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Looking for a blue-green adventure? Join us on our mission to roll out offshore solar at a large scale. We are looking for technical crackerjacks as well as commercial pioneers and more, check out the vacancies below.
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At the moment we offer only internships for students who study at a Dutch university.
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TEAM

Allard van Hoeken MSc, MBA
Allard has 25 years experience with permanently moored offshore systems and new technologies for offshore applications. Allard is Engineer of the Year 2015 and is the inventor of the OOE offshore solar farm system.

Fabian Koppes
Fabian has a background in Civil Engineering and graduated for his MSc in Offshore Engineering and Structural Dynamics at the TU Delft, focusing specifically on numerical modelling of Offshore Floating Solar Modules.

Marco Visser
Marco (Naval Architecture, TU Delft) has over 10 years of experience in Project Engineering and Project Management in Offshore Contracting and Heavy Lift Shipping. He has an open, positive and energetic approach to accelerate our upscale projects.

Ariane van Hoeken
Ariane holds an MA degree in Communications and Information Sciences from the University of Groningen and has vast experience in press relations in the technology and renewable energy sectors.

Xander Wiefkers
Xander (Msc Mining and Petroleum engineering) has over 25 years’ experience in data acquisition and service delivery within the energy sector. With a hands on mentality and a strong safety awareness he will be focusing on the offshore inspections and maintenance.

Miguel Anton Aguilar
Miguel got a MSc in Structural and Civil Engineering at AAU, Denmark. He has experience in Numerical Modelling and experimental tests of Offshore Floating Structures. His role is focused on the hydrodynamic and structural analysis of the floating solar platform.

Sander Redel
Sander is a Jack of all trades with a keen eye for efficiency. He is upbeat and passionate about doing his part to create a sustainable world.

Hilda Lubben
Hilda Lubben holds a MSc in Maritime law and Economics and a BSc in Maritime Operations. She has over 10 year experience in the offshore and shipping industry in various roles. She will be focusing on safety management and offshore operations

Frans van Helvert
Frans has a background in sailing and environmental field methods. He is currently completing his masters in Industrial Ecology at Leiden University.

Giedo van Ekris
Giedo has a background in Aviation Technology and studied as well to be a Technical Officer in the Navy. He has more than 10 years of maintenance experience within saline environment systems (submarine & NH90 marine helicopter services).

Brigitte Vlaswinkel PhD
Brigitte (PhD, Marine Geology, University of Miami) has more than 15 years experience in the corporate, non-profit, consulting and academic world focusing on marine & environmental research.

Pauline Roos
Pauline holds a BSc in Marine Science (University of Queensland) and an MSc in Marine Resource Management (Wageningen University). She has experience in ecological research in the North Sea and is an experienced diver and sailor.

Maarten van Poppelen
Maarten has a background in Mechanical Engineering obtained at the University of Twente. During his studies he was a team member of Solar Team Twente.

Erik Borkent
Erik is a graduate Mechanical Engineer, focusing on the upscaling of the production for the future.

Laura Colomer
Laura has a background in sustainable energy engineering. She graduated from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (BSc) and Denmark’s Technical University (MSc).

Wouter van Raaij
At OOE I am part of the Offshore Monitoring and Maintenance team as offshore service technician. My specialization is sailing at sea. Besides OOE I am often at sea with my sailing school ‘Zeehelden’ and for fun with a surfboard ?

Arpine Baghdasaryan
Arpine has a degree in economics and with her experience as a secretary in a bank, she is the office assistant and makes sure everything in the administration and around the office runs smoothly.

Rėmi Roux
Rémi graduated from Chalmers University of Technology with an MSc in Naval Architecture and from INP ENSEEIHT Toulouse with an MSc in Fluid Mechanics. He has experience in fatigue life analysis of dynamic power cables for WEC. His work within the company focuses on the structural and fatigue life analysis of the platforms.

Jelte Doeksen
Jelte (BSc Marine Technology, MSc Mechanical Engineering) is a system engineer with experience in naval system integration, industrial automation and software engineering. He focusses on the monitoring infrastructure of the floating solar platform.

Álvaro de Gruijter
Álvaro holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering (University of Twente) and is carrying out his Sustainable Energy Technology master thesis focusing on PV performance (TUDelft). He has a passion for sustainability and was part of Energy for Refugees and GreenTU.

Leon Harland MSc
Leon has been in offshore business for more than 25 years and held positions from hydrodynamic engineer to CEO. He has a passion for waves and a broad experience in general management, project execution, operations, commercial, contracting, financing of large offshore energy infrastructure projects.

Johnny Meit
Johnny graduated in Energy Science (Utrecht University) and Business Administration (University of Amsterdam) and was previously active at Cleantech Venture Capitalist Yellow&Blue. He is responsible for the planning, implementation, managing and running of all the finance activities.

Danielle Wagenaar
Danielle got a BSc from Amsterdam University College with a major in Computer Science and Mathematics, and a MSc Engineering & Policy Analysis from the TU Delft. During her studies, she was part of the TU Delft Solar Boat Team.

Quentin Vander Cam
Quentin is a hydraulic engineer from Delft with a strong passion for renewbles and entrepreneurship. His main responsibilities are the planning and execution of offshore installations.

Rick van Dael
Energetic construction member, passionate to support sustainable ideas.

Dora de Jong
Dora holds a BSc in Maritime Technology (TU Delft) and a MSc in Sustainable Energy Technology (TU Delft). She graduated on simulating the energy potential of large-scale photovoltaic implementations on (moving) inland shipping vessels.

Jesse Prinsen
My job as a windsurfing instructor sparked my love for everything on the water, therefore I feel right at home at OOE. For my undergraduate thesis Industrial Engineering I’ll focus on the development of the logistical process.

Valentijn Versluijs

Joep van Manen
Joep is a master student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Twente and has a passion for technology and renewable energy. His internship will focus on hydrodynamic and structural engineering.

Joshua Amato
Joshua holds a Bsc in Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis and Management. He is now combining a Msc ‘Systems and Control’ at TU Delft and working part-time in the Business Development Department.
“At Oceans of Energy we foresee that land space is too scarce for renewable energy. We believe the future lies at sea. It is the world’s oceans that offer abundant potential for clean energy. We develop and deliver floating solar systems which generate clean energy at offshore locations, independent of sea and wind conditions.”
Allard van Hoeken, Founder and CEO

From left to right: Her Royal Highness Princess Mabel, Allard van Hoeken, Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix.
Allard was awarded with the first Prince Friso Engineers Award in 2015 and named Engineer of the Year by the Royal Institute Of Engineers (KIVI).