Beyond competitive pay and core benefits, working at ZFA comes with a range of perks that help our employees to thrive, stay engaged, and enjoy coming to work each day. It's important that our team feels valued and empowered. The ZFA experience includes…
We celebrated our 16th Engineer Training Day (ETD) in 2025! This companywide event brings together our five offices to share insights about unique projects, innovative structural designs, internal initiatives, and broader non-technical issues that engineers encounter every day. It’s a day of learning, collaborating, and friendly competition!
At a recent ETD, engineers presented five case studies, examining structures built with various materials in the different markets we serve. One interesting topic involved the evolution of Special Concentric Braced Frame designs and the unexpected changes in the next iteration of the building code.
The team building activities are always popular—we played “guess that connector” with bolts and hanger products, built card towers, played cornhole while answering trivia questions, and had fun with the “head’s up” game (featuring structural terms, of course!).
Each summer we gather with our families and enjoy having an afternoon to connect! Several of ZFA’s company picnics have taken place at McNears Beach in San Rafael, with food and drinks, bounce houses, cornhole, pinatas, volleyball and pickleball. It’s a great opportunity to meet someone from another office or go to head-to-head in cornhole, if you’re looking from some friendly competition.
Gathering together during the holiday season is a great way to wrap up another year at ZFA, and most importantly, to celebrate all of us who make it possible. Each year we ….[at a loss here, describe that it is held at different venues, take time to appreciate employees…]
Sports & Outdoor Adventures
ZFA's team sports and outdoor adventures have evolved over the years, from soccer, volleyball, biking, and hiking, to the latest with pickleball. Whether you're competitive by nature or just out to have fun, our offices enjoy heading outside when the weather is nice!
Team Lunches & Happy Hours
Let's take a break from solving structural challenges, navigating project teams, and meeting deadlines that come with our day-to-day roles at ZFA!
Team Building
Strong teams are built on trust, communication, and collaboration—we strive for this, by connecting both inside and outside of the office. To ensure our employees feel united and supported, we engage in team building opportunities throughout the year.
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