SET Environmental provides environmental management services to a nationwide client base. We are passionate about our mission of channeling individual efforts in selfless pursuit of World Class status.
At SET, our “Goals” keep us moving forward. These clear boundaries and structures are critical to our success.
SET Environmental, Inc. is committed to being an industry leader in safety performance. By establishing standards and continuously raising the bar in this area, we are creating a culture for employees to “Think about safety every day.”
SET Environmental, Inc. defines quality as the measured results compared to the defined process expectations. We will achieve excellence in Quality through a focus on Continuous Improvement with attention the Process Life Cycle of Plan, Do, Check, Act.
Our mission is to be the premier environmental services company in the nation. We accomplish this by assembling exceptionally talented professionals and focus them on providing a service that exceeds our customers’ expectations.
SET is a privately held, family-owned business in its 3rd generation. We are not beholden to Wall Street or venture capitalists. Our family constitution states we want to position ourselves from a financial and risk posture to ensure we are a thriving business for the next 100 years. SET ownership is a financially conservative risk averse company that puts the safety of our employees at the highest priority.
The Tameling Family Constitution states that one of our core family values is Stewardship. We have been given the responsibility to pass on not only the material benefits, but also the values, ideals, and our passion to the next generation. Through our respective circles of influence, we want to leave an imprint through our business and personal lives that affect the world and others in a positive manner. A key component of this is giving back to our community and finding ways to actively care for people. We have established a philanthropy board whose mission is to select charities which we will sponsor. Below are the Organizations with whom SET proudly partners.
Channeling their individual performance involves setting clear expectations and striving for outstanding results. Working selflessly means we perform as one united team. All of us are stronger than any of us. We are working to create a culture that respects and supports each of our team members and gives each of our people an opportunity to maximize the utilization of their talents. Our common mission is to provide a service that is provided with flawless safety, the highest level of quality, and that exceeds our customers’ expectations. When we combine great people, working together with a common mission, we have the opportunity to provide a service that is truly world class. Our customers will ultimately determine if we have achieved this goal.
CEO, SET Environmental
SET’s mission is to be World Class in everything we do. We believe the 4 pillars that make us successful include: 1) being safe 2) great people 3) providing high quality service 4) build and operate the business in a manner that ensures we will be here for the next 100 years.
SET is always thinking of ways to make our employees feel known and valued. We have implemented a companywide message board, which highlights “customer appreciation” for SET employees and promotions. This is a great way to celebrate the success of our peers.
SET has several recognition programs which consist of:
– Years of Service recognition program – every employee’s 5-year anniversary (from 5 years to 40-years +) the employee receives a plaque and a handwritten note of thanks and congratulations from the CEO or EVP.
– Operations group has a “One on One” program. Each week our Operations Managers seek out an employee to have an in-person meeting to connect, coach, encourage their employees.
– Other employee recognition programs include the Quality Initiative Program, the Safety Initiative Program, and the Sales Face to Face competition.
All are programs that celebrate SET Employees living out the habits and disciplines that make us successful as a company with recognition and incentives.
In assisting clients with a wide range of non-routine environmental concerns, SET recognizes that finding the right solution to any hazardous problem requires an appreciation of each client’s particular circumstances. We thrive on meeting the challenges and needs of a technically demanding national clientele, SET is proud of its team approach, blending engineering and technical skills to develop and implement the most appropriate and efficient environmental management technologies for our clients.
In the last few years, SET has provided technical expertise and remediation service for railroad derailments in Boone, IA and East Palestine, OH.
SET responded to Hurricane Ian in Florida, providing waste reclamation, packaging transportation and disposal services.
SET responded to major pipeline spills in St. Louis, MO and Washington County Kansas providing oil recovery, decontamination, transportation, disposal, and restoration services.
SET has contracts with the MN Board of Animal Health and responds to avian influenza outbreaks in Minnesota on an annual basis.
At SET, we want to leave an imprint through our business and personal lives which affects the world and others in a positive manner. A key component of this is giving back to our community and finding ways to actively care for people. SET established a Philanthropy Committee whose mission is to select charities which we will sponsor. The Committee meets twice annually to review the various groups we support.
The SET Philanthropy Committee also budgets annually for each SET Division Manager to support local charities in their regions.
The work we do at SET is very important. We help American businesses operate safely and protect their employees from chemical and biological exposure. SET ensures American companies continue to provide electricity for lights, gas for heat, clean water for drinking, lifesaving drugs to protect the population from Anthrax, COVID or Ebola. We also help American companies produce power for our vehicles or cell phones while protecting the environment where they operate.
