BEST

Places To Work 2021

Banner Associates

Headquarters: Brookings, S.D.

Number of employees: 88

Website: bannerassociates.com

Description: Engineering a better community starts with a focus on people. This has been our guiding principle since Banner Associates was founded nearly 75 years ago, and we’re not slowing down. Our award-winning culture fosters collaboration, creativity, and continuous improvement for everyone on our team to deepen our skills and support each other like family. We proudly provide comprehensive engineering, environmental, and surveying services for communities throughout the upper Midwest. Clients choose us because of our outstanding reputation, and they come back because we deliver. We are thinkers. We are innovators. We are problem solvers. We are Banner Associates.

Butler Machinery

Headquarters: Fargo, N.D.

Number of employees: 841

Website: butlermachinery.com

Description: Butler Machinery Co. is a third-generation, family-owned Caterpillar® equipment and agriculture equipment dealer with 20 locations in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Montana. Butler was founded in 1955 and today is led by Twylah (Butler) Blotsky. Since the beginning, Butler has focused on building long-term relationships with our customers, our employees, and our industry partners. At Butler, we have a strong values-based culture, a great benefits package, a dedication to continued education, leadership development and career growth, as well as a retirement plan that is second to none.

Construction Engineers

Headquarters: Grand Forks, N.D.

Number of employees: 75

Website: ConstructionEngineers.com

Description: “Do Something Constructive” is more than a clever saying for the team at Construction Engineers; it is the founding principle of how our company approaches each and every day. Headquartered in Grand Forks, N.D., Construction Engineers provides construction management and design-build services for a commercial division focusing on education, health care and public facilities and an industrial division that builds processing plants and infrastructure systems.

Cornerstone Bank

Headquarters: Decentralized with banks located in North Dakota and South Dakota

Number of employees: 175

Website: cornerstonebanks.net

Description: Proud to be a “Best Place to Work” six years in a row, Cornerstone Bank believes that company culture is everything. Everyday team members live Cornerstone’s vision of being who people turn to when they’re making important decisions about their money. This was demonstrated during the pandemic when Cornerstone did more than $145 million in Paycheck Protection Program loans. Team members enjoy competitive salaries, career development and recognition opportunities, and a robust comprehensive benefits program. A $1 billion financial institution, Cornerstone Bank provides an expansive product offering while staying true to their mission of giving straight answers and the best possible financial options.

Eapc

Headquarters: Grand Forks, N.D.

Number of employees: 140

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Description: EAPC is a seven-time Best Place to Work via Prairie Business and was also recently named a 2021 Best Place to Work from Zweig Group. Located in 10 offices (North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota, Colorado, and Arizona), EAPC provides award-winning architecture and engineering design services for healthcare, education, multi-family housing, commercial, retail, hospitality, civic, and industrial clients. EAPC also provides commissioning, site entitlements, and construction management services.

Dakota Wesleyan University

Headquarters: Mitchell, S.D.

Number of employees: 142

Website: dwu.edu

Description: Dakota Wesleyan University was founded in 1885 and today, the university is home to an inclusive educational community of nearly 950 students who study in three colleges pursuing associate, bachelor’s, and master’s degrees with the support of 142 employees. Recently DWU has experienced unprecedented enrollment growth and more than $60 million in renovation to its physical facilities. Although many small colleges have abandoned their historic church relationships, DWU has remained true to its origins. As in the early years, today’s students enjoy an environment where minds are challenged, souls are nourished, friendships are forged, and lives are transformed.