OWNERSHIP AND EMPLOYEES
In today’s world, people often change jobs. It is a unique company when you hear about employees staying on for 10 and 20+ years. But at Erickson, that is the case. Many long-term employees cite two reasons for staying with the company:
MISSION
The array of diverse and fulfilling projects
Steve Reavis has been with the company for 31 years and now works as the commercial sales manager. He said he has had many positions during his tenure at the company, and now works with customers on civil projects to set up the movement of television antennas across mountains, HVAC unit lifts onto massive warehouse facilities, timber harvesting, and even cargo transport for the oil and gas industry.
He said, “Erickson’s services, as an organization, are to provide best-in-class service for both manufacturing and aviation operations to the specialized industry, including firefighting, heavy-lift, general support manufacturing of both platforms and outside capabilities.”
The work is diverse, as he has been able to secure many heavy-lift, high-impact projects over the years.
He added that inventions, such as the anti-rotation system developed by Jack Erickson in 1974, were assets to the S-64 Air Crane® helicopter and the company. “This allowed the aircraft to perform short-rigging with better control than using long, line-spinning operations. The development of the fire tank, which was developed for a market that didn’t exist at the time — everyone was using buckets — Erickson was on the front of that development,” Reavis said. “Erickson has developed a global market with a platform that has shown itself to the world. We are the largest S-64 operator in the world.”
Regarding the “bleed orange” culture, Reavis said that the meaning is in execution. “The organization was strongly based upon the core values of the people. Everyone was willing and able to step out and show the capabilities of the organization. ‘Bleed orange’ shows that employees can execute on capabilities. They are strong, capable, and willing.”
58 Jan/Feb 2022
PEOPLE
The commitment to their coworkers
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