We came up in the trades before we got into recruiting. Today we fill HVAC, plumbing, pipefitting and CNC/machining roles for family-owned shops, private equity backed groups, and mission critical facilities across the Mid-Atlantic and the Texas metros. Service techs, journeyman and master plumbers, pipefitters, machinists, foremen, superintendents. Mike leads every client relationship himself.
Experience
I started out at Kipe Steel, our family’s machine shop. I ran the laser while my dad drafted the designs. That is where I learned what a shop floor actually runs on. My brother-in-law’s HVAC career is what pulled me into the mechanical trades. Metal and machines on one side, mechanical systems on the other. Both are how I got here.
Today Kipe Recruiting is a small team and I lead it myself. We are based in Mechanicsburg, PA. We place HVAC techs, plumbers, pipefitters, and CNC and machining talent across the Mid-Atlantic and the Texas metros, including DFW and Austin. We work with family-owned shops, private equity backed groups, and mission critical facilities. You get me on your calls. Not a junior associate. Not an account manager you never hear from again.
We give you a direct line to shops hiring HVAC techs, plumbers, pipefitters, and machinists across the Mid-Atlantic and the Texas metros. Your resume never goes up on a job board where your current boss can see it. No spam. No pressure. Just a straight conversation about what you want next.
I came up in this work before I ever recruited for it. I ran the laser at Kipe Steel, our family’s machine shop, while my dad drafted the prints, and my brother-in-law’s HVAC career pulled me into the mechanical trades. That is what our screening is built on. We know what EPA Universal and NATE mean on a jobsite. We know the difference between a journeyman who can run a job alone and one who still needs a lead over his shoulder. We know what a welder/fitter has to be able to do before you put him on pipe, and what a machinist has to hold on a print. HVAC, plumbing, pipefitting, CNC and machining. Same kind of shops, same standards.
All rates are figured on first-year total compensation. Contingency placements carry no upfront cost. Pick the lane that fits how you hire, and if a different one saves you money we will say so.
If a hire we place doesn’t work out in the first 60 days, we replace them at no additional cost. One backfill per placement. Your investment is protected from day one.
Once we place a candidate with you, they become your employee directly — not Kipe Recruiting’s. We handle sourcing, screening, and the interview pipeline. Once you make the hire, the candidate joins your team directly. You manage them, pay them, and onboard them as you would any other hire.
We guarantee the replacement of the employee hired by our client in every direct hire placement with a maximum of one backfill. If anything happens to the candidate within 60 days from the start date of their employment we will replace the employee at no extra cost.
The fee is generally due 7, 14, 21, or 30 calendar days after the employee starts work with our client.
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