50 Best Places To work

Applied Engineering

Headquarters: Bismarck, N.D.

Number of employees: 132

Website: go-applied.com

Headquarters: Fargo, N.D., with offices in Bismarck and Dickinson, N.D. and Detroit Lakes, MN

Number of employees: 86

Website: ApexEngGroup.com

Description: Apex Engineering Group provides consulting services in drinking water, wastewater, water resources, transportation, municipal, and electrical engineering and land surveying to the region. Our staff has a passion for providing engineering solutions and believes it’s only the best solution if it’s also the best experience. Great experiences happen by being true to our core values – listening, trusting, and working together – beliefs that help make life easier for our clients, the community and our employees.

Description: Applied Engineering combines talent and technology to solve its customers’ unique challenges. Applied provides product design, engineering, and manufacturing consulting services, as well as IT and programming services and large-format digital printing. Applied also sells industry-leading engineering software and provides training and support from its offices throughout North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota. Applied is 100% employee-owned and strives to be the company people come to for the best engineering and IT work.

Headquarters: Sioux Falls, S.D.

Number of employees: 25

Website: architectureinc.com

Description: Architecture Incorporated was founded in 1976 with “Excellence in Design” and “Service to our Clients” as our priorities. In 2020, our goals have not changed. We still focus on delivering creative solutions and proven service with a leadership team that collectively brings more than 260 years of experience to the table. This wealth of experience paired with a creative energy that flows through our office sparks innovation on a daily basis.

Headquarters: Perham, Minn.

Number of employees: 847

Website: arvigbusiness.com

Description: With roots going back to 1950 as a small rural telephone company, Arvig has grown into one of the largest independent internet service providers in the nation. Headquartered in Perham, Minn., Arvig employs more than 800 people and provides internet, phone, television and business services across a service area spanning more than 9,000 square miles. The past decade has seen tremendous growth in Arvig’s fiber business, with a network that surpasses more than 10,000 route miles and serves both rural Minnesota and the cities of St. Cloud, Rochester, Minneapolis and St. Paul.

Banner Associates, Inc.

Headquarters: Brookings, S.D.

Number of employees: 74

Website: bannerassociates.com

Description: Banner Associates provides comprehensive engineering, environmental, and surveying services to communities throughout the upper Midwest. We take great pride in providing first-rate professional services to our clients. We thrive on collaboration, creativity, and innovation. We ensure that our staff have the tools they need to be successful and regularly offer opportunities for staff to grow their skills. We provide a culture that is positive and supportive -- our staff is family. We’re thinkers. We’re problem solvers. We’re innovators. You can count on us to engineer a better community.

Bismarck Aero Center

Headquarters: Bismarck, N.D.

Number of employees: 33

Website: Bismarckaero.com

Description: For over 30 years, Bismarck Aero Center has served the Bismarck/Mandan community as its one-stop destination for all aviation needs. We offer flight training, pilot services, aircraft rental, maintenance, avionics and fueling. Operating on the Bismarck Airport and the Mandan Airport, we have 10 aircraft hangars and three offices. Our team of professionals have a commitment to our customers and provide great experience to each person that comes through our doors. Customers find us because of our reputation. They keep coming back because of our “sky high” customer service.