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Engaged Headhunters/Industries/Construction
Industries · Construction

Construction.

Senior recruiters who've been placing project executives, superintendents, and chief estimators since long before the bench got this thin.

Segment
GCs · subs · civil · industrial
Roles
VP · PE · Super · Estimator
Engagement
Engaged or contingent
Geography
Nationwide · US
The thesis

Construction is a leadership-bound industry.

Most construction firms can buy materials, equipment, and even labor on the open market. The thing they can't buy on the open market is a senior superintendent who's shipped forty projects on time, or a chief estimator who knows where the bid model breaks. Those people exist, but they're usually not on a job board.

That's the gap engaged search closes. The deposit funds passive-talent advertising; the recruiter assigned to your search has spent a decade in construction and knows which names move when the right opportunity shows up.

Roles we cover

Where the search lives.

Project leadership, field ops, preconstruction, and the back-office roles that hold the firm together when the field is on fire.

PROJECT LEADERSHIP
  • VP of Construction
  • Project Executives
  • Senior Project Managers
  • Director of Operations
FIELD OPERATIONS
  • General Superintendents
  • Senior Superintendents
  • Project Superintendents
  • MEP Coordinators
PRECONSTRUCTION
  • Chief Estimators
  • Senior Estimators
  • VP of Preconstruction
  • Director of Estimating
EXECUTIVE & BACK-OFFICE
  • Construction CFOs
  • Controllers
  • VP of HR / People Ops
  • Risk & Safety Directors
FAQ

Construction,
specifically.

The questions construction operators ask in the first call.

What kinds of construction roles do you recruit for?
Project leadership (VP of Construction, Project Executives, Senior Project Managers), field operations (Superintendents, General Superintendents), preconstruction (Chief Estimators, Estimators, Senior Estimators), and back-office leadership (CFO, Controllers, Operations Directors). We work general contractors, subcontractors, civil and heavy-civil, and industrial builders.
Do you work with general contractors only, or also subcontractors and trades?
Both. The market segment matters more than the GC/sub label. We work commercial GCs, civil/heavy contractors, mechanical and electrical trade contractors, and specialty subs where leadership talent is the bottleneck on growth.
Are construction searches typically engaged or contingent?
It depends on urgency and the depth of the role. A C-suite or VP search is usually engaged: the deposit funds passive-talent advertising and dedicated specialist time. A senior superintendent or estimator role can run engaged or contingent depending on the project pipeline pressure.
How long does a typical construction leadership search take?
Engaged searches in construction typically deliver a calibrated shortlist inside 3 to 5 weeks and close inside 8 to 12 weeks. Field-ops roles can move faster when the market is favorable; executive roles take longer when the candidate pool is thin or compensation requires re-leveling.
What about field roles like foremen and tradespeople?
Those are typically a fit for our staffing solutions track rather than engaged search. Tell us the volume and the geography and we will scope the right model.
Do you cover the entire United States?
Yes. We run nationwide searches and we are based in Virginia Beach, VA. The advertising and sourcing run nationally; the recruiter assigned to your search has specific expertise in the geography and the market segment.
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INDUSTRY · CONSTRUCTION