VAN DER VALK

Grown up on a farm, studied Mechanical Engineering at Avans University, fixed cars and motorcycles in my back yard and started with great pleasure my career in a production environment to expand my pratical skills... Since my 16th anniversary I have worked in small and medium-large production facilities. For my Mechanical engineering internships I have worked for half a year as a fulltime CAD engineer, were I expanded my skills on SolidWorks and SolidEdge. My second internship was as Concept Engineer for Royal IHC deep-sea mining: The methodical design of a conceptual seafloor mining platform, with a specialization in new type of propulsion... I started my professional career in 2009 as a maritime benchfitter for Royal IHC. I have been working on the production of two custom-build dredging vessels at the (famous) Dutch Verolme shipyard in Heusden (VSH). Soon it turned into a combination of production and a team leading role. Medium size TSHD "Isandlwana" and "Victor Horta" are..