Sales & Office Manager, Angie Seavers
Angela Seavers is the back office extraordinaire, providing essential sales and customer support for High Performance Earthworks. As wife and partner of company founder, Jesse Seavers, she has been consequential to the creation and daily operation of this leading excavation and septic system install company.
How long have you been with High Performance Earthworks?
I’ve been a witness to it since before its inception, in 2015; however, I have been more involved in working for the company since 2018.
How would you describe your role within the company at present?
Loosely, I manage the day-to-day in the office, my official role since 2019. I make sure projects run smoothly from start to finish. That process has more or less been on autopilot now that we’ve grown as a company and our office support resources have expanded. Recently, the role I’ve been most active with since 2021 is in sales and project bidding. I also do a lot of education with clients around septic systems and waste water regulations. Septic systems can be confusing and overwhelming for homeowners, especially if they are caught off-guard when buying or selling a mountain home. Then, there’s a whole next level of planning and support required for full site development excavation projects. Building and maintaining a commercial business or home, especially in the Colorado mountain region, can be a big undertaking for any client and having good working relationships with our clients and other industry professionals is very important to us.
What information would you like to share with prospective customers about septic system installation in the Boulder area (Front Range) that would benefit them and make the process easier?
The number one piece of advice I can offer any excavation client is to make sure you, as the customer, feel you have a positive relationship with your excavation contractor you hired to do the work and make sure you have a written contract in place. Don’t be afraid to ask questions, especially if your contractor has not outlined all the details of your project in their bid. If you do not have positive rapport with your contractor, or the details of your agreement are fuzzy, I hate to say it, but there are bad contractors out there who will take advantage of situations like that. You could get stuck with a huge excavation project in your yard that you can’t deal with, end up with a bill you don’t want to pay or, even worse, you end up giving money to a contractor and they disappear before your project has finished. Excavation work is unsettling (literally). You have to feel good with your project from start to finish. As licensed installers, we should be able to answer questions for our customers and find solutions to challenges. That is our number one goal: There are going to be lots of questions that will be asked, and we are the type of contractor that will talk with you through the whole process. It’s rare in our industry. Most contractors try to give the easiest, cheapest, or fastest answer, but not always taking in the details to determine if it is the best answer, or the ideal outcome for the customer.
What brings you joy in the line of work you are doing for this excavation company?
My biggest joy is happy and grateful customers. I love when our customers feel good about us and our work.
What would you like to add about your passions outside of work?
I’ve been practicing yoga for about 22 years and teaching for 18. I’m also a certified yoga therapist. Then, of course there’s my family: our two daughters, our dog, chickens and my horses. I recently picked up equine massage as a hobby to help my horses and others. It led me to training my BLM mustang who came from the wild and is my latest “pet” project. Horses have been a part of my life since I was 7 and are a lifelong passion. When you think about how long humans and horses have been living together, a lifetime with them just doesn’t seem long enough to really know them. I try to spend as much time as I can out in nature, horseback riding, mountain biking and hiking throughout the Rockies. Like most of us on our team, It’s where I feel happiest.