Pumps

Mechanical seal specialists and applications engineers with API 610 refinery experience are consistently the hardest to source. These roles require a combination of hands-on field experience and engineering knowledge that most candidates build over 10+ years. Pump sales engineers with real system sizing experience (not just quoting from a catalog) are also in high demand, especially in water/wastewater and chemical processing.

The equipment is different but the recruiting challenge is similar: the best people are working, not job searching. Pump technicians need to understand hydraulics, mechanical seals, alignment, and vibration analysis in ways compressor techs don't. The OEM landscape is also different: Flowserve, Sulzer, ITT Goulds, Grundfos, KSB, and Xylem have different technical cultures than compressed air OEMs. We know the differences because we recruit across both markets and we screen for the right technical baseline in each.

The Certified Pump Systems Assessment Professional (PSAP) credential is recognized industry-wide for pump system energy audits and efficiency assessments. It signals that a candidate understands system-level performance, not just component repair. For senior technical and applications engineering roles, it's a differentiator. For field service technicians, hands-on experience with specific pump types (centrifugal, positive displacement, submersible) and familiarity with API 610/682 standards matters more than a certification alone.

Yes. We work with both. The roles and the candidate profiles are different: OEM manufacturers need product engineers, factory service techs, and territory managers who understand the design side. Distributors need field service techs, applications engineers, and sales reps who understand the customer's system and can size, troubleshoot, and sell across multiple pump brands. We screen differently for each because the job is different even when the title sounds the same.

Nationwide. Pump industry hiring concentrates in regions with heavy process industry activity: the Gulf Coast (refining, petrochemical), the Midwest (water/wastewater, food processing), and the Southeast (chemical, pulp and paper). But pump distributors and service companies operate everywhere. We've placed pump professionals from Houston to Minneapolis to the Northeast corridor. Location, relocation openness, and travel requirements are part of every screening conversation.