Dallas–Fort Worth runs on data center, healthcare, industrial, and a very large commercial service base. It is a service-technician market before it is anything else, and metroplex geography means a hire in Plano is not the same as a hire in Arlington.
Looking for an HVAC recruiter in Dallas–Fort Worth or a mechanical contractor recruiter serving Dallas–Fort Worth, TX? Gulfstream Strategic Placements recruits for commercial mechanical contractors, covering HVAC service, plumbing, piping, sheet metal and building automation. Share the work location and role so the search starts with your actual project or service requirements.
A Dallas–Fort Worth contractor search needs more than a matching job title. Tell us whether the work involves chiller service, chilled-water piping, DDC/BACnet controls, estimating, project management or VDC/BIM coordination, along with the required experience, schedule and travel. We talk with candidates before presenting them and provide a written summary to support your hiring decision.
If you searched “HVAC recruiter near me” in Dallas–Fort Worth, our staffed office is in Corona, California, and we recruit nationwide; this page does not represent a separate Dallas–Fort Worth office. Your company name stays confidential in public job descriptions. Searches are direct-hire contractor roles, not union hall dispatch; union-signatory and merit-shop contractors can both submit a job order.
Tell us what you are hiring in Dallas–Fort Worth and the recruiter who covers this market will contact you the same business day with next steps, a realistic pay range and the candidates we already know. Most searches run on contingency — you pay only when a hire starts — with a 90-day replacement guarantee on contingency placements; retained fees apply only to confidential or executive searches.
Dallas–Fort Worth mechanical work spans data centers, healthcare, corporate campuses and relocations, distribution and manufacturing, and heavy commercial service across Dallas, Fort Worth, Plano, Irving, Arlington and the northern suburbs. UA Local 100 in Dallas, UA Local 146 in Fort Worth and SMART Local 68 sheet metal anchor the union side alongside a very large open-shop market.
We place commercial HVAC and chiller service technicians, data center mechanical project managers, pipefitting and plumbing superintendents, sheet metal detailers and VDC staff, controls technicians, estimators and service sales people for DFW contractors.
DFW is two labor markets stitched together, so we screen candidates on which side of the metroplex they will actually drive to before a shortlist reaches you.
Looking for HVAC, plumbing, piping or mechanical work in Dallas–Fort Worth? We are running 30 live searches in the Dallas–Fort Worth region right now. Applying is free, we never charge candidates, and we do not release your name to a contractor without your say-so.
Commercial mechanical, plumbing, sheet metal and controls contractors across the Dallas–Fort Worth, TX market. We recruit for them directly, so the 30 openings listed on our jobs page are real searches, not job-board reposts. We do not name a contractor publicly before you agree to an interview.
No. Candidates never pay us — the hiring contractor pays the fee. You can apply to any Dallas–Fort Worth opening or set a free email alert and talk to a recruiter before your name goes anywhere.
Searching "plumber jobs near me" or "HVAC jobs near me" from Dallas–Fort Worth? Each search below is filtered to the Dallas–Fort Worth, TX area and shows only roles we are recruiting for right now — 30 live openings today. Applying is free and your name is never sent to a contractor without your approval.
Dallas–Fort Worth mechanical work is largely covered by UA Local 100 (Dallas), UA Local 146 (Fort Worth), SMART Local 68 (Dallas & Fort Worth). We work with signatory contractors as well as open-shop ones, so a Dallas–Fort Worth union journeyman, apprentice or foreman can apply here without leaving the hall's out-of-work list. Check the pay scale for your local below, then look at what is open.
Start with our Dallas–Fort Worth job list — it is filtered to the Dallas–Fort Worth, TX area and carries only live searches we are running for local commercial mechanical, plumbing, sheet metal and controls contractors, 30 of them today. You can apply in about 30 seconds, or set a free email alert and we will send new Dallas–Fort Worth roles as they post.
Yes. Dallas–Fort Worth mechanical work is largely covered by UA Local 100 (Dallas), UA Local 146 (Fort Worth), SMART Local 68 (Dallas & Fort Worth). Many of the Dallas–Fort Worth-area contractors we recruit for are signatory, and we also place with merit-shop contractors. We never charge a candidate a fee, and we keep your search confidential until you agree to an interview.
No. Both union and merit-shop contractors hire across the Dallas–Fort Worth market. Tell the recruiter which you prefer and we will only send you roles that match — your classification, hours and benefits are confirmed before any introduction.
A Dallas–Fort Worth search here is not just the city limits. We recruit across the whole Dallas–Fort Worth, TX labor market, so a role tagged Dallas–Fort Worth may sit in any of these communities — and the drive, shift and per-diem are spelled out before you talk to anyone.
SMART Local 68, UA Local 100, UA Local 146 and IBEW Local 20 are seated in the Dallas–Fort Worth market. Each one below links to its published pay scale, apprentice steps and hall contact details, so you can check scale before you apply. Gulfstream is not a hall and does not run an out-of-work list — applying here costs nothing and does not affect your standing with your local.
Journeyman scale on the Dallas–Fort Worth-area sheets we hold runs from $36.18 to $41.28 an hour base, before the benefit package. Those are the halls' own published figures, not our estimates — contract cycles move them, so confirm the current rate with the hall before you act on it.
30 active Dallas–Fort Worth-area searches are open today. This is the current mix by role, straight off our live job board — click a line to see only those openings.
SMART Local 68, UA Local 100, UA Local 146 and IBEW Local 20 are seated in the Dallas–Fort Worth market. We publish each hall's address, phone number and latest published journeyman rate on its own page, sourced from the local's wage sheet. Journeyman scale on the Dallas–Fort Worth-area sheets we hold runs from $36.18 to $41.28 an hour base, before the benefit package. Those are the halls' own published figures, not our estimates — contract cycles move them, so confirm the current rate with the hall before you act on it.
Our Dallas–Fort Worth listings cover Dallas–Fort Worth, Dallas, Fort Worth, Plano, Irving, Arlington, TX, Frisco, Garland and the surrounding communities. Tell your recruiter how far you are willing to drive and we will only send roles inside that radius.
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30 active searches in the Dallas–Fort Worth region.
We screen for drive time first in DFW, because a technician who lives in Denton will not stay on a south-Arlington board. Then equipment depth: chiller platform, controls exposure, and whether they have run mission-critical sites.
Timelines depend on the market, the role and how specialized it is. We set expectations on an intake call before a search starts.
Most searches run on contingency — you pay only when a hire starts — with a 90-day replacement guarantee on contingency placements; retained fees apply only to confidential or executive searches.
A percentage of the hire's first-year base salary, quoted in writing before we start.
Timelines depend on the market and the role. We will be straight with you about yours.
Yes — a 90-day replacement guarantee.
Your name is withheld until interviews are agreed.