Stories

Bart Kuiper is an old dog of the company. Having worked at Ampelmann since 2013 in a variety of roles within production engineering, since last month his email’s signature reads: ‘Team Lead Production Engineering’. In his new role, he leads a team that oversees the fabrication, assembly and testing of new and overhauled Ampelmann systems before handing them over to Operations.

Six years ago, in 2019, Pablo Baranzini was walking through the streets of Amsterdam. Far removed from his native country of Argentina, he was touring Europe to gain a fresh perspective and new insights. It was on an exceptionally sunny day in June that Pablo decided it was time for a change. After returning to Buenos Aires, he applied for jobs in the Netherlands and within a couple of months was recruited by Ampelmann as a production engineer.

As 2024 draws to a close, Ampelmann looks back on a year of sustained growth, innovation and collaboration.

Eleven years ago, Corniels van Duijn began his career at Ampelmann as a Production Mechanic. Not long after he became Assembly Supervisor of, what was then known as, the Special Projects department before moving on to the role of Production Engineer. Over the years, he became increasingly familiar with the supply side of the engineering process and since 2019 he has been working as one of Ampelmann’s two senior Technical Buyers.

Roy Goedhart has been working for Ampelmann for over six years. A skilled welder, furniture maker and steel worker, he started out as a mechanic and is currently the Assembly Supervisor who oversees all production in the company’s production hall at the Onderzeebootloods (OZB) in Rotterdam. As the main point of contact at the OZB, he leads the team of mechanics and is responsible for everything from certification and inspection of the equipment to assigning the right person to each project.

Seldom in the spotlights, Adil Andour is Cloud Specialist and Team Lead IT at Ampelmann. He and his team ensure that the company’s digital space runs as smoothly as it is safe. A happily married father of three, volunteer and active member of the local community in Gouda, Adil plays a key role in the company.

This year, we went Back to basics – where we rediscovered the fundamentals of safety and got the opportunity to rethink the way we view safety in the workplace and apply it from the heart. It was a week filled with activities and workshops to pay tribute to this year’s theme and remind us how we all play essential roles to safety, how to put these lessons to action and use them in both our professional and personal life.

Karen Scharenguivel joined Ampelmann in 2014 and has been the Office Manager for Singapore ever since. As the company’s first of many offices outside of Europe, she has played a key role in spearheading the company’s expansion into Southeast and Eastern Asia.

Amongst other things, Loes van Es is Innovations Support and Prevention Officer at Ampelmann. Providing critical support to six different managers, organising everything from meetings to team sessions, internal events and parties, Loes’ role is legion. She is also in the lead of the quarterly newsletters for the innovations department and the important “innovation stand-up” – a weekly internal event to show-case new technical developments and ideas.