50 best places to work

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Ulteig

Headquarters: Fargo, N.D.

Number of employees: 800+

Website: ulteig.com

Description: An employee-owned company, Ulteig delivers comprehensive engineering/design, program management, technical services and field services that strengthen infrastructure vital to everyday life. Ulteig connects people and resources to develop compelling, integrated solutions across the Lifeline Sectors® of power, renewables, transportation and water. Ulteig leverages its expertise throughout North America with a wide range of public and private clients.

Vaaler Insurance

Headquarters: Grand Forks, N.D.

Number of employees: 80

Website: vaaler.com

Description: Vaaler Insurance is a locally-owned, third-generation family business employing 80 team members across four locations in North Dakota and Minnesota. As an independent insurance agency, Vaaler represents many of the nation’s leading insurance companies, providing customized commercial and personal insurance, employee benefits, and risk management services to clients across the upper Midwest. Vaaler’s capacity to have a deeper conversation beyond insurance products and deliver comprehensive risk management strategies sets them apart. For 75 years, Vaaler has had the same goal: always act in our client’s best interest while providing insurance and risk management with professionalism, honesty, integrity, and enthusiasm.

WCCO Belting

Headquarters: Wahpeton, N.D.

Number of employees: 200

Website: wccobelt.com

Description: While we’re proud of what we’ve built here, we’re even more proud we created a company around people who love to work, collaborate, and grow together. You sense it on day one. This is a place that celebrates family values, a healthy work-life balance, and being an active neighbor in the community. This is where your work ethic and creativity are rewarded — all powered by unmatched WCCO Belting teamwork that pushes you to perfect your skills and grow your career. Each day, we prove that loving where you work begins with the people you work with. Join our team today!

Valley Senior Living

Headquarters: Grand Forks, N.D.

Number of employees: 850

Website: valleyseniorliving.org

Description: Valley Senior Living operates three locations in Grand Forks with levels of care including skilled nursing, transitional care, memory care, basic care, assisted living and independent living. Included in the non-profit corporation are three care communities: Valley Senior Living on Columbia with skilled nursing and transitional care; Valley Senior Living on 42nd with skilled nursing, memory care, assisted living and independent living; and Valley Senior Living on Cherry Street with basic care and independent living. We serve more than 550 residents and employ nearly 900 people with the mission of providing compassionate Christian care and service to enhance the quality of life for those we serve.

Widseth

Headquarters: Founded in Crookston, Minn.

Number of employees: 222

Website: Widseth.com

Description: Create Value. Inspire Greatness. This is Widseth’s core purpose — the driver for every client interaction. Our region’s quality of life relies on robust communities, which we help sustain through engineering, architecture, land surveying, environmental, and related services. With more than 220 employees working from nine locations in Minnesota and North Dakota, our firm and our employees are woven into the region’s business and social fabric, actively engaging in community life through volunteerism and leadership. We value our employees’ engagement in their careers, their communities, and our practice, and we strive to offer the work – life balance everyone deserves.