
About the Opportunity
An established high-end residential general contractor has spent three decades building custom homes across San Francisco and down the Peninsula. The company is large enough to take on complex custom residences, up to roughly $30M a project, alongside the remodel and maintenance work that keeps long-term clients close, yet small enough that the principals stay personally involved on every job. The team works hand in hand with many of the Bay Area's leading residential architects.
This role is based in the company's San Francisco office, with regular time on job sites across the Peninsula. Plan on roughly two-thirds of your week in the office and the balance on site, so a comfortable commute to Peninsula projects matters.
We are hiring a Project Engineer, and depending on your experience the role can be set at the Senior Project Engineer or Assistant Project Manager level. You are the hub of the project: you keep information, documentation, and schedule moving between the principals, the project managers, the field, the architects, and the trade partners. You run the work in Procore and grow into broader project-management responsibility as you prove yourself.
Key Outcomes
What You'll Bring
Compensation & Benefits

Hiring in construction is not a paperwork task.
It’s a legacy decision.
Ambassador Group is a construction executive search boutique for (mostly) West Coast SMEs. We partner with owners, COOs, and operations leaders at firms between 25–200 employees who care more about the right leader than the fastest hire.
Our clients build custom residential, commercial, industrial, and specialty projects. They come to us when they’re tired of rushed headhunting, shallow vetting, and leaders who look good on paper but can’t carry the culture.
We call our work professional matchmaking over rushed headhunting. Instead of blasting job boards, we quietly approach off-market construction leaders who are already delivering results. We slow down early, so you can move faster and with more confidence later.
Roles we most often place:
• Senior Project Managers
• Superintendents and General Superintendents
• Operations and Division Leaders
• Estimating and preconstruction leaders
Our process mirrors a well-built project. Clear definition of the role and culture. A disciplined structure for sourcing, interviewing, and debriefing. A thoughtful finish with onboarding and integration support. No shortcuts. No guessing.
We stay involved after the “yes.” We check in at 30, 60, 100 days, and one year to support both sides of the relationship and make sure the match holds under real-world pressure. Most clients work with us again and again as they grow.
If you’re a construction leader who wants humble, hungry, and emotionally smart people on your team—and you’re ready to treat hiring as seriously as your projects—let’s talk. Book an exploratory call and we’ll walk through your upcoming leadership needs and where your current process is helping or hurting you.