Per-MW pricing, regional variance, and cost drivers for owners scoping hyperscale & AI builds.
Salary benchmarks across the 14 mission-critical disciplines.
The hardest projects in American construction are engineering-constrained. iRecruit.co recruits the MEP leadership, electrical and mechanical managers, controls and commissioning talent, and project controls professionals who carry technical delivery — verified against delivered projects, from working engineer to VP.
Not a generalist technical desk — a dedicated engineering practice concentrated in mission-critical construction and advanced manufacturing.
The hardest projects in American construction are engineering-constrained. Data halls, fabs, hospitals, and grid programs move at the speed of their MEP leadership, their electrical and controls talent, and their commissioning bench.
Generic technical staffing was not built for that reality. Delivering power-dense, schedule-critical scope takes engineers who have done it before — and verifying that is a discipline of its own.
iRecruit.co is the engineering recruiting practice for mission-critical construction and advanced manufacturing. We identify, verify, and place the engineering talent that carries technical delivery, from working engineers to VPs.
Our network concentrates the MEP managers, electrical and mechanical leads, controls engineers, and commissioning professionals who deliver mission-critical scope — from working engineer to VP — not the generalist technical pool.
PE licensure, NETA levels, BCxP and CxA, PLC and SCADA fluency, sequence-of-operations authorship — we verify what your hiring managers actually screen for, against the project work claimed.
From single-role direct hire at a 20% success fee to embedded recruiting inside your workflow, engagements are structured for how technical programs actually hire.
Every discipline below is a practice area, not a keyword — the span runs from working engineers and managers through directors and VPs. Most engagements involve a coordinated set of these roles on the same technical build.
Owns mechanical, electrical, and plumbing coordination across a mission-critical build, from design review through Cx-integrated turnover.
Department-level MEP leadership — standards, bench development, and delivery accountability across a portfolio of technical builds.
Medium-voltage distribution, paralleling switchgear, NFPA 70E qualified-work programs, and EPMS scope on power-dense projects.
Chiller plants, air handling, hydronics, and cleanroom airflow — the mechanical backbone of data center, healthcare, and semiconductor work.
PLC, DCS, BAS, and SCADA fluency with sequence-of-operations authorship and integrated systems test discipline.
L1–L5 IST leadership for data centers, BCxP methodology for healthcare, CQV for life sciences — the verification layer of every technical build.
MEP systems verification, functional performance testing, TAB oversight, and integrated systems testing on mission-critical programs.
Integrated cost, schedule, and risk discipline with earned value management and executive-facing program reporting.
Owns CAD-driven mechanical design from concept through release — GD&T, tolerance analysis, DFM and drawing packages for machined and sheet-metal parts.
RTL design and verification for signal-processing, control and interface logic — VHDL or Verilog, timing closure and hardware-in-the-loop bring-up.
Guidance, navigation and control for vehicles and spacecraft — control-law design, state estimation, simulation and flight-software handoff.
Plans and executes developmental and operational test campaigns — test plans, instrumentation, data analysis and verification closeout.
Generalist engineering staffing agencies compete on volume — thousands of open recs, resume-database sourcing, and speed over verification. That model works for commodity roles. It fails on a hyperscale data hall, an operating hospital, or a cleanroom, where one wrong MEP hire costs schedule that cannot be bought back.
iRecruit.co operates as a specialist among engineering recruitment companies: our recruiters work a single market — mission-critical construction and advanced manufacturing — so candidate conversations start from delivered projects, not job descriptions. Engineer staffing at this level means verifying PE licensure where it matters, NETA and BCxP credentials, PLC and SCADA fluency, and actual delivered scope against the resume claim. That verification discipline is why hiring teams that have used broad engineering staffing firms come to us for the roles that cannot miss.
30-minute call with a practice lead — we map the disciplines, credential stack, and timeline, and quote a concrete proposal within 48 hours.
Director, VP, and senior technical leadership roles where confidentiality and time-to-fill discipline matter most. Qualified slate in 14–21 days.
Pricing — structured retainer + completion fee, with replacement guarantee
Contingent-style direct-hire recruiting for individual technical roles, backed by the same credential verification as our retained work.
Pricing — 20% success fee on placement, 90-day replacement credit
A dedicated recruiter or team operating inside your hiring workflow — built for sustained multi-role technical hiring across a program.
Pricing — monthly volume-based fee + success fee at a reduced rate
The same compensation data we use to structure offers — published. MEP engineers run $84k–$116k mid-career and $105k–$155k at senior level; electrical estimators reach $190k in mission-critical sectors. Full breakdowns below.
Entry through senior MEP compensation, and the premiums mission-critical sectors pay over commercial work.
National bands, sector premiums, and the credential stack that moves an electrical estimator up the range.
Controls and automation compensation across sectors, from plant-floor systems to mission-critical BMS scope.
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Fees follow the engagement model. Direct-hire recruiting support runs a 20% success fee on placement. Retained executive search for director and VP engineering leadership is structured at 30% of first-year compensation. RPO programs start at a $15k service fee with volume-based pricing, and embedded recruiting runs on a monthly volume-based fee plus a success fee at a reduced rate. Every iRecruit.co placement carries a 90-day replacement credit.
Most engineering recruitment agencies source from a broad technical talent pool and staff across every industry. iRecruit.co recruits engineering talent only for mission-critical construction and advanced-manufacturing programs, which concentrates our network exactly where power-dense, schedule-critical projects hire from — MEP leadership with delivered hyperscale experience, electrical managers fluent in medium-voltage distribution, commissioning professionals with BCxP and IST credentials, and controls engineers who can author a sequence of operations. Every candidate is verified against delivered project history and the actual credential stack, not keyword matches.
Our model is direct-hire and embedded recruiting rather than temp labor. If you need a contract workforce of hourly technicians, a volume staffing firm is the right partner. If you need the engineers and technical leaders who run mission-critical scope — and you need them verified and closed in a competitive market — that is the work iRecruit.co is built for. Embedded engagements give you dedicated recruiter capacity inside your workflow when hiring volume is sustained.
iRecruit.co runs searches across every major US engineering and construction market — Northern Virginia, Phoenix, Dallas–Fort Worth, Atlanta, Columbus, Austin, and beyond — plus EMEA hubs. Searches are delivered by a national practice rather than a local branch office, which means the shortlist draws from the full mission-critical network, including relocation-ready candidates, not just whoever is nearby.
Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) leadership; electrical and power distribution; mechanical and HVAC systems; controls, automation, and BMS; commissioning from agent through director; and project controls. The span runs from working engineers and managers through directors and VPs — see the roles above, each with its own hiring page.
30-minute scoping call. We map the disciplines, the credentials, the geography, and the engagement model that fits your program — and quote a concrete proposal within 48 hours.
iRecruit.co recruits engineering talent across data center, semiconductor, healthcare, life sciences, and energy programs. Submit your resume to be matched to confidential roles.
