Engineering consulting for mining, water, and energy infrastructure
RESPEC is a 500+ person engineering consulting firm headquartered in Rapid City, SD, serving mining, water resources, and energy sectors. The tech stack reflects a traditional heavy-engineering footprint—AutoCAD, Civil 3D, ArcGIS, HEC-RAS, SWMM—paired with emerging analytics (Power BI, Python, C++). Active hiring is heavily skewed toward engineering (57 roles), with notable traction in data (4 roles) and operations, signaling a shift from project-centric delivery toward internal systems modernization and analytics capabilities.
Notable leadership hires: Professional Services Director
RESPEC provides engineering and environmental consulting services across mining, water resources, energy, and infrastructure sectors. The firm employs hundreds of engineers, scientists, and domain experts who tackle problems like mine reclamation, geothermal exploration, stormwater management, and subsurface characterization. Current project scope spans geothermal development, abandoned mine land remediation, reservoir characterization, and the buildout of self-service analytics platforms. The company operates across the United States and Canada, with internal pain points centered on legacy ETL modernization, resource allocation for scaling demand, and infrastructure resilience challenges in the energy transition.
RESPEC's stack is dominated by engineering-domain tools: AutoCAD, Civil 3D, ArcGIS Pro/Online, HEC-RAS, SWMM, and Surpac. Analytics and programming include Power BI, Python, C++, and SAP. Microsoft Office ecosystem (Excel, SharePoint, Microsoft 365) handles collaboration.
Active projects include geothermal exploration, abandoned mine land reclamation, stormwater management and design, reservoir characterization, drilling and testing services, and a self-service analytics ecosystem. Power BI dashboards and impoundment design are in progress.
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