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Geert Venken

Senior Consultant — Asset Management & Reliability

€1,200/day
Opglabbeek, BE
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Geert

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.
  • Dutch

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • German

    Conversational

  • French

    Basic

Can work on-site
Opglabbeek (up to 50km)

Experience

  • 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

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Education

  • Master
    XIOS Hasselt
    2003
    Master
  • ISO 9001/ 14001/ 50001
    2015
    ISO 9001/ 14001/ 50001

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