The Company

RMS Engineering & Construction Pty Ltd (RMS) is owned by the Richard McDonald Family. Richard McDonald is the fourth generation of McDonalds to be involved in civil construction and building. The McDonald family heritage advocates a strong work ethic combined with personal business values and best practice processes.

The McDonald history began in Victoria during the 1920’s when the original company founder and forefather, John Joseph McDonald worked with WW1 soldiers to build sections of the now famous Great Ocean Road. He also worked with the local landholders to construct storage dams and access roads. During the early 1990’s the future was deemed to be in North Queensland and an office was established in Townsville.

A substantial restructure of JJ McDonald & Sons Engineering Group (JMS) in November 2007 of which Richard McDonald was both a founding member and CEO, instigated the inception of RMS. During the JMS period Richard McDonald (RMS Managing Director gained many years of experience in civil construction and contract negotiation.

The East Timor operations were established by Richard McDonald and Richard Sippel (the current East Timor Manager) in 1999. Further to the 2007 restructure of JMS all management and staff in East Timor have remained with RMS and this includes 25 Australian and Philippine expatriates and approximately 65 East Timor nationals. RMS are the preferred suppliers to the Australian Defence Force, United Nations and Australian, New Zealand, Japanese and American Embassies in providing a diverse range of construction and engineering projects.

In mid 2008 RMS identified the growth and construction opportunities in the Northern Territory and combined with the synergies of the East Timor business established an office in Darwin.

RMS now has offices in Townsville, Darwin and Dili East Timor, Head office is located in Townsville.