Kipe Recruiting
Kipe Recruiting

Nationwide HVAC Recruiting. No Retainer. 60-Day Replacement Guarantee.

HVAC contractors hire service techs, installers, and operations leadership through us, and I recruit plumbing and pipefitting with that same shop-floor depth. You pay only when someone starts.

Experience

Mike Kipe, founder of Kipe Recruiting
About Kipe Recruiting

Built by Someone Who Knows the Trade

My brother-in-law has been a commercial HVAC tech for over a decade. That’s how I got into this — placing HVAC roles under a mentor, learning the trade from the people who actually do the work.

Today I run Kipe Recruiting from Pennsylvania, but we place HVAC techs, installers, and service managers for contractors nationwide. Our team handles sourcing and screening. I personally handle every contractor conversation and every placement. If you’ve been disappointed by recruiters who pass you off to a junior associate, that’s exactly what we don’t do.

For HVAC Techs

Looking for Your Next HVAC Role?

Get a direct line to contractors actively hiring HVAC, plumbing, and pipefitting talent nationwide, without posting your resume where your current boss might see it. No spam, no pressure, just a straight conversation about what you’re looking for.

Why Choose Kipe Recruiting

Built For the Trades. Built For Trust.

01

Shop-Floor Trade Expertise

HVAC is my anchor. I know what EPA Universal and NATE certifications mean in the field and what to screen for. I bring that same shop-floor knowledge to plumbing and pipefitting, because those roles live in the same shops and I know them just as well.

02

Two Ways To Work With Us

Premium — 25%
Contingency placement. Non-exclusive. You’re free to work with other agencies on the same role.
Standard — 22.5%
Exclusive. Kipe Recruiting is your only agency on the role. No other agencies.

Choose the option that fits you: pay the higher rate and stay open to other agencies, or go exclusive and pay less. Either way, you get the same quality and our full attention.

03

60-Day Replacement Guarantee

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.

FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Once we place a candidate with you, they become your employee directly — not Kipe Recruiting’s. I 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 charge a fee billable to our client based off of the worker's salary or hourly salary (pay rate) x 2080 (hours in a work year). For example, if the worker's pay rate is $20/hour we would multiply it by 2080 hours in a year and we would get their hourly salary, $41,600. We would then multiply our fee at 25% (41600 x .25) to get our fee, $10,400.

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.