How PRJ Works
Build the Retirement You Want — With Guidance That Keeps You Pension-Safe.
FAMILIAR PUBLIC AGENCY WORK
What kinds of roles do we offer:
If you’ve spent your career serving a city, county, special district, or state, PRJ can connect you with flexible roles that feel familiar and rewarding.
- Project Management
- Engineering
- Planning
- GIS / CAD
- Construction Management
- Inspection
- Operations / Maintenance
- Administrative Support
The PRJ Process
How PRJ Helps You Work on Your Terms
Explore your retirement path
Discover what matters most. Take our Readiness Quiz or join our webinar series to plan your next chapter.
Map Your Retirement Strategy
Meet with a PRJ Retiree Coach to explore your post-retirement options.
Say Yes Only When It Fits
Choose opportunities that fit your lifestyle, goals, and pension limits.
Our Mission
Good for Public Retirees, Good for Public Agencies
Public agencies gain:
- Institutional knowledge
- Senior expertise
- Mentoring and growth opportunities for staff
- Niche and special skills
- As-needed help on essential projects
Public retirees gain:
- Sense of meaning and purpose
- Continued connection with coworkers/colleagues
- Additional income to cover the cost of inflation, vacations, grandchildren, long-term care, etc.
- Mental acuity and a more active routine
- Flexible work hours and schedule
Many retirees still want to contribute — but not in the high-pressure world of private consulting. At PRJ, we specialize in placing retirees back into public agency roles that feel familiar, rewarding, and consistent. We believe retirees have a great deal to offer public agencies, and vice versa.
Public retirees have a choice.
Consulting is Not for Everyone
Return to the kind of public agency work you know and love or explore consulting firm life. Here’s what we’ve found:
Consulting Firms
- High-pressure environments
- Utilization and billing targets
- Proposal and business development demands
- A culture that often feels like starting over
- Lack of compliance checks
Public Agency Roles
- More routine, less stress
- Work on projects and use your expertise with confidence
- Flexibility and work-life balance
- Familiar work in familiar settings
- Built-in compliant process
We’re here to help from planning to post-retirement
Helpful Tools for Public Retirees
Exclusive, Free Access
Become a member to access our exclusive library of special retiree resources.
Frequently Asked Questions
What Retirees Want to Know
Why choose PRJ over a consulting firm?
Because you deserve work that fits your life, not the other way around.
With PRJ, there are:
- No consulting firm quotas
- No pressure to climb a corporate ladder
- No “one-size-fits-all” job paths
We offer real public agency work that feels familiar—technical, meaningful, and built around your life today.
Will working with PRJ affect my pension?
No. We specialize in pension-compliant roles, including CalPERS and other systems. Our team ensures you stay within any required hours, compensation limits, and compliance standards.
Can I work full-time if I want to?
Yes. Some of our retirees prefer full-time or long-term roles. Others prefer part-time or project-based work. We’ll help you find what fits best for your needs.
Do I need to know exactly what I want before signing up?
Not at all. We’ll help you explore your options based on your availability, experience, and retirement goals. You’re never locked in.
What types of roles do you offer?
Most jobs are technical or professional roles within public agencies, including engineering, planning, administrative support, and more. No sales or business development.
What if I don’t see a job that fits me right now?
That’s okay. Upload your resume and sign up for job alerts. Many roles are filled quickly or aren’t posted publicly—we’ll contact you when a suitable match becomes available.
Why Retirees Choose PRJ
“PRJ brought back the best part of work — being part of a team that values my experience.
One of the hardest parts of retirement was losing the daily connection with colleagues. Through PRJ, I’m part of a team again, contributing alongside people who value my experience. It feels good to be back in that community.”
Mindy Ly
Senior Engineer,
City of Santa Ana