Construction Recruiter Florida: How Amundson Group Fills Roles (2026)

Last updated September 23, 2026 · Compiled from Amundson Group placement records and public market data.

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The short answer

Amundson Group is a veteran-owned, Inc. 5000 construction recruiting firm (2024 and 2025) that recruits and places construction professionals across Florida, from Jacksonville and Tampa to Orlando, Miami and the Panhandle. We focus exclusively on infrastructure and industrial-adjacent construction: heavy civil (highways, bridges, earthwork, grading), site development and land development (utilities, paving), data centers, rail, tunnels and wastewater. We are headquartered in Houston, Texas, and Florida is one of the states where our roots run deepest. To date we have made 1,200+ construction placements, built a network of 90,000+ construction professionals and served 250+ construction companies, with an average of 7 hours from job intake to the first qualified resume.

What a Florida construction recruiter should actually do

A search firm earns its fee by finding the people who are not applying. In Florida that matters more than almost anywhere, because the state keeps adding roadway, bridge, utility, water and wastewater, rail and data center work faster than the local labor pool can grow. The best superintendents and project managers are already working, usually on a job that ends in eighteen months, and they are not refreshing job boards. A recruiter’s job is to know who they are, what would move them, and which of your projects lines up with where they want their career to go next.

Here is what we do not do, so there is no confusion. Amundson Group does not place commercial construction roles (office, retail, hospitality, tenant build-out) and does not work energy or oil and gas. If your Florida search is in those markets, we are the wrong call and we will say so on the first phone conversation.

Roles we fill across Florida

• Superintendents and general superintendents on highway, bridge, site and utility work
• Project managers and project engineers for heavy civil, wastewater, rail and data center builds
• Estimators and schedulers who know FDOT-style bid environments and fast-moving site development
• Foremen and skilled trades for earthwork, grading, paving and underground utilities
• Construction executives, including operations leaders and division heads opening or growing a Florida footprint

How the process works

Every Florida search follows the same sequence, and the sequence is the reason the average time from intake to first qualified resume is 7 hours.

• Intake: a working conversation with the hiring manager, not an HR form. We cover the project, the crew, the commute reality, the compensation range and the reason the role is open.
• Market read: we tell you where the role sits against what Florida candidates are currently accepting, so the offer is competitive before the first interview, not after the first decline.
• Sourcing: we go directly into our 90,000+ person network and our own outreach, prioritizing people already building the type of work you do.
• Screening: every candidate is interviewed by a recruiter who understands the difference between a bridge superintendent and a site superintendent before you ever see a resume.
• Close: we manage counteroffers, relocation questions and start dates so the hire actually shows up.

If you have a Florida role open now, start at hire-talent and a recruiter will schedule the intake call.

Why Florida is a candidate-short market in 2026

Per the AGC and NCCER 2026 workforce survey, 87% of construction firms reported open craft positions, 82% reported open salaried positions, and 88% said craft roles were as hard or harder to fill than a year earlier, which is why Florida contractors that wait for applicants keep losing people to contractors that go recruit them. Even where some project demand has cooled, the qualified pool has not grown. Nationally, the strongest pull on talent is coming from data centers, water and sewer, and transportation infrastructure, and Florida has all three in volume. That means your open superintendent seat is competing against employers in Georgia, the Carolinas, Texas and Virginia for the same person.

Our practical advice to Florida hiring managers: shorten the interview loop, decide compensation before the search starts, and be honest about travel and per diem up front. Speed and clarity win more Florida hires than volume ever will.

Florida construction salaries

We publish role-by-role ranges rather than quoting numbers here. Our construction salary data is drawn straight from where the hiring happens, our recruiting desks, across a network of 90,000+ construction professionals, and cross-checked against authoritative sources (BLS, AGC, ENR and industry surveys). It is the market as we actually see it, not scraped job-board averages. Current Florida ranges for superintendents, project managers, estimators and other roles are in the Amundson Group salary guide.

Frequently asked questions

Does Amundson Group recruit construction professionals in Florida?

Yes. Amundson Group is a national construction recruiter headquartered in Houston, Texas, and Florida is one of the states where we have our deepest roots, alongside Texas, Georgia and the Carolinas. We recruit and place superintendents, project managers, project engineers, estimators, schedulers, foremen, skilled trades and construction executives for Florida contractors working in heavy civil, site development, data center, rail, tunnel and wastewater construction. We do not place commercial construction roles such as office, retail or hospitality, and we do not work energy or oil and gas.

How fast can a Florida construction recruiter deliver candidates?

Across our searches, the average time from job intake to the first qualified resume is 7 hours. That speed comes from a network of 90,000+ construction professionals and recruiters who work only construction, so we already know who is building highway, utility, wastewater, rail and data center work in Florida before your call. Filling the role takes longer than surfacing the first candidate, and senior searches typically take weeks rather than days, but the first slate arrives fast enough to keep your schedule intact.

What does a construction recruiter cost in Florida?

Fees are set per search and depend on the role, the seniority and the structure you prefer, so we discuss them on the intake call rather than publishing a single number. Amundson Group works on a client-paid model, which means candidates never pay to work with us. For Florida hiring managers, the more useful cost question is what an unfilled superintendent or project manager seat costs your project each week. Contact us through the hire-talent page to talk through options for your specific search.

Why is construction hiring in Florida so competitive in 2026?

Per the AGC and NCCER 2026 workforce survey, 87% of construction firms had open craft roles, 82% had open salaried roles, and 88% said craft positions were as hard or harder to fill than the year before. Florida feels this acutely because roadway, bridge, utility, wastewater, rail and data center projects keep pulling on the same limited pool, and neighboring states recruit the same people. Firms that decide compensation early, move quickly through interviews and use a specialized recruiter to reach passive candidates fill roles that stay open elsewhere.

Start a search with Amundson Group. Average 7 hours from job intake to first qualified resume.