Managing the manufacturing departments: Workpreparation, Purchase, Warehouse and Production, within the Woerden location.

Managing the department that is responsible for the site teams managing shipbuilding projects on foreign yards. - Assigning teams to projects.- Managing team on operational and personal level.- Evaluation and restructuring of the department's organizational design.- Setting-up standards and implementation of operational improvements .

Responsible for the guidance of foreign shipyards on the production of outsourced vessels:- Monitoring, guiding and controlling the production processes for the construction of dredging vessels.- Interfacing between our organization in the Netherlands and the foreign shipyard.- Aligning of demarcations.- Assuring of quality control.- Supporting foreign yard on technical procedures and construction process.

Responsible for the set-up and execution of training programs in Dredging:- Setting up the first Dredging school in Africa in close cooperation with the customer.- Planning, setting-up and managing of large customer training programs in the Netherlands and abroad.- Monitoring of all running projects of the department and reporting to the management and all stakeholders.- Managing and instructing trainers and external suppliers on training requirements and technical content.- Worldwide on location training of customer management and operational personnel on the fleet.

Responsible for the support of the different IHC Merwede units with the design of dredging installations and all related components. Solving practical problems from the field concerning the installation, performance and other related issues was part of this function.

MSc thesis work on the trade off of dredging processes in mining and dredging applications.