SCS Engineers becomes 100 percent employee owned

SCS Engineers, a national environmental consulting and construction firm based in Long Beach, California, recently announced it completed a transaction to become 100 percent employee owned through its employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).

SCS Engineers established its ESOP in 1986 and recently purchased a small number of outstanding shares from minority shareholders, achieving 100 percent ownership through the ESOP trust.

“Our founders could not have imagined that when they launched SCS Engineers in 1970, that we would grow to one of the nation’s most respected environmental engineering consultants with a footprint of more than 70 offices and nearly 1,000 employees across the United States,” Jim Walsh, president and CEO of SCS Engineers, says.

“Our success and growth is a direct result of our employees thinking and acting like owners to deliver the best service for our customers. We believe employee ownership is a formidable advantage in recruiting and retaining top talent. Employee ownership provides an opportunity for them to share directly in the success they are helping to create,” Walsh says. “This transaction delivers the flexibility to pursue sustainable growth for SCS Engineers and the opportunity to spread the wealth among our employee-owners.”