Experience

BioMCN

• Netherlands
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• QHSE Manager

  • Jan 2022 - Present



Linde

• United Kingdom
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director On-Site Production Benelux

  • Sep 2019 - Dec 2021

  Leading a team responsible for safe, compliant and efficient operations and maintenance execution of (BRZO) plants producing industrial, medical and food-grade gases. Plants (some of them world-scale) located throughout the Benelux, managed from the two hubs in IJmuiden and Rotterdam-Botlek (±100 employees). In total 5 Air Separation Plants (producing oxygen, nitrogen, argon and noble gases), 1 hydrogen plant, 1 compressed air station, 3 CO2 plants and 10 unmanned on-site nitrogen plants;

• Manager Reliability Platform South-Europe

  • Jun 2019 - Nov 2019

  Leading a team (± 40 employees) responsible for asset management, reliability and maintenance engineering, process safety, turnaround management and second line maintenance (Troubleshooting) of all Air Separation, Hydrogen and CO2 Plants located in the South-Europe (Benelux, France and Iberia).



Gasunie

• Netherlands
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager Installations Netherlands / Head Mining Gasunie (HQ Groningen)

  • May 2014 - Apr 2019

  Leading a team responsible for the safe operations and maintenance of 21 (BRZO) installations (underground gas- and nitrogen storages, blending-, compressor- and nitrogen installations) in the Netherlands (±250 employees). As Head Mining responsible for the Gasunie Mining Organization Netherlands. - Special result: A reorganization ensuring the efficiency, maneuverability and readiness of the energy transition, in which decommissioning several of the in total 21 locations was key. - Special result: Responsible for the optimization of the terms of employment, together with the workers council and the labor unions. Show less

• Manager Gas Transport Systems Netherlands (HQ Groningen)

  • Apr 2010 - Apr 2014

  Leading a team responsible for the safe operations and maintenance of the gas transport system (±12.000km pipeline, ±1.200 Gas delivery Stations and ±100 gas pressure reducing stations) in the Netherlands, Route Management (Klic, stakeholder-management and permit-policy) and Special Assignments for repairing damaged pipelines under pressure (±400 employees).- Special result: The initiation and start of GNIP (Gasunie Network Improvement Program), a maintenance replacement program with a total value of 3 Milliard euro. Show less

• Manager Technical Services (HQ Groningen)

  • Sep 2007 - Mar 2010

  Accountable for 90 highly qualified employees. The department was responsible for second line maintenance of the field organization, data management (technical drawings, SAP, Klic data, etc.), compliance, Lean, maintenance policy (asset management) and maintenance optimization (FMECA analysis, Predictive maintenance, etc.). - Special result: SAP optimization, including the procedures and instructions.

• Manager Pipelines & Stations West (Waddinxveen).

  • Nov 2004 - Aug 2007

  Leading a team responsible for the safe operations and maintenance of the gas transport system (±6.000km pipeline, ±600 Gas delivery Stations and ±50 gas pressure reducing stations) in the Netherlands (±110 employees).- Special result: The design and implementation of a new process and organization model.

• Installation Manager LNG (Botlek)

  • Feb 2001 - Oct 2004

  Leading a team responsible for the safe operations and maintenance of the LNG installation of Gasunie (±35 employees).



DSM

• Netherlands
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager Maintenance & Projects (DSM Resins, Hoek van Holland)

  • Oct 1998 - Jan 2001

  Accountable for the projects and maintenance department of the Chemical Process Installation. (±40 employees). - Special result: The outsourcing of the Maintenance and Projects department.

• Chef Engineering / Project Manager (DSM Special Products, Botlek)

  • Jun 1994 - Sep 1998

  Accountable for the engineering department (±5 employees). As Project Manager, responsible for crash Projects and Turnarounds on the Chemical Process Installation. Currently this facility is owned by Emerald Kalama Chemical BV.

• Engineer / Project Leader (DSM Resins, Hoek van Holland)

  • Jul 1989 - May 1994

  Responsible for the execution of small multifunctional projects, from engineering to commissioning and start-up. In this position, I was seconded from Tebodin.



CYTEC INDUSTRIES

• Botlek, The Netherlands

• Shift Supervisor (Botlek)

  • Jul 1987 - Jun 1989

  Operator of several chemical processes in the specialty installation of Cytec. Deputy of the Shift Supervisor. Operator of several chemical processes in the specialty installation of Cytec. Deputy of the Shift Supervisor.