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Carola van Beekum
HR Manager
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The people working at Batenburg Energietechniek are committed employees who work with pride and drive. We are regularly on the lookout for talented, enthusiastic and motivated people who feel at home in a flat organisational structure with short lines of communication. The culture in our company is open, direct and no-nonsense. We are practical and think in terms of solutions.
Excellent primary and secondary employment conditions and opportunities for growth and promotion make Batenburg a very attractive employer. Our employees work closely together, they have a great sense of responsibility and they support each other. This results in a pleasant working climate. Working at Batenburg Energietechniek means space for personal input and ample opportunities for growth.
Internship and graduation
We want to help to nurture young talent. If you are interested in internship and graduation opportunities, we would be happy to offer you the opportunity to gain experience.
Internship and Graduation
We also want to help to nurture young talent. If you are interested in internship and graduation opportunities, we would be happy to offer you the opportunity to gain experience.
What our employees say
Joost van der Poel
Account manager
My name is Joost and I successfully completed the Commercial Engineer in Electrical Engineering course in 1996. I have been working at Batenburg Energietechniek (formerly known as Seher) since 2006, I worked at a sister company at the time and came into contact with the company through a joint trade fair. It immediately clicked with the people, the products and, equally important, with the customers. To this day, I do not regret the transfer.
I started as an account manager for industrial clients such as Shell, BP, Dow and the major contractors. I am now an account manager and responsible for one of the three large energy grid companies.
Demonstrating decisiveness and taking responsibility
The position of account manager covers a very broad concept. It entails, of course, the ultimate responsibility for the ins and outs of your customer, but also a part of the development of the products. We do this together with the suppliers, or rather with the partners. This means that from beginning to end, you are involved in the development of new products, facets of which are; prototyping, testing at the customer’s premises, type testing in a laboratory, assembly of the end product and drawing up assembly instructions. When the product is finally ready, the users, often the installation engineers, must be trained in the installation of our solution.
Get the best out of yourself
You are involved in and responsible for the entire process, and that is what makes it so rewarding to work at Batenburg Energietechniek. It is a job that entails responsibility and offers plenty of challenges to get the best out of yourself day after day.
Patrick Borsje
Inside sales
In my work as an inside technical sales representative, I work closely together with my colleagues in the office and field to handle customer requests and orders as well as possible. During my secondary vocational education in Electrical Engineering, I had the privilege of doing my graduation internship at Batenburg Energietechniek (formerly Seher), and during my internship, it became clear to me that I would be offered a job after my graduation. I started my new job on 1 September 2009, and I still come across something new every day.
Switching quickly and acting proactively
The customer expects you to think along, which means that you must be well acquainted with the products and applications as well as related articles. Asking questions in order to provide the customer with an appropriate solution to the problem. You coordinate the delivery conditions in consultation with the Procurement Department. You also consult with the account managers. You work together as a team and make use of each other’s knowledge. This allows us to offer the appropriate custom solution. You have a lot on your plate, so you must be able to change gear quickly and not hesitate to ask a colleague.
Learning together
I learn a lot from my colleagues. By participating in suppliers’ product training sessions we acquire even more knowledge. If you want to develop yourself further, you can also draw up a personal development plan together with your manager. For me personally, there are still plenty of challenges, maybe in a few years’ time, I might even make the leap to account manager.