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.
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Job DescriptionRESPEC is seeking an experienced Project Manager to join our engineering team in our Anchorage, AK office. The Project Manager independently applies extensive and diversified knowledge of principles and practices in broad areas of assignments and related fields. This role works on major projects and/or several projects of moderate scope with complex features.
This role will focus on:
- Lead engineering design and project management for Facilities projects
- Support senior leadership with business development activities and help strengthen client relationships
- Interact directly with clients to ensure successful project delivery
- Mentor and develop team members in both technical skills and professional growth
- Assist with proposals, presentations, and participation in professional organizations and tradeshows
- Deliver projects within defined budget, schedule, and contractual commitments
- Prepare engineering plans…
- Assist with defining project scope and managing contract changes; negotiate scopes with subconsultants
- Develop technical reports, feasibility studies, and engineering designs
- Provide construction administration and coordinate construction management activities
- Establish goals and performance feedback for team members
- Other duties as assigned/commensurate with a senior engineer role
Our ideal candidate enjoys working with a team and diving into new challenges, and will have the following qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering (multiple disciplines) 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 and Benefits: Salary depends on experience and expertise. Compensation includes a comprehensive fringe-benefits package that consists of medical, vision, and dental insurance; holidays; paid leave; 401(k) Plan and Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP); continuing education; and professional societies. RESPEC is a 100% employee-owned company and employees are eligible for participation in the ESOP after a qualifying period.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited institution
- Professional Engineering (PE) license in area of expertise
- 5+ years of progressively responsible work experience
- Valid driver's license and clean driving record; ability to operate company or personal vehicle for business travel
- Team leadership, coordination, and mentoring skills
- Effective written and verbal communication with internal and external groups
- Experience preparing engineering plans, technical reports, feasibility studies, and providing construction administration
- Experience supporting business development, proposals, and client relationship development
- Experience managing multiple clients and projects while overseeing teams (preferred)
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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.
