--- title: "Sitework Contractor Recruiter: 2026 Guide | Amundson Group" description: "A sitework contractor recruiter specializes in filling leadership, management, and skilled trade roles for heavy civil, site development, utilities." url: https://amundsongroup.com/sitework-contractor-recruiter-2026/ published: 2026-08-07 modified: 2026-10-25 publisher: Amundson Group markdown_of: https://amundsongroup.com/sitework-contractor-recruiter-2026/ --- # Sitework Contractor Recruiter: 2026 Guide | Amundson Group August 7, 2026 [Insights](https://amundsongroup.com/insights/) *Last updated October 22, 2026 · Compiled from Amundson Group placement records and public market data.* **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). ## What a sitework contractor recruiter actually does A sitework contractor recruiter is a construction recruiter who specializes in the companies that prepare the ground before anything vertical goes up: mass earthwork, grading and excavation, wet and dry utilities, storm drainage, paving and site concrete. The work is different from building construction, and so is the hiring. A superintendent who has run a steel erection schedule is not the same hire as a superintendent who has balanced cut and fill, managed haul routes, kept a pipe crew ahead of the pavers and closed out a subdivision or industrial park on time. A sitework recruiter knows that difference and screens for it before a resume ever reaches you. Amundson Group is a Houston-headquartered, veteran-owned construction recruiting firm and an Inc. 5000 honoree in 2024 and 2025. Site development and land development, including utilities and paving, is one of our core sectors, alongside heavy civil, data center, rail, tunnels and wastewater. Amundson Group does not place commercial, energy or oil and gas roles. ## Roles a sitework contractor recruiter fills - Superintendents and general superintendents who run earthwork, utility and paving crews in the field - Project managers and project engineers who own budgets, submittals, change orders and owner relationships on site packages - Estimators who take off quantities from civil plans, price dirt and pipe, and build competitive bids - Schedulers who sequence earthwork, utilities and paving around weather and permitting - Foremen and skilled trades, including equipment operators, pipe crews and grade checkers - Construction executives, from division managers to presidents of site development contractors ## Why sitework hiring is hard to do in-house The best sitework people are almost never on a job board. They are working, they are known inside a small circle of contractors in their region, and they move when someone they trust calls with a better opportunity. Posting a superintendent opening usually brings a stack of vertical-construction resumes and a handful of sitework candidates who are looking for a reason to leave their current employer. Meanwhile the backlog does not wait. An open superintendent seat on a grading job costs production every day it sits empty, and an estimator seat left open means bids go out thinner or do not go out at all. A specialist recruiter solves that by maintaining relationships with sitework professionals before the need exists, and by knowing which questions reveal whether a candidate has really run the work. ## How the Amundson Group process works - Intake: we take the role, the project type, the equipment mix, the crew size and the reporting structure from the hiring manager directly, not from a job description alone. - Search: we work our network of 90,000+ construction professionals, starting with people who have done the same kind of sitework in the same region. - Screening: every candidate is interviewed on sitework specifics, including the self-perform scope they have managed, the size of earthwork and utility packages they have run, and the owners and general contractors they have worked under. - Shortlist: you receive a small number of qualified, interested candidates rather than a volume of unfiltered resumes. - Offer and start: we manage interviews, references, compensation discussions and counteroffers through the first day on site. Across 1,200+ construction placements and 250+ construction companies served, Amundson Group averages 7 hours from job intake to first qualified resume. ## Where we recruit sitework talent Amundson Group is a national construction recruiter with a single office in Houston, Texas. Our deepest roots are in Texas, including Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio and Fort Worth, along with Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Nashville, Phoenix, Denver and the Virginia corridor. We place and serve site development contractors nationwide, including California and New York. If you are hiring, you can start a search at [amundsongroup.com/hire-talent](https://amundsongroup.com/hire-talent/). ## What sitework clients and candidates should expect on pay Compensation for sitework superintendents, estimators and project managers varies by region, by self-perform scope and by whether the contractor works public or private projects. 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 such as BLS, AGC, ENR and industry surveys. It is the market as we actually see it, not scraped job-board averages. Current ranges by role are published in our [construction salary guide](https://amundsongroup.com/salary-guide/). ## How to choose a sitework contractor recruiter Ask any recruiter three things: how many sitework and heavy civil placements they have made, whether they can describe the difference between a utility superintendent and a paving superintendent without reading from a script, and how quickly they can show you a qualified candidate. A recruiter who fills office, retail and hospitality roles one week and earthwork roles the next will struggle on the second question. A recruiter who lives in heavy civil and site development every day will not. ## Frequently asked questions ### What is a sitework contractor recruiter? A sitework contractor recruiter is a construction recruiting specialist who fills roles for companies that perform earthwork, grading, excavation, utilities, storm drainage, paving and site concrete. The recruiter screens candidates on sitework-specific experience, such as the self-perform scope they have managed and the civil packages they have run, rather than general construction background. Amundson Group recruits for site development and land development contractors as one of its core sectors, alongside heavy civil, data center, rail, tunnels and wastewater, and fills superintendent, project manager, project engineer, estimator, scheduler, foreman, skilled trades and executive roles nationwide. ### How fast can Amundson Group deliver sitework candidates? Amundson Group averages 7 hours from job intake to first qualified resume. That speed comes from a network of 90,000+ construction professionals built before the opening exists, so a sitework superintendent or estimator search starts with people who have already done the work rather than with a job posting. After the first resume, we interview each candidate on sitework specifics, present a short list of qualified and interested people, and manage interviews, references, compensation and counteroffers through the candidate’s first day on site. ### Does Amundson Group recruit sitework roles outside Texas? Yes. Amundson Group is a national construction recruiter headquartered in Houston, Texas, which is our only office. We place and serve site development contractors nationwide, including California and New York. Our deepest roots are in Texas, Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Nashville, Phoenix, Denver and the Virginia corridor, where we have the largest concentration of sitework, heavy civil and utility contacts in our network of 90,000+ construction professionals. Amundson Group does not place commercial, energy or oil and gas roles. ### Where can I find sitework superintendent and estimator salary ranges? Amundson Group publishes construction salary ranges by role in its salary guide at amundsongroup.com/salary-guide. The 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 such as BLS, AGC, ENR and industry surveys. Sitework compensation varies by region, by self-perform scope and by public versus private project mix, so the guide is the best starting point for superintendent, project manager, estimator and foreman ranges before a search begins. *[Start a search with Amundson Group](https://amundsongroup.com/hire-talent/). Average 7 hours from job intake to first qualified resume.* More from Amundson Group: [the site development recruiting desk](https://amundsongroup.com/sectors/site-development-construction-recruitment/). **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/). Looking for your next role? [See open construction jobs](https://amundsongroup.com/jobs/). Written by Amundson Group Research Team --- 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. 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