Employer of the Year
Nominations for the 2025 Awards are now open. Annual voting by WTS members takes place in November and winners are announced early in the next calendar year.
Award criteria:
- The organization supports WTS through memberships, sponsorships, and employee involvement at the local and international levels.
- The organization’s structure includes a number of women in executive and senior positions and those leading major initiatives.
- The organization has career development plans and succession programs in place for women to advance within the organization.
- The organization provides continuing education of its female employees through professional education, professional organizations, and professional development opportunities.
- The organization encourages female students to enter the transportation field by providing internship opportunities.
Year Recipient
2024 Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways
2023 J A Watts, Inc.
2022 Program Management and Cost Services, LLC
2021 TranSmart, Inc.
2020 SQN Associates
2019 AECOM
2018 IDOT
2017 HDR
2016 HNTB
2015 Parsons Brinckerhoff
2014 Jacobs
2013 Ricondo & Associates, Inc.
2012 Union Pacific Railroad
2011 Singh & Associates, Inc.
2010 Collins Engineers, Inc.
2009 Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
2008 R.M. Chin & Associates
2007 IDOT
2006 HDR