BST Talent

A different way to hire.

Bridge talent gaps  ·  Scale your people function  ·  Thrive as a business

You're winning work faster than you can hire for it. We lead that. As your embedded Talent Acquisition Partner, I bring AEC expertise, agency-trained speed, in-house infrastructure thinking without the cost of a full-time hire.

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1,000+ AEC Hires Delivered
7+ Years Hiring AEC Specialists
10% Year-Over-Year Growth Goals
30% Offer Decline Reduction
Bridge Scale Thrive BST Talent · United States
Britney Lorbek, founder of Bridge Scale Thrive AEC talent consulting
350+ Annual Hires Led
Who We Work With

Built for Firms at a Growth Inflection

We partner with mid-market AEC firms — typically 50 to 2,000 people — that are in active growth mode with technical and corporate roles that directly impact delivery. Dedicated recruiting function is missing or lacking.

If you're ready to stop reacting to every open role and start building a process that actually scales, this is built for you.

The Challenge

Sound familiar?

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Project pipeline outpacing hiring capacity

You're winning work but struggling to staff it. Recruiting is reactive, not proactive, and leadership is feeling the pressure.

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Your principals are spending time on recruiting that should be going toward billable work

Time that should be going toward projects and clients is going toward job boards and resume screens.

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Losing candidates to faster-moving competitors

You're in the running for strong engineers but losing offers. The process is too slow, and the interview experience isn't landing with top talent.

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You're spending on agency fees for critical roles — and starting over with every search

20–30% of salary per role, with nothing left behind once the invoice clears. No pipeline. No process. Just the next open req.

Different Approach

Why This Model Exists

When AEC firms need to hire, there are usually three options. Do it yourself, and it competes with the work that actually bills. Call an agency, and you get a transactional fee for a single fill — they place the candidate and move on. Hire a full-time recruiter, and you're carrying a salary year-round for a workload that doesn't stay steady.

Fractional recruiting is the fourth option: an embedded recruiting partner, in your firm at the level you need, without the overhead of a full-time hire or the one-and-done nature of an agency.

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How We Work

Great hires build firms.
Bad ones break them.

Your people are your most expensive line item and your biggest competitive advantage. Getting hiring right isn't a luxury, it's a growth strategy. It's how AEC firms win work, deliver projects, and grow without burning out the principals holding it all together. The difference is in the process. I bring AEC expertise, agency-trained speed, and in-house infrastructure thinking — embedded directly inside your firm, without the cost of a full-time hire.

Bridge
Bridge the Gap Between Need and the Right Hire

The right hire isn't getting someone in the seat today, it's about fit for your firm's culture, workload, and growth trajectory. I assess your current recruitment capabilities against your growth goals and map out what's missing — running active searches in tandem, so you're not waiting on a strategy before you start hiring.

Scale
Scale With a Strategy Behind Every Search

Filling a role is the easy part. Building a repeatable process so you can do it again, faster, smarter, and without starting from scratch, that's the work. I help AEC firms move from reactive hiring to a proactive talent strategy that scales with the firm — pipelines and process so you're not starting from zero each search.

Thrive
Thrive With a Partner Who Builds Past the Placement

Growth doesn't stop at the hire. You get more than a filled role — recruiting systems, talent pipelines that stay warm, and a growth process built around how your firm actually hires. It's not one search and done, it's hiring capability that keeps working for your firm.

Services

Where I Can Help

Sourcing & Passive Talent Engagement
Screening & Evaluation
Hiring Manager Enablement
Offer Negotiation & Close
Process & Infrastructure Design
Employer Branding
Recruiting Tech & ATS Setup
Early Career Recruitment
AI-Enabled Recruiting
Compensation Benchmarking & Strategy

Let's build a hiring function that helps your business thrive.

Britney Lorbek, AEC talent consultant serving firms nationwide
United States Serving AEC Firms Nationwide
About Britney Lorbek

The gap between agencies and full-time hires
is exactly where I work.

I'm Britney Lorbek, a Talent Acquisition strategist with 7+ years embedded in AEC. I've been inside high-growth engineering firms and built recruiting markets at top agencies. That dual perspective is what led me to found Bridge Scale Thrive.

Most AEC firms have three options when they need to hire — and none of them are quite right. I built BST to be the fourth: an embedded fractional TA partner who handles day-to-day recruiting execution while building the structure, process, and infrastructure that outlasts my engagement.

This isn't a placement service. It's not a staffing agency. It's the recruiting function your firm needs, when you need it, without the overhead.

I'm based in Denver, Colorado (with deep roots in Texas, where I'm from), and I've spent the better part of a decade recruiting engineers, architects, and professionals across the country. When I'm not sourcing candidates or building out hiring processes, you'll find me exploring great restaurants, planning the next weekend mountain getaway, or tracking down a good cappuccino.

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For Candidates

Engineering Your
Next Opportunity

We work with AEC firms across the country — which means we have visibility into roles and teams you won't find on a job board. If you're a technical professional quietly exploring your options, we'd love to know about you.

Connecting with us is free, confidential, and puts you on our radar for the right opportunities when they arise.

Structural, civil, MEP, and infrastructure engineers
Project managers and technical directors
Executive and leadership roles across AEC
Corporate functions within engineering firms

All inquiries are strictly confidential. We never share your information without your explicit permission.

Let's Connect

Tell us a bit about yourself and what you're looking for. We'll be in touch.

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Or email directly: britney@bridge-scale-thrive.com

Work With BST Talent

Start hiring smarter.

Whether you're facing a hiring crunch, preparing for your next growth stage, or rethinking your talent function from the ground up — I'd welcome the conversation.

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