20 years
design and field work
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Mechanical engineer · Machines that run for 30 years
I design and fix heavy machinery — pumps, gearboxes and the plants they live in. Twenty years between the drawing board and the factory floor, and I still like the factory floor better.
Chartered engineer, open to lead and consulting roles.
2016 – Present
Maasflow Pumps · Full-time
Rotterdam
Lead on the 2 MW pump range. Cut energy use by 18% and field failures by a third.
2010 – 2016
Delta Drives · Full-time
Eindhoven
Designed gearboxes for wind turbines and ship winches.
2006 – 2010
Nordsee Offshore · Full-time
North Sea
Two weeks on, two weeks off, fixing whatever broke at sea.
MSc, Mechanical Engineering · Delft University of Technology
2001 – 2006
Delft · Grade: Cum laude