Risk Manager

About the Company

RNGD is a rapidly scaling organization emerging as a nationally recognized leader in construction through our unique Renegade mindset focused on innovation, creativity, and culture. The team is made up of a highly engaged group of seasoned professionals and emerging leaders. We are creators who believe that what we build drives the growth of our cities and that to fulfill our mission, we must constantly challenge the old way of doing things. Headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, we thrive on building communities, building teams, building leaders, and growing thebusiness throughout the Southeast region with additional offices in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama.

About the Role

We're looking for a Risk Manager that will lead and manage insurance, bonding, bid and proposal review, and related project-risk activities, with a primary focuson RNGD's Heavy and Mission Critical divisions. This role also oversees company-wide project insurance expirations and renewals, Subcontractor Default Insurance (SDI), subcontractor prequalification, RFP review, and related risk-management programs. Success in this role means material risks are identified early, insurance and bonding requirements are actively managed, SDI and prequalification information is accurate, open issues receive timely follow-through, and leadership has clear information and practical recommendations to support informed decisions.

As a managerial member of the Risk Department, the Risk Manager exercises independent judgment within established authority, establishes priorities, manages workflows, drives issue resolution, and provides timely recommendations and escalations to the Chief Legal Officer.

This role works closely with Legal, Insurance, Safety, Operations, Project Management, Accounting, and other business partners to maintain effective controls, monitor compliance and exposure, and ensure insurance, bonding, SDI, and prequalification requirements support project execution and RNGD's broader risk strategy.

Core Responsibilities

• Heavy and Mission Critical Project Risk Management

• • Serve as a primary risk-management partner for assigned Heavy and Mission Critical insurance, bonding, pursuit, subcontractor, and project-risk matters.
  • Collaborate with the Chief Legal Officer and Legal, Risk, Insurance, and Safety team members to identify, evaluate, mitigate, and communicate operational and project risks.
  • Develop practical risk-mitigation recommendations that support project execution while protecting RNGD's contractual and financial interests.
  • Coordinate follow-through with Operations, Project Management, Accounting, and other stakeholders responsible for resolving identified issues.
  • Monitor significant open risks, maintain visibility into required actions, and escalate material concerns promptly.

• Project Insurance and Bond Management

• • Oversee the collection and review of expiring project-related insurance policies, certificates of insurance, endorsements, and other evidence of coverage from subcontractors, consultants, and other counterparties.
  • Manage company-wide expiration, renewal, outstanding-item, approval-status, and document-retention controls for project-related insurance.
  • Oversee the receipt, review, approval routing, and tracking of subcontractor payment and performance bonds, riders, powers of attorney, and related surety documentation for Heavy and Mission Critical projects.
  • Review bond submissions against project and contractual requirements, including principal and obligee information, project identification, bond type, penal sum, execution, dates, seals, powers of attorney, and required attachments.
  • Identify insurance or bond deficiencies, coordinate resolution within established authority, and escalate material exceptions or unresolved issues.
  • Maintain reliable insurance and bond records that support project execution, audits, claims, renewals, and closeout.

• RFP, Bid, Proposal, and Contract Risk Review

• • Lead the insurance, bonding, and risk-review components of assigned RFPs, bids, proposals, contracts, and subcontracts, with a primary focus on Heavy and Mission Critical opportunities.
  • Analyze insurance and bond requirements, identify material exposures, and develop recommendations for review with the Chief Legal Officer and other stakeholders.
  • Document significant assumptions, exceptions, unresolved requirements, and required follow-up before submission or execution.
  • Partner with Legal, Operations, Project Management, and Accounting to address matters that could affect contracting, mobilization, payment, project performance, or closeout.
  • Escalate legal interpretatio