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Career Development
Shape Your Future
Always Learning
At SWCA, we believe your career is a unique journey, and we’re here to help you turn your aspirations into reality. Whether you’re eager to sharpen your skills, explore new possibilities, or take the next big step, you’ll find the tools, training, and opportunities to thrive.
Growth is not a destination but an ongoing commitment—a core value we call Always Learning. It means embracing challenges, asking bold questions, and striving every day to become the best version of yourself while making a meaningful impact on your career, your community, and the environment.
SWCA's Career Landscape
We believe your career should be as unique as you are. The SWCA Career Landscape is a personalized guide and development process designed to help you prioritize your time and development energy as you gain experience across all three areas on your journey creating a meaningful and rewarding career at SWCA.
Whether your passion lies in deepening your scientific expertise, leading and inspiring teams, managing operations, or building strong client relationships, the Career Landscape helps you chart your course. When you’re unsure where your career journey might take you next, our culture of flexibility and learning allows you to try different paths to find your best fit or adjust your role based on changing needs. While your role may focus predominantly on one focus area, you can always flex your focus as your career develops.
How It Works
With the Career Landscape, you’re in the driver’s seat — but you’re never alone. We’re here to support you every step of the way as you shape your future at SWCA. Through our competency model we provide a common language for what success looks like.
Step 1: Discover
Uncover your strengths, interests, and aspirations to define what success looks like for you.
Step 2: Map
Chart your path through our career framework by setting clear goals and identifying opportunities to grow with a clear competency-based model as your guide.
Step 3: Develop
Build the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to thrive and achieve your vision. This includes creating your own Professional Development Plan (PDP).
Career Focus Areas
SWCA’s Career Framework is organized into three Career Focus Areas—Organizational Leadership, Client Leadership, and Technical Leadership—ensuring that options for long-term learning and career growth are available to employees who have different strengths, motivations, and interests. Each path offers opportunities for growth, impact, and long-term success.
Providing different paths for career mobility
We know that our success is built on three core pillars: employees, clients, and science. To thrive, we need strong leaders in each of these areas—and that’s where our Career Focus Areas come in.
Whether you’re driven by advancing scientific expertise, building strong client relationships, or leading and inspiring teams, you’ll find a leadership track that aligns with your ambitions.
Your journey, your growth, your future—it all starts here.
Organizational Development Path
Lead people and manage operations to create a collaborative and efficient workplace. Organizational leaders focus on aligning teams, offices, and regions to drive success across the company.
Client Development Path
Build and strengthen client relationships as a problem-solver and business strategist. Client leaders focus on understanding the market, driving business growth, and achieving shared goals with clients.
Technical Development Path
Hone your expertise as a scientific or technical professional. Technical leaders focus on delivering high-quality, innovative solutions that set SWCA apart while continually advancing their craft.
A Path for Everyone to Grow
At SWCA, we don’t just offer jobs—we offer opportunities to grow and build a career that’s as unique as you are. Whether you’re just starting out or ready to take your next big step, we’re here to support you every step of the way.
Growth from Within
Internal promotions filled 65% of senior leadership openings in 2024.
Ready to take your career to the next level? At SWCA, we believe in promoting from within and creating clear paths for advancement through our Career Landscape. Whether you want to lead teams, deepen your expertise, or explore new challenges, we’ll help you get there.
In the years following the rollout of our award-winning career development program two-thirds of our leadership positions have been filled by internal candidates, proving SWCA offers unique growth in our industry.
Learn, Evolve, Thrive
72% of surveyed employees say SWCA provides development opportunities that enable them to expand their skills and capabilities.
Growth is about more than promotions—it’s about learning and evolving. We offer educational reimbursement to help you gain new skills, deepen your expertise, and stay ahead of industry trends.
72% of surveyed employees say SWCA provides the development opportunities that enable them to expand their skills and capabilities.
From Intern to Impact
50% of interns transitioned into full-time roles over the past 4 years.
Many of our employees start as interns and grow into impactful, full-time roles. As an intern, you’ll gain hands-on experience, work on meaningful projects, and receive mentorship that sets you up for long-term success.
In fact, 50% of interns transitioned into full-time roles over the past 4 years.
Elevating Leaders with LEAP
Great leaders drive great teams. That’s why we’ve created the LEAP Program—a robust development program designed to Lead, Energize, and Accelerate Performance among leaders at all levels of the company.
Through LEAP, leaders gain practical techniques for effective management, team engagement, and supporting growth within their teams. This program reflects our commitment to Always Learning, encouraging leaders to explore new approaches, ask tough questions, and continuously develop their expertise.
Advancing Your Scientific Career
As a company built on a foundation of Sound Science and Creative Solutions, we provide the perfect environment to grow and thrive in your technical career.
At SWCA, you can:
- Connect with fellow experts through collaborative networks
- Participate in our thriving communities of practice
- Share knowledge in companywide presentations
- Receive support to present at and attend conferences
- Enjoy unique perks like publication bonuses, and scientific field trips
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Accommodations
If you need assistance accessing SWCA’s website, completing the online application, or require accommodations at any point during the hiring process due to a disability, please contact us at accommodations@swca.com or call 1-480-581-5378. We’re committed to providing an inclusive and supportive experience for all candidates. This contact information is specifically for accommodation requests; other inquiries will not receive a response.
Transparency in Coverage Information
Under the Transparency in Coverage Rule, issued in 2020 by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Department of the Treasury, health plans who sponsor employee benefit plans and health insurance issuers must publish two separate MRFs.
In Network: Negotiated rates for all covered items and services between the plan or issuer and in-network providers
Out of Network: Allowed amount paid to, and billed charges from, out-of-network providers for all covered services within a 90-day period
The links below lead to the machine-readable files that are made available in response to the Transparency in Coverage Rule and includes negotiated service rates and out-of-network allowed amounts between health plans and healthcare providers. The machine-readable files are formatted to allow researchers, regulators, and application developers to access and analyze data more easily.
Aetna: Machine Readable Files (MRFs) – Aetna
HMSA: Transparency in Coverage: Machine-readable Files
Kaiser Permanente: Transparency In Pricing Machine-Readable Files | Kaiser Permanente