Founder of Gulfstream Strategic Placements and a commercial mechanical recruiter for more than 13 years. He and the Gulfstream team hire for HVAC, plumbing and process piping, sheet metal, and building automation contractors across the United States.
Project executives, project managers, superintendents, estimators, service managers, and operations leaders for commercial HVAC, plumbing and process piping, sheet metal, and building automation contractors.
Replacing a leader who is still in the seat, or opening a new region quietly. The role is marketed without naming your company until both sides agree to talk.
Estimating and preconstruction desks, plus service departments — dispatchers, service managers, chiller and boiler technicians, controls and commissioning techs.
Every candidate is interviewed on project type, size, delivery method, systems worked, and compensation expectations before you see them.
Compensation framing, counteroffer coaching, resignation planning, and start-date coordination so accepted offers actually start.
What comparable roles are paying in your metro, how deep the candidate pool is, and what your offer has to look like to win — before you post the job.
Typically 20–25% of first-year base salary, invoiced when the hire starts.
Standard for individual contributor and mid-level roles. Includes a 90-day replacement guarantee.
Typically 25–30% of first-year base, split across milestones.
For confidential leadership and executive searches where the role must be worked exclusively.
Reduced rate, quoted in writing.
For teams, new offices, or ongoing hiring programs across several roles.
Fees are employer-paid. Candidates never pay a fee. Exact rates, replacement guarantees, and payment terms are confirmed in writing before a search begins, and invoicing starts only when a hire actually starts.
Contingency search for commercial mechanical contractors. You pay only when you hire, with a 90-day replacement guarantee.
No fees to review. Confidential search.
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Eric Dickerson, founder of Gulfstream Strategic Placements, has recruited for commercial mechanical construction for more than 13 years — HVAC, plumbing and piping, sheet metal, and building automation.
Contingent searches are typically 20–25% of first-year base salary and invoiced only when the hire starts. Retained searches are typically 25–30% split across milestones. Fees are employer-paid and confirmed in writing before work begins; candidates never pay a fee.
It depends on the role, the market and the pay. We set expectations on the first call and update you as the search moves.
Yes. Searches run nationwide from the Corona, CA office, with concentrated activity in California, Texas, the Mountain West, Pacific Northwest, Southeast, Hawaii, and Guam.