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 DescriptionRESPEC is seeking a motivated and client-focused Project Manager to join our Geothermal team. In this role, you will lead multidisciplinary projects from planning through execution and closeout, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards. You will collaborate with technical experts, project teams, clients, and stakeholders to drive successful outcomes while building and maintaining strong client relationships.
The ideal candidate is a proactive leader who excels at coordinating teams, managing competing priorities, solving complex challenges, and driving successful project outcomes. This position offers the opportunity to work closely with technical experts, business leaders, and clients on impactful projects across a variety of markets and disciplines.
What You'll Do
As a Project Manager, you will:
- Lead projects through the full lifecycle, from project kickoff through closeout
- Develop and manage project scopes, schedules, budgets, staffing plans, and deliverables
- Coordinate multidisciplinary teams, subcontractors, and stakeholders across multiple offices and locations
- Monitor project performance and implement solutions to keep projects on track
- Serve as the primary day-to-day contact for clients, fostering strong relationships and clear communication
- Lead client meetings and provide regular updates on project progress, risks, schedules, budgets, and next steps
- Manage project financial performance, including forecasting, budgeting, billing, and profitability
- Identify and manage project risks, change orders, and contract modifications
- Ensure compliance with quality standards, contract requirements, and regulatory obligations
- Support business development efforts through proposal preparation, client presentations, and project pursuits
- Mentor and support team members while promoting a collaborative and inclusive work environment
- Contribute to continuous improvement by sharing best practices and lessons learned across teams
We do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters
QualificationsRequired
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, geology, science, construction management, environmental science, business, or a related field from an accredited university
- 5+ years of progressively responsible consulting, engineering, technical, operational, or project management experience
- Demonstrated experience managing project scopes, schedules, budgets, risks, client communications, and multidisciplinary teams
- Experience serving as a client interface and successfully delivering projects from initiation through closeout
- Must possess a valid driver's license and maintain a clean driving record where business travel is required
Preferred
- Project Management Professional (PMP), professional registration, or applicable technical certification
- Experience with P6 scheduling software
- Geothermal experience
Compensation: Compensation depends on experience and expertise. The typical salary range for this position is $100,000 to $125,000. Compensation includes a comprehensive fringe-benefits package. RESPEC is a 100 percent employee-owned company, and employees are eligible for participation in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) after a qualifying period.
Featured benefits:
- Flexible Work Schedules
- Paid Parental Leave
- 401(k) & ESOP (with company match up to 4%)
- Professional Development and Training
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program
- Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance Plans
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, geology, science, construction management, environmental science, business, or a related field from an accredited university
- 5+ years of progressively responsible consulting, engineering, technical, operational, or project management experience
- Demonstrated experience managing project scopes, schedules, budgets, risks, client communications, and multidisciplinary teams
- Experience serving as a client interface and successfully delivering projects from initiation through closeout
- Valid driver's license and clean driving record where business travel is required
- Project Management Professional (PMP), professional registration, or applicable technical certification
- Experience with P6 scheduling software
- Geothermal experience
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.
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