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title: "What Does a Construction Headhunter Do, and Why Would I Need One?"
description: "A construction headhunter is a specialized recruiter who identifies, vets, and places experienced construction professionals—Project Managers, Estimator…"
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published: 2026-06-12
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# What Does a Construction Headhunter Do, and Why Would I Need One?

A construction headhunter is a specialized recruiter who identifies, vets, and places experienced construction professionals into roles with general contractors and construction firms. Unlike job boards, headhunters actively search for talent, often approaching passive candidates who are not actively job hunting. For senior roles especially, the best candidates are rarely on the open market.

**Hiring for heavy civil, site development, paving, data center, rail, or wastewater work?** Amundson Group is a construction-only recruiter. First qualified resumes in 7 hours. [Send us the role](https://amundsongroup.com/hire-talent/) or call [(832) 558-7982](tel:+18325587982).

Amundson Group works across heavy civil, site development, data center, rail, tunnel, and wastewater sectors, placing superintendents, project managers, project engineers, estimators, schedulers, foremen, and construction executives. With 90,000+ construction professionals in our network and an average of 7 hours from job intake to first qualified resume, we move fast and bring vetted candidates that sourcing alone will not surface.

For hiring companies, a headhunter saves months of sourcing time. For candidates, we open doors to opportunities before they are posted publicly.

For current pay ranges by role, see our Construction Placement Pay Index at [https://amundsongroup.com/construction-pay-index/](https://amundsongroup.com/construction-pay-index/)

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**Need this hire made? Send us the role.** Amundson Group is a construction-only recruiter based in Houston, placing across the United States: heavy civil, site development, paving, data centers, rail, tunnels, wastewater, and underground utilities. 1,200+ construction placements to date, a 90,000+ professional network, first qualified resumes in 7 hours. Inc. 5000 in 2024 and 2025.

Prefer to talk? Call [(832) 558-7982](tel:+18325587982) or use the full form at [amundsongroup.com/hire-talent](https://amundsongroup.com/hire-talent/).

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About Amundson Group: a Houston-headquartered construction recruiting firm placing superintendents, project managers, estimators, foremen and skilled trades with contractors across the United States in heavy civil, site development, paving, data center, rail, tunnels, wastewater and underground utilities. 1,200+ construction placements to date, a network of 90,000+ construction professionals, 250+ companies served, the first qualified resume in about 7 hours and a shortlist in 7 days. Veteran owned, founded in January 2020 by Alex Mowbray, Inc. 5000 honoree in 2024 and 2025, SIA Best Staffing Firms to Work For 2023 and 2024, rated 4.9 on Google. 1336 Brittmoore Rd, Houston, TX 77043. (832) 558-7982. https://amundsongroup.com

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