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Crossing Borders – Marzena Polak

Marzena is our Senior Consultant EPCM, she is helping our clients to find the right management teams for Turnaround / Shutdown & EPC Projects in the oil and gas sector. We have a large pool of candidate familiar with EPC & EPCM projects. The most common jobs that Marzena sees in her job are: Turnaround Managers/Coordinators, QHSE Managers, Planners, Schedulers, E&I and Mechanical Engineers, Project Managers & Engineers.

Ready for the future

The iPS Board of Directors takes a tour at Rotterdamsebaan, the tunnel under construction that will connect the Ypenburg junction (A4) with the City Centre Ring Road of The Hague. This is where many of the candidates of preferred supplier iPS are at work. Back at the office, the Board of Directors look back on the past few years but also gives it views on the changing market and what this will mean for iPS.

iPS has opened an office in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain

iPS – Powerful people has opened a local office in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia and in Manama, Bahrain. iPS is constantly looking for new opportunities to grow and expand our current business portfolio. The move is in line with the iPS goals to serve our clients all over the world and get local points of contact in various regions.

HOLLAND HOUSE MEXICO OPENS ITS DOORS IN MEXICO CITY

Mexico City, 12 February 2019 – Holland House Mexico, the one-stop shop dedicated to helping Dutch companies be successful in doing business in Mexico, was inaugurated on Tuesday in Mexico City by Ambassador of the Netherlands to Mexico, Margriet Leemhuis, Undersecretary for International Trade of Mexico, Luz María de la Mora, and President of the Advisory Board of Holland House Mexico Anko van der Werff.

Natasja Wanders – Wista New Year’s Dive

Today it is time to meet our colleague Natasja Wanders. In our day to day business Natasja is business manager for our Maritime department

Steve Oakes – Lifting Supervisor

Steve Oakes is working as a Lifting Supervisor via iPS at Van Oord and we received his story to publish. Upon completing Electrical and Mechanical Engineering studies in 1997, I sought training and began working as a Banksman/Slinger Signaler in Central London and the Home Counties.

iPS Mexico signs a 3 year Offshore Crew Supply contract with one of its international clients.

iPS Mexico has signed a 3 years contract with one of its international clients for the full crew management scope of its DP2 Supply Vessel that will soon be in Mexican waters.

Dutch Networking Cocktail

Next week in Mexico City during the Energy Mexico 2019, the Dutch Energy Association will organise the Duth Networking Cocktail.

iPS form strategic partnership with T&M specialists

Following negotiations in Dubai during January of 2019 the Tunnelling and Civil Construction division of iPS have decided to enter into a partnership with the Hong Kong based Tunnelling company T&M Specialists.

Rotterdamsebaan Tunnel Completion

IPS would like to congratulate the Rotterdamsebaan JV on the successful arrival of the TBM ‘Catharina-Amalia’. This marks the completion of excavation of the second tunnel.

QHSE and the constant desire to improve

Jeffrey Nouwen is the manager QHSE of iPS. His mission: safe and healthy working conditions, compliance with the law, as well as ensuring support for QHSE among his colleagues. Jeffrey: ‘Constantly asking “why” helps to improve quality.’

Guido van der Zwet

I came to Mexico in 2006 to write my thesis. I fell in love and never went back to the Netherlands again. I have been working at iPS since 2013.

Sharing means growth

They meet at the Dredging Museum in the town of Sliedrecht, where the dredging industry was born. Leo Oostendorp and Theo Wanders, iPS founders and owners, are clearly enjoying themselves.

Translating strategy to practice

Patrick Mans is Director Operations at iPS and responsible for bringing strategy into practice. One of the ways in which he does this is by giving guidance to the managers who, together with their staff.

‘Being sparring partners, that’s our strength’

Being successful for thirty years, in a constantly changing market, with new challenges coming up again and again: how do you do it? Today, the iPS’ Directors team consists of Rob Kooijmans, Hans van Burk and Patrick Mans. They lead the company with great passion.