I am David Duerinckx, an industrial engineer based in Hoegaarden, with 18 years of extensive experience in product development and machine improvement for various industries. Throughout my career, I have focused on enhancing industrial processes and developing innovative solutions, including green technologies, some in collaboration with leading universities in Belgium.
In addition to my professional work, I dedicate my spare time to advancing green technology initiatives. I actively seek to unite like-minded individuals and collaboratively explore sustainable solutions.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Maintenance Reliability Engineer
Colruyt Group | Full-time | March 2023 - March 2024
Independent Process & Reliability Engineer
Self-employed | November 2022 - Present
Cofounder of Grizit
Part-time | January 2020 - November 2022
Grizit offers an innovative maintenance 4.0 solution that enhances and controls manual greasing activities, providing predictive data from equipment and machinery. Recognized as one of the top industrial IoT startups to watch in 2022 by StartUs Insights.
Senior Project Engineer
Independent Project Engineer | July 2018 - January 2020
Led a project to redesign an ice cube factory for fully automated bulk stacking of up to 28 tons of ice cubes. This project, in collaboration with Sirris and subsidized by Vlaio, significantly improved the efficiency of ice cube transport and stacking.
Production Supervisor PR Engineer
Südzucker Group | August 2014 - December 2017
Redesigned stacking machines, increasing the OEE from 70% to 95% at Südzucker Tienen.
Process Reliability Engineer
Jacobs Douwe Egberts | January 2012 - August 2014
Implemented a new factory layout that reduced the walking distance per shift from 3.7 km to 1.4 km and redesigned coffee pad machines, improving the OEE from 67% to 89%.
Project Engineer
Jacobs Douwe Egberts | January 2007 - January 2011
Developed new engineering solutions and oversaw various projects in the Grimbergen Plant area.
Consultant
Anheuser-Busch InBev | January 2005 - June 2010
Improved the protection of labeling machines from glue, reducing maintenance costs and downtime by €25k.
