-: 10 years ago, I never would've expected
to be working in a high rise building
in a major city designing buildings.
And through the course of that time
I've seen that engineering is creating life for people.
It's creating opportunities for people.
It's creating fun experiences for people.
Engineering is what gives us life here in the city.
-: Everything we do, we're always looking to improve
for the next one and the next one.
That's why we made our motto "Always striving for better."
-: We have a 103-year legacy of doing the coolest civil
and structural engineering projects on the Planet Earth.
Man: We do a lot of different project types.
We prefer the hardest types of projects.
Those are projects that always come
with their own unique challenges
that require unique solutions.
Those are what make us most excited
to get out of bed in the morning,
coming to try to solve problems that no one else can solve.
-: We want to work with architects and developers
to create things that have never been done before.
Woman: I think that this is a company
of a whole bunch of geniuses all bundled together
on two floors in an office building in Seattle.
-: MKA is a really fun and innovative company
that has the minds of a large company
but all under one roof.
-: We work on world class projects
with the world class architects,
but at the same time we are a very small company.
Man: We do it from our headquarters here in Seattle
which gives us a platform to get to know each other,
be one, feel like a community.
You can know everyone's name,
but yet have this impact on these amazing built spaces
around the globe.
Woman: It's really easy to collaborate
with the best in the industry.
-: You're surrounded by the best of the best
in our profession.
Being able to work together
and challenge each other and inspire each other
and cheer each other on is just great fun.
-: The thing that's most memorable about the projects
are the people that we've gotten to work with, the team.
Man: Having all those super talented people
all in one office
while working on a variety of cool projects
all over the world,
I think that's what makes MKA special
and a really nice place to work.
-: We've done that really intentionally
because structural engineering is hard.
You can't be an expert at everything.
But when you're surrounded physically
by experts in all the different fields,
it really allows you that tool
to go tackle any challenge that comes up
and know that you have the right resources and backup
to figure it out and problem solve.
-: Coming out of school I thought
I was gonna just be a structural engineer
and do my design work,
but what I found is that MKA gives you the space
and the confidence to sort of dive
into whichever area of structural engineering
you really enjoy the most.
-: I've always gotten the support that I need to do my job.
We get to choose what direction we want to go
with our careers,
and if we want to dive into one area of BIM versus the other
they're gonna give us those opportunities
and let us explore it.
There is no boundaries around it.
-: What I didn't fully realize was that from the get go
I was gonna be working on really cool projects
and have heavy involvement in the design process.
Man: It takes a lot of different positions in any team
to execute a project,
and they all have very equally important roles.
Woman: It's about making everybody better,
not just one person.
-: You have to come in with the mindset of how do we,
not how do I.
-: How we work at MKA is a lot like a jazz band.
Each individual musician
is incredibly skilled at their piece,
but working together and riffing off of each other
and inspiring each other to create music
is how we go about doing our engineering.
-: I think people would want to be here
for the same reasons I want to be here.
I want to be here because we're working on projects
that are unique to cities,
that are once-in-a-lifetime type projects
and they happen over and over here in our office.
Woman: I mean, it's the perfect balance
of smart, strong engineers
with a fun, you know, happy, welcoming culture.
Man: Joining MKA is like joining a team.
It's a team that we want you to be on for your whole career.
Man: It's a sense of, like,
this is doing something bigger than myself,
I couldn't do this alone.
And this organization, this firm, this location,
all of those things allow me to do something
that I'd never otherwise could do.
-: On that foundation,
we're able to build and leverage and grow
to solve the next problem,
and imagine not just the problem, but the next question.
We're looking for people who are interested
in learning and challenging themselves and working together
to make the world a better place each and every day.
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