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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 is specialized in structural dynamics of offshore structures, has been working in offshore solar from the beginning and leads the product development within Oceans of Energy.

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.

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.

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.

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).

Martijn Boucher
Martijn has finished his maritime studies at EZS and has grown from deckhand to captain on the sailing tall ships. He is part from the OMM team and will guide, prepare, assist, and makes sure that everyone works safe during operations at sea.

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 ?

Wiebe Wennekers

Niels Rutten

Lieke Geessinck
Lieke has a background in physical chemistry and is currently completing her masters in marine sciences at Utrecht University. Her research will focus on the impact of the floaters on the water quality.

Mirella Schieman
Mirella is a future Law student at the University of Leiden and has a big passion for the sea. In the meantime they help in the construction team to build our floating platforms.

Maxime Cros
Maxime is a master’s student in Industrial Systems Engineering at the French university INSA Centre Val de Loire, and has recently specialized in renewable energy. His internship will be dedicated to the electrical performance of the offshore photovoltaic installations.

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.

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.

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.

Marieke Sneep
Marieke has 8+ years of experience in People strategy and operations in start-ups and scale-ups. She will be focusing on setting up scalable processes for all people and culture related topics.

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).

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.

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.

Wybe Jongema
Wybe graduated from his studies on Mechanical Engineering at Saxion Enschede and has a big passion for putting all his know-how in hands on work for making the world a more sustainable place. Within Oceans of Energy he is member of the fabrication team that makes our floating platforms.

Bram de Vree
Bram is a master student Management of Technology at the TU Delft and has a passion for sustainable technology and development. He has been part of the TU Delft Solar Boat Team during his studies.

Herman de Bock

Jim Sing Tsang

Adrian Schneider
Adrian has a background in Energy Management. His passion for renewable energies and his confidence in the great potential of offshore solutions led him to join OOE. His internship will focus on Project Management/-Engineering.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Peter van Kan
Peter (BSc Electrical and System Engineering) is a system engineer with experience in process system integration, industrial automation, and software engineering. He focusses on the monitoring infrastructure and integrity of the floating solar platform.

Bootsy Akkerman
Bootsy is graduated from the TU Delft with a master on Strategic Product Design. At Oceans of Energy he enjoys combining his design background with business development and strategy.

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.

Jayden Mah
Jayden has graduated from the British Columbia Institute of Technology with a diploma in Wireless Communications and has five years of experience in his industry. He utilizes his knowledge and skills to support the fabrication team.

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.

Hua Easton
Hua is in the final part of her M.Sc. in chemical science and engineering at the University of Twente. She graduated with her B.A.Sc. in chemistry. During this internship, she will study soiling on photovoltaic panels.

Miguel Delgado
Miguel is finishing his Higher Technical Degree on Energy Efficiency. Within Oceans of Energy he is focusing on PV module selection and mounting.
“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).