200+ Manufacturing & Construction Jobs in Tampa, FL

Observed local wage data is more modest than the top end of postings. BLS put mean pay at about $65,350 for construction and extraction occupations and about $63,320 for installation, maintenance, and repair occupations in the Tampa metro as of May 2025. By contrast, local posting data shows hourly roles centering on about $22 to $28 / hour and annual postings centering on about $80k to $120k, because the mix includes salaried managers, engineers, and project roles as well as trade work.

Full August 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 99 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $41,600 at the 25th percentile, $47,746 at the median and $59,010 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 25, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

Tampa is still a workable market for Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services, but it is no longer an easy one. Local construction employment reached 99.8 thousand in July 2026, up 1.8367% year over year, and local manufacturing employment reached 74.4 thousand, up 1.2245%. At the same time, metro unemployment rose to 4.8% in July 2026, with the rate up 17.0732% year over year, while Florida-wide postings for this occupation family were down 5.7% year over year in August 2026 per Revelio Public Labor Statistics. The result is a market with real openings, especially in on-site trades and field leadership, but more screening and less room for a generic application.

Best positioned: The best odds right now belong to candidates who can work on-site and show clear HVAC, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, maintenance, or project-lead capability rather than just general labor availability.

Main caution: Do not mistake the six-figure posting band for typical trade pay, because local hands-on plumber and HVAC wages sit much closer to the mid-$20s per hour than the manager-heavy salary headlines suggest.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 204 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Chromalloy: 7 open roles
2. BayCare Health System, Inc.: 5 open roles
3. Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC: 5 open roles
4. Jabil Inc.: 5 open roles
5. Richman Property Services, Inc.: 5 open roles
6. BayCare Health System: 4 open roles
7. Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.: 4 open roles
8. Siemens Energy, Inc.: 4 open roles
9. Camden Property Trust: 3 open roles
10. Metromin: 3 open roles

Where the openings are

• Tampa: 93
• Clearwater: 23
• St. Petersburg: 14
• Largo: 10
• Oldsmar: 7
• Plant City: 6
• Riverview: 6
• Saint Petersburg: 6

Work arrangement

on-site 201 (100%), hybrid 1 (0%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is concentrated in contractor-led and building-linked work. In the local posting sample, about 65% of openings came from construction, with smaller shares from real estate at about 10%, civil engineering at about 5%, manufacturing at about 5%, and engineering at about 5%. That fits the local base: Tampa had 99.8 thousand construction jobs and 74.4 thousand manufacturing jobs in July 2026, and both sectors were still up year over year. Inside that base, the strongest near-term clusters are MEP and HVAC service and install, multi-skill property maintenance, and technical leadership roles that blend field execution with coordination. Recent local signals include Tudi Mechanical Systems hiring in Tampa for commercial HVAC installers, chiller technicians, service technicians, pipefitters, and an electrical sales engineer; multifamily and hospitality employers seeking workers who can handle HVAC, electrical, plumbing, carpentry, and appliance repair; and Tampa-based HVAC field leaders managing self-performing install crews. There is also a smaller but real specialty lane in marine and industrial work, with Tampa Bay Ship posting for marine systems technicians, HVAC and refrigeration technicians, and marine electricians. Manufacturing is the thinner slice of the posting mix right now, but it is worth watching rather than ignoring. Hillsborough County's project pipeline in 2026 was led by manufacturing companies at 36%, and Lithium Battery Company announced plans to create 50 jobs in Hillsborough County over three years.

• MEP, HVAC, and mechanical field service (high): This is one of the clearest active clusters, with live hiring for installers, chiller technicians, service technicians, pipefitters, and field-led install crews.
• Property, hospitality, and multifamily maintenance (high): Local employers are explicitly seeking multi-skilled maintenance workers who can cover HVAC, electrical, plumbing, carpentry, and appliance repair in one job.
• Marine and specialty industrial trades (moderate): Ship-repair and marine systems work is a narrower lane, but it rewards HVAC, refrigeration, electrical, and mechanical crossover skills.
• Manufacturing technician and industrial maintenance paths (moderate): Manufacturing is a smaller share of current local postings, but the county's project pipeline and announced expansions suggest a medium-term opening for technician and maintenance talent.

Where to focus: If you want the best odds in the next 90 days, focus first on on-site MEP, HVAC, and multi-skill maintenance employers, then stretch into supervisor, estimator, BIM, or field-lead paths once interviews start moving.

Roles worth searching next

• Civil engineer or MEP engineer: Project management, AutoCAD, BIM, and field-coordination skills transfer well for candidates moving from construction supervision or technical field roles into engineering-track work.
• BIM coordinator or CAD designer: Local demand signals specifically call out BIM managers, estimators, and AutoCAD-related work, which makes this a realistic bridge for field workers who already read plans and coordinate installs.
• Service dispatcher or field operations coordinator: Trade workers who understand diagnostics, dispatch logic, quoting, scheduling, and documentation can move into service operations as field-service workflows become more software-driven.
• Quality inspector or quality technician: Quality control is already present in local postings, and manufacturing is putting more emphasis on automation, inspection accuracy, and data-aware operations.

What postings ask for

• Valid driver's license (table_stakes | immediate): It is the most frequently named credential in local postings, and about 90% of roles are on-site. Who: Anyone targeting field service, maintenance, install, or mobile repair work.
• Safety compliance (table_stakes | immediate): Safety compliance appears in about 10% of local postings, and local field-lead roles explicitly emphasize on-site safety and quality. Who: All field candidates, especially anyone moving into lead or supervisor responsibilities.
• Blueprint reading (differentiator | immediate): Blueprint reading shows up in about 10% of local postings and helps you bridge from helper-level work into install, fabrication, and supervision. Who: Entry-level candidates who want faster progression and mid-career tradespeople who want more complex projects.
• Troubleshooting plus multi-skill maintenance (differentiator | immediate): Troubleshooting appears in about 10% of local postings, and local property employers are actively seeking workers who can combine HVAC, electrical, plumbing, carpentry, and appliance repair in one role. Who: Entry-level workers, maintenance techs, and career switchers coming from repair-heavy backgrounds.
• Project management (premium | immediate): Project management is the most requested hard skill in the local sample at about 15%, and Tampa recruiter signals explicitly call out HVAC project managers and MEP project managers. Who: Mid-career candidates, foremen, site leads, and strong technicians who want to move up-market.
• AutoCAD and BIM tools (premium | near-term): AutoCAD appears in local postings, and local recruiter demand extends to BIM managers and estimators who sit between field execution and technical coordination. Who: Candidates with some design, layout, estimating, or coordination exposure.

Questions about this market

What do Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services roles pay in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL?

Observed local wage data is more modest than the top end of postings. BLS put mean pay at about $65,350 for construction and extraction occupations and about $63,320 for installation, maintenance, and repair occupations in the Tampa metro as of May 2025. By contrast, local posting data shows hourly roles centering on about $22 to $28 / hour and annual postings centering on about $80k to $120k, because the mix includes salaried managers, engineers, and project roles as well as trade work. For hands-on trade workers, Tampa looks like a decent but not premium-pay market. FieldPricing lists local medians at about $25.00 for plumbers and about $24.30 for HVAC technicians, and flags Tampa as the lowest-paying metro in its comparison set for both trades.

Where is demand for Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services roles in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL concentrated?

Real opportunity is concentrated in contractor-led and building-linked work. In the local posting sample, about 65% of openings came from construction, with smaller shares from real estate at about 10%, civil engineering at about 5%, manufacturing at about 5%, and engineering at about 5%. That fits the local base: Tampa had 99.8 thousand construction jobs and 74.4 thousand manufacturing jobs in July 2026, and both sectors were still up year over year. Inside that base, the strongest near-term clusters are MEP and HVAC service and install, multi-skill property maintenance, and technical leadership roles that blend field execution with coordination. Recent local signals include Tudi Mechanical Systems hiring in Tampa for commercial HVAC installers, chiller technicians, service technicians, pipefitters, and an electrical sales engineer; multifamily and hospitality employers seeking workers who can handle HVAC, electrical, plumbing, carpentry, and appliance repair; and Tampa-based HVAC field leaders managing self-performing install crews. There is also a smaller but real specialty lane in marine and industrial work, with Tampa Bay Ship posting for marine systems technicians, HVAC and refrigeration technicians, and marine electricians. Manufacturing is the thinner slice of the posting mix right now, but it is worth watching rather than ignoring. Hillsborough County's project pipeline in 2026 was led by manufacturing companies at 36%, and Lithium Battery Company announced plans to create 50 jobs in Hillsborough County over three years.

Which employers are hiring the most Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services talent in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL?

Recent postings show the most activity from Power Design Inc. (100 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services roles in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 10% hybrid, with 90% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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