TPG Engineering, led by Chris Tipper

HVAC recruitment for technicians, service leaders and project teams.

Technician in orange vest inspecting a large industrial unit

HVAC hiring is tightening because senior service technicians, service managers and HVAC project managers are not moving for pay alone. They are weighing project pipeline, call-out expectations, vehicle arrangements, leadership quality and whether the business has enough work to offer stability. Advertising alone is often slow because the best candidates are already employed and not actively looking.

Air conditioning and refrigeration mechanics are a specialised trade workforce, and public labour market data shows a heavily full-time workforce concentrated in construction and services related sectors. Data centre and digital infrastructure growth are also increasing demand for cooling, mechanical and energy related capability.

If HVAC hiring is recurring rather than occasional, the HVAC Workforce Partnership Programme should be the next conversation. The model is built for mechanical services, refrigeration, building services and facilities businesses that hire more than once, with recruitment terms that can improve by up to 20% as the relationship grows.

Roles we fill

  • Construction Manager
  • Project Manager
  • Site Manager
  • Design Manager
  • Foreman and Supervisor
  • Contract Administrator
  • Project Engineer and Site Engineer
  • MEP design engineers: mechanical, electrical and hydraulic
  • Drafters and BIM coordinators
  • Estimator
  • Quantity Surveyor
  • Health, Safety and Environment Advisor
  • Scheduler and Planner
  • Building Supervisor
  • Electricians, plumbers, HVAC technicians, carpenters, joiners and shopfitters
  • Labourers and trades assistants

Compliant on day one, and still compliant in month six

Every person we put forward is checked against the role and the site before you see a name, and the checks do not stop at the start date. Tickets, licences and inductions are held against each person with their expiry dates, so a renewal is flagged before the shift rather than discovered on site. Onboarding, e-signatures, inductions, rostering and timesheets run through the one system, and the records are there when the auditor asks.

  • White Card sighted, expiry date recorded
  • High risk work licences and plant tickets, held with their expiry dates so a renewal is flagged before it lapses
  • Verification of competency for the plant and tasks on your site
  • Right to work and ID verified before anyone is presented
  • Project and site inductions completed before day one
  • SWMS and WHS acknowledgements signed digitally and kept on record
  • Two referees on every candidate

How we can work together

Permanent

Contingent or retained. Every permanent hire carries a 12 month replacement guarantee on our standard terms.

Contract

Project based hires with onboarding, timesheets and WHS handled by us.

Labour hire

Trades and labourers on site fast, compliant, with payroll and inductions covered.

Straight answers for this market

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Book a discovery call

Tell Chris about the project and the team around the hire. He will confirm a realistic timeline when he takes the brief.