We Recruit the
People Who Keep
Operations Running.

Specialized direct hire recruiting for diesel, heavy equipment, field service, fleet maintenance, power generation, and maintenance and operations leadership. The hard seats. The ones your operation can’t afford to leave open.

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About LaTrae Consulting Group

Recruiting Talent That Keeps Operations Moving.

LaTrae Consulting Group is a specialized direct hire recruiting firm focused on the technical and leadership roles that protect uptime, service capacity, and operational performance.

We help companies hire experienced diesel, heavy equipment, field service, fleet maintenance, power generation, and service leadership talent across markets where qualified candidates are hard to find.

Our work is built around the roles that cannot stay open for long. When a key seat is vacant, equipment sits longer, service calls stack up, customers wait, and teams get stretched thin.

We bring targeted sourcing, market insight, direct outreach, and a high-touch recruiting process to help employers connect with qualified talent who can keep operations moving.

NMSDC Certified Minority Business Enterprise
Recruiting Expertise

Focused Search.
Practical Expertise.

We recruit for hard-to-fill technical and leadership roles that directly impact uptime, service continuity, and operational performance across equipment, fleet, field service, power generation, utility, environmental, aggregate, mining, and industrial service environments.

01
Diesel & Fleet Maintenance
Diesel technicians, fleet mechanics, PM technicians, shop foremen, fleet supervisors, and fleet maintenance leaders across transportation, waste, logistics, rental, and service environments.
02
Heavy Equipment, Rental & Field Service
Heavy equipment mechanics, field service technicians, crane mechanics, hydraulic specialists, shop technicians, and equipment maintenance professionals across rental, dealer, construction, crane, lifting, aggregate, mining, and industrial service environments.
03
Power Generation, Utilities & Critical Equipment
Generator technicians, power generation field service technicians, senior power gen specialists, and critical equipment maintenance talent supporting power generation, utilities, infrastructure, and mission critical service environments.
04
Service, Maintenance & Operations Leadership
Service managers, shop managers, maintenance supervisors, fleet maintenance leaders, branch service leaders, and operations leaders across equipment rental, field service, transportation, waste, environmental, aggregates, mining, industrial service, and PE-backed companies.
Why LaTrae

Key Differentiators.

Technical Hiring That Actually Works.

LaTrae was built to support companies hiring for roles that directly impact uptime, service capacity, and operational performance. We focus on the details that determine whether a candidate can truly succeed in the role, not just whether their resume matches the title.

Technical Search Built Around the Real Work

We do not recruit from job titles alone. We look at the equipment, service environment, certifications, troubleshooting experience, travel requirements, schedule demands, and leadership expectations behind each search so the candidates presented actually match the role.

Curated Shortlists, Not Resume Stacks

Our goal is not to overwhelm your team with volume. We present focused, pre-screened candidates who understand the opportunity, align with the role, and are ready for a serious hiring conversation.

High-Touch Search Partnership

You work with a recruiting partner who stays close to the search, communicates clearly, and understands the operational pressure behind the hire. We bring market feedback, candidate insight, and consistent follow-through from intake to offer.

Solid Candidate Guarantee

We stand behind our placements with a candidate guarantee structured according to each client agreement. Our goal is not just to make the placement. It is to support a hire that lasts.

How We Work

Focused. Direct.
Built Around Fit.

We start by understanding the role, the equipment, the market, and the operational pressure behind the hire. From there, we run a targeted search, screen for true alignment, and present a curated shortlist of candidates who are qualified, interested, and ready for a serious hiring conversation.

Companies Where We’ve Placed Talent

Ready to Fill
That Open Seat?

The longer a hard-to-fill role stays open, the more it costs your operation. Let’s talk.