Working Here
We hire slowly. We keep people for a long time.
Red Level is a small firm by design. Four to six projects at a time, four owners and a tight crew, work that lasts decades. If you build to the level the work demands — and you want to do that next to people who do the same — we should talk.
Why we're small
By design, not by accident.
We could take on more work. We choose not to. Four to six concurrent projects is the limit that lets us be on every site, take every call, and answer for every decision. It's the only way the work stays at the level we're willing to put our names on.
Most of our subs have been with us for ten or fifteen years. Some of our office team for longer. Turnover here is rare. When we add to the bench, it's because we've found someone we want to keep.
If that's the kind of place you're looking for, you'll know within a few minutes of walking a jobsite with us.
Precision
The Tape Measure
Twice. We measure twice. The crew that doesn't is the crew that comes back.
Planning
The Pencil
Plans before cuts. Drawings before purchases. Thought before motion. It saves the client money.
Honesty
The Level
If a wall isn't plumb, no finish hides it. We tell you what's off and what it'll take to fix.
Commitment
The Hammer
Show up. Stay until it's done right. The job doesn't end at 4 p.m.
Respect
The Broom
You live here. We clean every site, every day. Your home stays a home.
Find your spot
Four questions.
Tells us — and you — which seat you might fit. Takes a minute. No email required.
What kind of work do you most want to do every day?
Open Positions
Three roles open.
Project Manager
Run one to two projects end to end. Daily site presence, direct client relationships, owner-level autonomy.
Lead Carpenter
Run framing, trim, and finish on intown renovations and additions. Long projects, careful work.
Estimator
Build the numbers behind every project — early estimates, buy-out, and change order management.
A week here
What it actually looks like.
Site walks. Every project, every Monday. Project managers and the owners on a video group, going room by room — what got done last week, what's coming, what's slipping, what's clean. Decisions get made in this meeting. Nothing waits.
Client meetings. A whole-house in Druid Hills walks through finish selections. A Buckhead renovation reviews drawings for the second story. The estimator on a call with a prospective client about a kitchen scope.
Build day. Lead carpenters running their crews. The owners on three different sites by lunch. A supplier delivers slab samples to the office. Someone catches a detail that would have been wrong in two weeks.
Half-day in design coordination. The team walks a project that's three weeks from breaking ground. Architect on the call. Site survey notes get translated into final scope. The estimator updates the budget against the new drawings.
Closeout days. Punch lists on the project finishing next month. Final billings reviewed. A client texts a photo of their finished kitchen. Someone replies with a thumbs up. End of week.
To apply
Send us a note.
We read every email. Tell us who you are, what kind of work you want to do, and what we should know about you. A resume is welcome but not required.
One more thing
Not the right time?
Even if nothing's open in your seat, send us a note. We keep good people in mind for when the next project comes.