The vision of Clark & Enersen is to empower and inspire through partnership in thoughtful design. Since our founding in 1946, Clark & Enersen has been defined by partnership. We strive to empower and inspire our clients as well as the people who live, work, and play within the spaces and environments we help create. It is through partnership in thoughtful design that the best ideas rise to the top, resulting in timeless designs that meet the long-term goals of our clients. This vision is not only about our process tied to completing design projects but is rooted in the effort it takes to make each of our projects a success. And that starts with our team.

Empowering and inspiring our employees is a cultural mindset that our leadership team has worked to foster as a company for over 80 years. Through feedback, research, and adaptation, Clark & Enersen has worked to craft policies to help our employees achieve a healthy work/life balance.

This balance is the culmination of available benefits and instilled ideologies of compassion and understanding to support employee needs. We accomplish this with our Paid Time Off (PTO) policy, flexible scheduling, and health benefit packages for employees and their families. Our firm was honored to receive a Lincoln Family-Friendly Workplace Certification from the Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development (LPED) as recognition of our commitment to the well-being of our employees and the greater community.

“As a firm, we recognize the importance of providing family-friendly workplace practices that strengthen our ability to attract and recruit talented professionals, while enhancing our overall benefits and employee experience by supporting working families. We can retain valued employees, encourage long-term employment, and build a stronger workforce.“

– Peggy Merkel, Director of Human Resources

Our benefits go beyond traditional healthcare — we offer pre-tax Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts that can be used to pay for eligible dependent care services. Employees also have access to resources to improve mental health, build healthy habits, receive coaching, and much more.

As a firm, we also invest in our team’s future with 401(k) firm contributions based on the employee’s elected deferral, and we provide opportunities to achieve stock and performance shareholder titles as recognition of growth and leadership. Title holders receive a dedicated portion of profit-sharing distributions.

Our leadership team’s thoughtful design and commitment to providing policies, resources, and culture to support a healthy employee work/life balance also helps fulfill the firm’s vision. Our success is not only demonstrated through our collective staff but also when we empower and inspire our team and the communities where we live and work.