About Richard Group

A premier veteran-owned general contracting and construction management company with headquarters in Chicago’s West Loop, Richard Group is a culture-forward purpose-builder who is building to solve the world’s greatest challenges.

Established in 2014 by Founder and President Jed Richard, Richard Group is proud to develop, design, build, and maintain many of the smartest structures on earth. Our proactive turn-key approach produces the most efficient path to occupancy while honoring the demand for timely execution, partner collaboration, and a process and product that deliver every time.

Richard Group has been the prime contractor on over 180 projects valued at over $600MM. Trusted by clients like the U.S. Department of Defense, Richard Group’s past work includes critical patient care facilities, civil roadway and utility projects, mission-critical data centers, electronic healthcare upgrades, government rehabilitation projects, and more.

By prioritizing people, purpose, and innovation over the bottom-line, Richard Group has held tight to its reputation for unparalleled quality while more than doubling in size.

Recognized as the fastest-growing general contractor in the country, Richard Group is proud to employ over 100 full-time employees and trade professionals across 16 states. Each of these individuals are equally dedicated to the company’s mission to serve through proactive problem-solving, clear communication, and seamless navigation of multi-phase, logistically demanding projects.

Job Summary

Construction project engineers manage construction projects to ensure they are built and scheduled according to plans and specifications. They work with internal and external stakeholders to coordinate, manage, and deliver construction work. Their goal is to complete the job on time, under budget, and without harm.

Our projects range typically from 1 – 3 years in length.

Richard Group prides itself on consistently providing project opportunities to its field employees in the hope that they have a long career with our organization. The ideal candidate will have flexibility and interest in being assigned to other project locations throughout the United States after your initial assignment.

Responsibilities

• Supervise project start up, project completion, punch list identification and entire close-out process
• Provide project controls including costs, planning, scheduling, engineering, supervision and management of personnel
• Effectively communicate and coordinate with all project team members to maintain project schedule, safety, budget and quality control efforts
• Plan and organize quality processes such as work planning, pre-activity meetings, material management, incident reports and corrective actions
• Ability to write and comprehend RFIs, potential change orders, project schedules,
• And other project documents
• Ability to clearly communicate to home office, Owner and Subcontractors
• Ability to write contracts, negotiate scope, negotiate terms and conditions, subcontractor compliance and owner compliance
• Have working knowledge of owner contract, subcontracts and purchase orders
• Ability to manage subs in a hard-bid capacity understanding subcontractor
• contract scope and holding subcontractors to their contracts
• Ability to manage schedules, SOVs, org charts, management plans, submittal review and approval for all DIV 01 – 33
• Oversee the management and mobilization of equipment, labor and materials to include permits and other 3rd party requirements
• Ability to run both internal project meetings as well as owner project meetings - develop content, manage BIC, etc.
• Experience building P6 schedules with cost and resource loading, and understanding of all schedule and production reports to owner and company mgmt.
• Manage sub and self-performance production with the capability of adding and removing craft staff, or modifying work plans to expedite schedule
• Manage P&L, change orders, key P\performance indicators, lead and lag measurements and vendor pay applications
• Manage T&Cs, stop work orders, VAAR, FAR, AIA and other related clauses
• Manage LEED, performance testing, TAB, commissioning of CxR/M and CxA
• Ability to manage warranty, commissioning, CPARS, PPQ and client satisfaction
• Maintain relationships with owners, clients and subcontractors

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management or Civil Engineering
• 1-5 years’ experience with a hard-bid general contracting company
• A thorough understanding of construction materials, means, methods and building systems
• Ability to utilize Microsoft Office, Adobe and Bluebeam
• Excitement about working on any shift, 1st, 2nd, or 3rd, as hospital construction occurs at all hours
• Ability to pass a background investigation and a drug test
• A desire to stay and grow with a company that will help mentor, train, and educate you

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with the Department of Veterans Affairs
• Experience in federal sector projects
• Experience in healthcare projects
• CQMC certified from USACE
• Arbitration and Mediation experience preferred
• OSHA and EM-385-1-1 management, CAPP management, Safety Reporting Systems Management
• Experience in Davis Bacon-Prevailing wage or Union required projects

At Richard Group, we believe in showing the same gratitude and care to our team members that we do in our projects. This position comes with a competitive salary to match your level of experience and includes competitive benefits such as:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA) option
• 15 days of paid time off (PTO)
• 8 paid holidays
• All employees are immediately eligible for a position-based bonus program
• Company 401(k) matching contributions
• Parental leave policy
• All employees immediately have access to mentorship, regular skills-based training, and leadership development programs

Richard Group is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees will receive equal employment opportunities without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.