Per-MW pricing, regional variance, and cost drivers for owners scoping hyperscale & AI builds.
Salary benchmarks across the 14 mission-critical disciplines.
Hire Fabrication Managers who run the fab shop — throughput, staffing, weld quality, and on-time shipment of piping, ductwork, steel, and multi-trade assemblies feeding mission-critical jobsites. Shop-floor scheduling discipline + weld-program QA verified.
A structured process for the hire that owns shop throughput — where the wrong Fabrication Manager lets spool backlogs hide, weld rejects climb, and field crews stand around waiting on the truck.
30-minute call. Align on shop scopes, headcount, weld-program requirements, shipment cadence, and start date.
Within 2 weeks we introduce 3–5 Fabrication Managers with verified shop-leadership history. References from prior ops leadership and field customers included.
Every placement carries a replacement guarantee. If the hire fails within the warranty window, we run a no-fee replacement search.
A fab shop feeding mission-critical sites is a production plant with a construction schedule pointed at it. Throughput discipline, weld-QA rigor, and shipment reliability separate a Fabrication Manager who keeps the field fed from one who becomes the field’s excuse.
Every candidate has verified shop-scheduling history — station loading, backlog visibility, and labor-hour-per-spool performance documented.
Reference-verified weld programs — WPS/PQR control, welder quals per AWS or ASME IX, and reject-rate performance.
Reference-verified on-time shipment to site look-aheads — kitting, trucking, and delivery-window discipline.
Headcount, shifts, and trade scopes managed — verified with prior operations leadership.
WPS/PQR control, AWS CWI on staff or held, ASME IX quals, and documented reject rates.
Shop scheduling in MSuite, Stratus, or ERP-driven systems; spool tracking and backlog reporting.
OSHA 30, recordable-rate history, and crane/rigging program discipline verified.
References from the superintendents and PMs the shop fed — not just shop-side management.
Manager and multi-shop comp bands aligned with your market before finalists are introduced.
We’ll help scope the role on the call — shop scopes, weld program, and shipment cadence.
Time to shortlist is typically 2 weeks from scoping call. Total time to placement is typically 3–4 weeks.
US base salaries typically run $105k–$140k for single-shop Fabrication Managers, and $135k–$165k for multi-shop or high-volume shops feeding data-center programs. Region and shift structure move the band.
Overlapping titles, different centers of gravity. Fabrication Managers typically run trade fab — pipe, duct, steel — with weld-program depth. A Prefabrication Manager typically runs multi-trade assembly operations tied to VDC. We scope which profile your shop needs.
We verify what the shop requires. For pressure piping, ASME IX qual control and CWI access are non-negotiable; for rack assembly shops, production systems matter more. Vetting follows your scope.
Yes. Every Fabrication Manager placement carries a replacement guarantee. Guarantee terms are confirmed in writing at engagement start.
Yes. Multi-hire builds (Fab Manager + shop foremen + QC + logistics) route through embedded recruiting or RPO.
30-minute scoping conversation. We’ll review the Fabrication Manager role, shop scopes, weld program, and shipment cadence — then start sourcing.
