Empresas RFA is a 68-year-old Chilean engineering and construction group operating across structural design, port engineering, seismic engineering, and technical inspection. The tech stack reflects heavy reliance on legacy CAD and project-management tools (AutoCAD, Revit, Civil 3D, SAP, Oracle Primavera, Microsoft Project) — typical of traditional AEC firms — with no recorded adopting or replacing activity, suggesting infrastructure-first operations where tool stability matters more than innovation velocity. Active hiring is concentrated in engineering roles (91 positions), skewed heavily senior, indicating project-driven staffing to meet public-tender demand rather than product development.
Notable leadership hires: Head of Advisory, Head Advisory
Empresas RFA is a partnership-structure Chilean firm founded in 1956 by engineer Rodrigo Flores Álvarez. The group delivers multidisciplinary engineering and construction services, including design engineering, seismic-resistant engineering, technical inspection and administration of works, structural rehabilitation and reinforcement, and IT project development. Primary clients are government and public agencies executing infrastructure projects (airports, hospitals, water systems, rural services, penitentiaries). The company operates 501–1,000 headcount, headquartered in Santiago, with all hiring activity currently in Chile.
BIM, AutoCAD, SAP, Revit, Navisworks, Civil 3D, Oracle Primavera, Microsoft Project, Aconex, and Alfresco. Stack is CAD and project-management focused, typical of traditional AEC operations.
Structural and technical inspection of public infrastructure: airport concessions, hospital construction, rural water supply systems, sanitary services, train washing facilities, and penitentiary construction — primarily government-led or concessioned works.
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