Technieker

Technieker recruits for challenging work in techniek, on the belief that challenge is what makes technical work interesting. The company makes matches on content by getting to the bottom of both personal motivation and technical substance, and it says it can do so because its own people have worked in the field themselves rather than learning it from a book. It calls itself a specialist in Friesland, technically substantive through knowledge and experience, and an expert in the maak- en procesindustrie. It is explicit that it is not an uitzendbureau, an intermediary or a job board: it works with a limited number of employers and is in contact not only with HR but with the shop floor, with team leaders and with engineers, because knowing exactly what is happening inside an organisation is its priority.

The specialism is engineering and technical management in manufacturing and process industry companies. Roles the company recruits include mechanical, process, software, project, electrical, hardware, R&D, maintenance, service, commissioning and quality engineers, along with lead engineers, project managers, operations managers, werkvoorbereiders, teamleiders techniek and inkopers. Candidates come from study backgrounds in werktuigbouwkunde, automatisering, mechatronica, technische bedrijfskunde and elektrotechniek, and the interest areas it covers include engineering, procestechniek, machinebouw, technisch tekenen, sales, scheepsbouw, fijnmechanische techniek, lean six sigma and continuous improvement.

Technieker works from Freark Damwei 48 in Leeuwarden and focuses on the north of the Netherlands, mainly Friesland, with vacancies in Leeuwarden, Heerenveen, Drachten, Sneek, Bolsward, Joure, Dokkum, Lemmer, Emmeloord and Assen. Its argument to professionals is that the challenge they want is not to be found between the filters of Indeed or LinkedIn, and that an open application with a CV brings the five most interesting vacancies in and around Friesland directly. It promises deliberate communication and no spam, and every applicant deals directly with a consultant who is involved with the relevant employers and holds the technical knowledge of that field, followed through a set process from introduction to contract discussion.