Big challenges need bold thinkers.
If you’re someone who sees problems as opportunities, you’ll thrive here. RESPEC is 100% employee-owned, which means we take ownership of every challenge. Here, your ideas drive real solutions. Since 1969, we’ve tackled complex challenges in energy transition, infrastructure resilience, digital transformation, and sustainability.
At RESPEC, you’ll work alongside clients to take on critical problems. Depending on your expertise, you might design infrastructure in remote locations, develop renewable energy solutions for global projects, or apply data-driven technology to improve mining and water systems.
We bring deep technical knowledge, real-world experience, and a commitment to work that matters. If you're looking for a place where your contributions have real impact, you’ll fit right in.
Job DescriptionLove where you work and live while growing your career in Alaska’s capital city of Juneau. Connect to a lifestyle that offers something for everyone. If you’re seeking an opportunity to make your mark as an engineering leader, take a look at RESPEC! Employee-owned since 1969, RESPEC is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to join our team in Juneau, AK. We offer a people-first culture and a workplace grounded in curiosity and integrity. Do meaningful work and help shape what’s next! Relocation assistance may be available. Learn more about the expertise of our Facilities team – where design meets purpose.
Utilizing a strategic mindset, the Engineering Manager in our Facilities market sector focuses on operations and business development with a strategic mindset. This role steps confidently into client-facing conversations while successfully balancing a variety of projects. As a leader in the community, this role contributes to the growth of the organization by identifying, pursuing, and supporting new business and project opportunities.
Key responsibilities:
- Develop, build, and manage relationships with strategic partners and customers, both public and private, to build a pipeline of projects.
- Lead engineering design and project management for Facilities projects, including interacting directly with clients to ensure successful project delivery
- Identify pursuits and position market sector to secure new business in existing and new markets
- Work with other internal market sectors to develop joint pursuits and encourage cross selling to existing clients
- Mentor and develop team members in both technical skills and professional growth
- Assist with proposals, presentations, and participation in professional organizations and tradeshows
- Ability to travel nationwide as needed.
- Other duties as assigned/commensurate with a senior engineer role
Our ideal candidate enjoys collaborating with a team and diving into new challenges, and will have the following qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in civil, electrical, mechanical, or structural Engineering or related discipline from an accredited institution
- Professional Engineering license in area of expertise
- 5+ years of progressively responsible work experience
- Exceptional skills in team leadership, coordination, and support
- Ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with groups both internally and externally
- Must possess a valid driver's license and maintain a clean driving record; position requires operating a company or personal vehicle during work hours for business-related travel.
Additional Preferred Experience/Skills:
- Five years of demonstrated experience managing multiple clients and projects while overseeing a team, or teams, of people.
Compensation: Salary depends on experience and expertise. Compensation includes a comprehensive fringe-benefits package. RESPEC is a 100% employee-owned company and employees are eligible for participation in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) after a qualifying period.
Featured benefits include:
- Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance Plans
- Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
- Holidays & Paid Time Off
- 401(k) & ESOP with company match up to 4%
- Professional Development & Training
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Assistance & Wellness Programs
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in civil, electrical, mechanical, or structural engineering or related discipline from an accredited institution
- Professional Engineering (PE) license in area of expertise
- 5+ years of progressively responsible work experience
- Exceptional skills in team leadership, coordination, and support
- Ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with internal and external groups
- Valid driver's license and clean driving record; ability to operate company or personal vehicle for business travel
- Ability to travel nationwide as needed
- Five years of demonstrated experience managing multiple clients and projects while overseeing a team or teams
RESPEC Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about RESPEC and has not been reviewed or approved by RESPEC.
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Retirement Support — - Retirement Support: Retirement benefits are positioned as a meaningful part of total rewards through the combination of an ESOP and a 401(k). Long-term wealth-building potential is emphasized as a differentiator versus base-salary-only comparisons.
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Healthcare Strength — - Healthcare Strength: Core medical, dental, and vision coverage is presented as a standard, comprehensive foundation. Additional protection coverage (life and disability) is also included, strengthening the overall benefits stack.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — - Fair & Transparent Compensation: Pay is characterized as generally fair-to-good when viewed across roles and in combination with total rewards. Clear salary ranges appearing in some job postings further support expectations-setting for certain positions.
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What We Do
In a world where one superhero can handle almost any problem, our entire team of award-winning technology experts is on a mission to make your business better. With extra vision to see solutions that others can’t and vast knowledge to bridge the gaps that others don’t, we’re transformers with the know-how to solve the world’s hardest problems. At RESPEC, we thrive on technology and making our clients successful. This is why we do what we do. From the depths of a cavern to the heights of a volcano, from an antiquated computer system to a business in dire need of re-engineering, our technical and business experts find solutions for extreme situations... like the time we cleansed and migrated 100 million rows of legacy data or the time we protected Mt. Rushmore. Know-How is Everything. We use our resourcefulness and vast experience to solve problems. It’s called know-how. And when you have it, problems aren’t problems at all. Know-how defines the core of who we are. It is how our clients see us. Know-how speaks to ingenuity, aptitude, and skill—it is not merely knowledge; it is knowledge on how to get things done. Imagine having access to a think tank with hundreds of diversely talented engineers, scientists, programmers, and developers under one roof—that’s RESPEC. Each team member is highly trained and skilled in understanding and applying the laws of a specific universe to solve any kind of problem. That’s why we have to talk about our team in terms of superheroes.
