ELLBRU

ELLBRU is an Amsterdam agency providing detachering and recruitment across bouw, vastgoed and techniek, working under the motto Eager to Engineer, Eager to Create, Eager to Maintain. It serves two sides of the same market: professionals who want to take the right career step, and clients who need the right professionals for their projects. The company reports 48,000 candidates in its network, 412 active requests, 1,035 successful placements and 342 clients helped. Alongside placement it runs the ELLBRU Academy, publishes a project overview and news section, and lets candidates upload a CV or set a vacancy alert.

The agency organises its work into seven sectors: architectuur, bouwkunde, civiele techniek, industrie, installatietechniek, vastgoed en huisvesting and overheid. The roles it fills reflect that range, from BIM coordinators to NEN 2580 specialists. Its client list includes the architecture practice de Architekten Cie., Schiphol Group, Bosman Bedrijven and Rutges Vernieuwt, which designs future proof plans for maintenance, verduurzaming and renovation of existing real estate. Clients describe screening and selection careful enough that a placed candidate has the right knowledge and skills, fits the practice culture and finds a place in project teams quickly.

ELLBRU is based on the eighth floor of the 100 Watt building at James Wattstraat 100 in Amsterdam. Clients say they work with a fixed team that knows their way of working and pays attention to the culture of the practice, and that the agency looks past the CV to whether someone genuinely suits the organisation and the team. A Schiphol Group specialist describes six years of a stable, reliable and attentive relationship, and a project leader at Bosman Bedrijven points to fast switching, a clear grasp of what is needed and service oriented working.