BrightFields has been recognized for the 11th year in a row as one of Delaware’s Top Workplaces!

This list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey, administered by employee engagement technology partner Energage LLC.

Being named a Top Workplace is a big deal — only 49 companies made this year’s list. BrightFields was ranked #10 out of 29 firms in the Small Business category. We were also awarded the Social Responsibility Award based on employee feedback regarding the work we do in, and for, the community! This is an award that truly represents why we do the work we do.

We are a firm dedicated to making the community and those around us better than we found them. We celebrate not just the company’s successes, but also the individual achievements and successes of those that make BrightFields the winning company it is – our employees!

This award is a testament to the people of BrightFields. We are who we are because of our employees.

Congratulations to Kathy Stiller of BrightFields for being selected as the recipient of the 2024 Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (ASTSWMO) Lifetime Achievement Award.

This prestigious award recognizes an outstanding individual who has worked in State government in the areas of solid and hazardous waste management, sustainability/materials management, underground storage tanks, or contaminated site clean-up. The purpose of the award is to recognize work done on behalf of the States and in furtherance of ASTSWMO’s mission to enhance and promote effective State and Territorial programs for waste and materials management, to encourage environmentally sustainable practices, and to affect relevant national waste and materials management policies.

This award recognizes Kathy’s involvement, dedication, and contributions to ASTSWMO from 1990-2011 when she was with the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC).

Kathy was presented with the award during the 2024 ASTSWMO Annual Meeting Reception on Thursday, October 17, 2024, in Washington D.C.

The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials, Inc., (ASTSWMO), is an organization representing the 50 States, 5 Territories and the District of Columbia. Their mission is to enhance and promote effective State and Territorial programs and to affect relevant national policies for waste and materials management, environmentally sustainable practices, and environmental restoration.

We’re proud to announce that we’ve been named a Top Workplace in Delaware by The News Journal!

Congratulations and thank you – to all of our employees, who helped make this happen! We are a firm dedicated to making the community and those around us better than we found them. We celebrate not just the company’s successes, but also the individual achievements and successes of those that make BrightFields the winning company it is – our employees!

The News Journal partnered with Energage to rank Delaware’s Top Workplaces. The process is based on a scientific survey of employees who rate their workplace culture.

BrightFields was founded in 2003 by Marian Young and Mark Lannan when they purchased the assets of WIK Associates, where they had both worked since 1993 playing an instrumental role in the company’s development and management.  Our 45-person firm, headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, is built on the 7th Street Peninsula, where the Brandywine and Christina Rivers converge, aptly situated on an old city landfill, demonstrating our clear commitment to the revitalization of environmentally impacted and economically disadvantaged areas.

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), a national construction industry trade association with more than 22,000 members, has recognized BrightFields, Inc. with the Diamond Level STEP (Safety Training and Evaluation Process) Award for 2023.

Founded in 1989 as a safety bench marking and improvement tool, STEP has evolved into a world-class safety management system that dramatically improves safety performance among participants regardless of company size or type of work.  Participating ABC member firms measure their safety processes and policies on 24 key components through a detailed questionnaire with the goal of implementing or enhancing safety programs that reduce job-site incidents.

With six levels of STEP achievement, Diamond is the highest achievement representing the lowest rate of total recordable incidents possible.  This recognition from ABC Delaware signals the concentrated effort BrightFields management and employees have given to our safety program.

BrightFields, Inc. (BrightFields) is a full-service environmental consulting and remediation firm dedicated to conducting business safely and protecting the health of its employees, subcontractors, clients, and the general public.  All employees participate in the evaluation of current safety practices, the formation, documentation, and dissemination of new and improved safe work practices.  The use of Safe Performance Observations, routine safety meetings and employee participation in the Company Safety Committee has resulted in continuous improvement of the safety measures implemented on job sites.

Director of Health and Safety Ken Hannon has led the safety program at BrightFields for more than 10 years. During this tenure, BrightFields provided training to three different leading Project Managers to allow them to serve as BrightFields’ Corporate Health and Safety Officer (CHSO).  Safety is built into our projects from the inception of the project and carried through to the Project Close-Out/Lessons Learned stage.