Freelancer profile translated to English.

Description

I help industrial organizations transform their maintenance and asset management from reactive firefighting into structured, reliability-driven operations.

With 20+ years in highly regulated industries — aviation, medical devices, and chemical/petrochemical industries — including roles at Barco, Datwyler, Borealis, and Borouge — I have led complex transformation programs at plant and global level.

What I bring:

→ Asset management & reliability transformation (RCM, FMEA, Risk Management)

→ Process risk management — global FMEA moderator across multiple plant locations

→ Maintenance organization redesign and quality management systems

→ Cross-functional team leadership (direct teams up to 15 engineers and shift leads)

→ Change management in regulated, high-stakes environments

Available for occasional consulting assignments in chemical, petrochemical, pharma, aviation, automotive and related regulated industries.

I help industrial organizations transform their asset management and maintenance — from reactive firefighting to structured reliability.

With 20+ years of experience in aviation, medical industry, and chemical/petrochemical — including roles at Barco, Datwyler, Borealis, and Borouge — I have led complex transformation programs at plant and global level.

What I bring:

→ Asset management & reliability transformation (RCM, FMEA, Risk Management)

→ Process risk management — global FMEA moderator across multiple production locations

→ Redesign of maintenance organizations and quality management systems

→ Leadership of multidisciplinary teams (up to 15 engineers and shift leaders)

→ Change management in regulated, high-risk environments

Available for occasional consulting assignments in chemical, petrochemical, pharma, aviation, automotive, and related regulated industries.

Languages

Dutch
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
German
Conversational
French
Basic

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Opglabbeek (up to 50km)

Borealis / Borouge International
Asset Management Transformation Lead
CHEMICAL
February 2025 - Today (1 year and 5 months)
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
▸ Led asset management transformation program at plant level
▸ Direct supervision of 2 shift leaders and 13 engineers — daily coaching and development
▸ Built quality management system for the entire maintenance organization
▸ Reliability boost project: definition, prioritization, and execution for rapid plant output improvement
▸ Close collaboration with software, production, business development, and technical teams
▸ Defined role descriptions and mission for each team member — from onboarding to growth path
Leading Transformation Developing People Building Bridges Creating Reliability RCM
Borealis
Plant Availability Lead
CHEMICAL
November 2020 - February 2025 (4 years and 3 months)
Netherlands
▸ Led maintenance department change program from A to Z — transformation lead role
▸ Daily maintenance planning & long-term asset reliability via RCM
▸ Direct manager for 2 engineers and 1 team lead — indirect team of 7 engineers
▸ Budget responsibility: balance between legal requirements, RCM + RBM, and corrective maintenance
▸ Prioritization and decision-making as a member of the Plant Operational Team
▸ Coached people from technical executor to owner of their domain
▸ Developed onboarding process for new employees — internally recognized as 'best in class'
RBM Leading Transformation Developing People Building Bridges Understanding Risk
Borealis
Reliability Engineer
February 2017 - October 2020 (3 years and 8 months)
Beringen, LI, Belgium
▸ Asset health analyses based on performed maintenance → structural improvement proposals
▸ Collaboration with engineering team for implementation of reliability improvements
▸ Ad hoc maintenance engineer role in large debottleneck project PP plant
▸ Complete debottleneck approach for logistics bagging line Beringen — analysis to execution