until they flee the state as almost every other major employer has had to do to stay profitable. O no I said that evil nasty word “PROFIT”….
If that’s the case how come BIW is still in Maine they have not fleed to another state ? The union has saved BIW money over the years. Who do you thing found insurance for the company because BIW said the cost of insurance was to high ? The union an the insurance was much better than what BIW had .The company would ask the workers to speed up because things were going behine guess what they did an the union remined the workers that there job depended on BIW. Every ship they put out was under cost an a head of time . So as you can see unions are real bad . One more thing every captian wanted a BIW ship .
BIW can’t flee the state. You can’t just up and build a new shipyard somewhere in short order. You could easily relocate a headquarters by buying another building somewhere friendly to corporations, like Atlanta.
If BIW was going to move they would of done it a long time ago an there headquarters is not in maine at all
why shouldn’t workers be able to demand LIVABLE wages? Are people not suppose to live? slavery was abolished years ago, but is obviously still present within many companies.
Did anyone say Cianbro wasn’t paying livable wages? I’ve known several people that work there and they were all paid and treated very well.
Keep in mind that just because someone would like to make $60,000/yr+ doesn’t mean that their skills or the job they’re doing warrants it. Should the guy that sweeps the parking lot make $80,000/yr or $30,000/yr? Seems pretty common sense to me, especially if you want a company to stay in business more than 6 months.
Start earning your “livable” wage or starve.
Well lets see some of us get calls and letters time to time asking if we would come work for various people. Why is this? Because we learned skills that are in demand. That is the key supply and demand. Why would you pay someone 20 bucks a hour when there are 1000 people coming in daily willing to do the work for 10? A job is there there for you it is there to be done and you as the employee are paid to do X for wage Y you do not have to take said job. If you want more money then offer the market something they will pay more for.
Slavery is we one person OWNS another and they do not pay then anything they simply do as they are told as they are property we do not use that system. We have a free market. Nobody is FORCED to accept any job they CHOOSE to work there if the employer decides they can do what needs to be done.
That all said I would say you have never owned a company or done a payroll.
I see the liberals and unions are driving out the egg factory’s now. They did the same to the paper and shoe factory’s. The state can not survive on national parks.
Does cianboro pay for all this free advrtising they get from BDN? Nah, I didn’t think so.
Neither do the GAYS wanting to get married
For every 10 hires there are 8 layoffs to come.
Get hurt and see if which one that you will be!
Maybe the ones getting hurt are just trying to get workers comp. Companies need to protect themselves, there are alot of “Back injuries” that happen on the job. Makes me suspicious.
You could use a lesson in A.A. from Mirlynn. That’s Attitude Adjustment!
AA is also a Twelve Step Program, too, you might check that out, Murf.
I tried to take advantage of the Obama’s President’s Training Initiative for long term unemployed to re-train in the trades. Unfortunately one of the conditions is that you not currently hold more than an associates degree in any discipline. My 25 year old, useless, BS degree in business (pre tech revolution) disqualifies me…And since I don’t happen to have the spare $12K to pay for it myself, looks like I’ll be scraping by on whatever else I can find…You want fries with that?
well said!
My husband has worked for Cianbro for 17 years and he has always been treated well by the company. He gets vacation. He has health insurance, and he has always been hired back. He broke his ankle in 2010 and was out of work for months, and he was able to go back to work as soon as he was able to, no problem. Yes, layoffs are inevitable at times, especially during the winter months, but that is to be expected in the construction industry. He has always been hired back. He has good work ethics, he strives to do his job well and Cianbro recognizes that by rehiring him and doing all they can to keep him working, whether it is to maintenance equipment, move equipment, or even travel to other job sites to work. Bottom line is if you work hard for this company, they will do what they can to keep you working. To see that Cianbro is looking to hire people is a good thing, and very beneficial to people who are willing to work hard for this company and stay on as an employee for future Cianbro projects.
I bet he did not get hurt on the job? Ask some folks in Maine how they were treated when they got hurt working for Cianbro, your husband knows what they do to them.
No, he didn’t. He could’ve easily been replaced though due to the fact he was out for almost 4 months. You know as well as I do that everyone is replaceable. There are loop holes that some companies take to cover themselves if they let someone go who got injured, either on the job or off, so of course we were worried that it could happen to him. But, he was told to take as long as needed to recover and that they looked forward to his return. They even checked in from time to time to see how he was doing. He’s happy and lucky to have the job he has and works hard to keep it. Is it a bed of roses all the time? No. No job is as far as I’m concerned. What do they do to their employees when they get hurt on the job? I haven’t heard.
“… they will also become co-owners in our employee-owned company on day one.” ONLY ONE PROBLEM you have to work 1,000 hours BEFORE you get any profit share OR anything else. As always, gotta read the FINE print.
…” they will also become co-owners in our employee-owned company on day one.” Only ONE thing, you WILL NOT get ANY profit share until you have worked for 1,000 hours, don’t be surprised if you are let go when you have 975 hours and then rehired only to have to start ALL over again. Ahhh the facts that they leave out…
It’s called “vesting”. Most if not all employee benefit programs including profit sharing and 401ks require you to be with the company for a certain period of time before your “vested”.
It’s not an evil reservered for Cianbro. When you enter the job market it will be explained to you in more detail.
mythawts2….Hmmm…are you leaving any facts out? If you were “let go”, then rehired, I would expect you would have to start over.
mirlynn…Hmmmm….I am only speaking of the “Employee Owned” comment for profit share, the company employing people is a GOOD thing!! Anyone helping make a profit should gain the benefits from DAY ONE not 1,000 hours later. AND NO I was not “let go”, never worked for the company.
I’m sorry, I guess I missed it somewhere in your first comment that you thought employing people was a good thing. I do apologize.
Are people really complaining about 150 good paying jobs being available?
Seems like opportunity is a frightening thought for some.
Work scares them.
No, economic recovery ruins their campaign strategies.
“I ain’t working for those crooks” – progressive liberal pea picker
I have been in the trade and worked for various companies here in Maine these past 15 years. i have always kind of veered away from Cianbro, mostly because the pay is lower as what i usually get as a master plumber, but also because of negative impressions i have gotten from friends or others who have worked there.
But times are tough and jobs are hard to come by. A chance to go to work for an outfit and make a decent wage plus benefits, even if only for as long as the project lasts, should not be given up.
I’m taking the opportunity to get off the Unemployment and Mainecare. I am grateful for these programs and hope they continue to be around for when times get slow and i get laid off.
Hopefully the headline will change to 149 job openings, because i interview tuesday.
Be a part of the solution, not the problem.
Well said, MainePlumber! Good luck to you on Tuesday!
You will be hired because you have the correct attitude, unlike mmmlllddd, who couldn’t be hired to press the Bic Mac button if he was Ronald McDonald.
Cianbro also doesn’t layoff everyone. If you are good at what you do and have a good work ethic, they will do everything they can to keep you on, even in slow times. They also offer training in different areas. The more you know, the more valuable you are.
I can’t help but notice that they often (to often) have job listings for IT Manager or other IT-related staff. For more often than it should be for growth? As an IT person myself, it makes me cautious…the appearance is that they have a very high turn-over rate among even their professional staff.
I’ve often been intrigued by their open IT positions, but haven’t applied. Just have to wonder…why such a high (apparent) turnover rate? What makes people not want to stay with them??? It could be poor wages/salaries, or could it be poor benefits? Or poor treatment of their employees?
I don’t know, but I wonder about it every time I see yet another opening…as I decide not to apply, and move on to other openings…
Doesnt matter how much money you make , what really matters is how much you keep ! Same goes with businesses, and that my friends is why Cianbro is SUCCESSFUL !
They will hire 300 and keep 150, I have seen it before, and then bring in the Union Guys and Gals to bail them out.
They were the only company I ever worked for that handed out absentee ballots through the mail, and tried to coerce us all to vote for one of the cianchettes for governor, he lost and I got laid off again, I never got to vote I was working.
Good company…just wish they were not getting into the scamming windmill business…..