From first idea to running machine. For machine builders and manufacturers.
You have one problem. You get three solutions.
And the best one ends up running on your shop floor.
Something needs to be built. A machine, an installation, a change to the line. Nobody knows exactly how yet. The design will end up with one party, the calculations with another, and the CE file gets sorted at the end. And the project lead is buried somewhere under his pile of paperwork.
Then another pair of hands you have to manage yourself is no use to you. You need someone who picks it up: comes up with the solution, works it out and keeps the whole thing together.
That's me.
You have a problem or an idea, but no solution yet. I quickly put several options side by side, with pros and cons, so you choose before any money goes into engineering.
From first sketch to a design that can be built and used. Machines, installations, platforms, changes to your line.
Design, calculations, risk assessment, CE file and manuals. I handle the design and the coordination, trusted specialists do the calculations and the paperwork. I check everything before it goes to you.
The engineering is already done, but nobody is keeping the whole thing together. Then I just handle the coordination, from planning to installation.
I map it out and start with the basics. What does it need to do, what can it cost, and who decides? Simple questions, but the answer is often less clear than everyone thinks.
I say what I see. Where it can be better, simpler or cheaper, I put concrete proposals on the table. We choose together, and after that a decision stays a decision.
I finish it. Until it runs.
I work mostly remotely, and I'm there in person at the moments that matter: the kick-off, the big decisions and the handover.
Worked for, among others
"Herman asks the right (critical) questions at the right time to keep the assignment moving efficiently, knows what he's talking about and communicates well. We didn't notice the 1,000 km between us at all."
I'm Herman Koobs, mechanical engineer and project manager since 2013. I work for machine builders, OEMs and manufacturers, in the Netherlands and far beyond.
Not impressed by your titles, impressed by your results. I say what I see, preferably with a joke. That way I can tell you anything, without you having to get angry with me.
I speak Dutch, English, German and enough Swedish to order coffee. And a Dutch dialect even the Dutch don't understand.
More about meTell me what needs to be built. Within one conversation, you'll know whether I can help.
Ideally I'm there from the first sketch. Deadline already breathing down your neck? Call anyway.
