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8 February 2023
When asked about the amount of experience he has within the industry, Eize starts counting various positions he filled within the world of Offshore. “Almost ten years – has it been ten years already?”, he adds with a smile. Eize now holds the position of Project Manager within Braveheart Marine, a Dutch company providing hydrographic survey services and crew tender operations.
As one of the more prominent positions within the company, the role of the Project Manager includes several crucial tasks such as personnel planning and overseeing ongoing operations – and it appears that Eize is not someone that shies away from taking more responsibility. Eize underlines what he thinks is the core strength of Braveheart Marine: “We still have this family feeling. Regarding day-to-day business: Since this is a family business, I get to be involved with various aspects of the job as the Project Manager, from QHSE to Operations – and sometimes even HR.” He smiles as he adds, “Never a dull moment in Braveheart.”
High Spirits, Higher Ambitions
As Braveheart Marine is getting ready to embark on bigger and more ambitious projects thanks to the developments of the past couple of years, Eize gets a chance to reminisce the growth his company has experienced since its initial conception: “Braveheart started out in 1993 as a relatively small family business with a single pusher tug, however as the company started carrying out surveying operations in the Port of Rotterdam back in 2008, the company really started to grow. We started those projects out with a single survey vessel and by the time it was over we had four survey vessels exclusively on that same project.”
Eize goes on to explain that the core business of Braveheart focused on the Dredging industry for the past decade but recently, with the changes that took place in the last couple of years, Braveheart Marine has expanded into other industries as well as many other parts of the world: “We went everywhere in the world,” Eize mentions. As a result of this expansion, Braveheart recently added a new vessel to its expanding fleet, the survey vessel Braveheart Spirit, and it is already making waves both in the industry and in the company.
Regarding the state of Braveheart Marine and its new prized jewel, Eize continues to detail the vessel's importance and how it allows Braveheart to pursue new ambitions in the offshore wind industry: “We started out as a survey company working in the dredging market and slowly expanded into the offshore wind market as our vessels were able to handle both tasks, but this vessel is specifically built for the offshore wind market. Now that we own and operate Braveheart Spirit, we are directly contracted by Clients in an increasing frequency.”
As for the future? Eize has nothing but grounded optimism for the company and for their position in the offshore industry: “The scope and type of work Braveheart can undertake have drastically increased. The company has only improved.”
Global – Yet Local
This summer, Atlas Professionals was invited to explore the vessel and catch up with Professionals working on board as approximately 75% of Braveheart Spirit’s personnel requirements are fulfilled by Professionals sourced by Atlas Professionals – from Steward and Cook to Able Seamen, Chief Engineer to Chief Officer.
Eize describes why Braveheart chose Atlas Professionals for the job of providing personnel for Braveheart Spirit and how they are glad they did: “We engaged with several recruitment companies to find suitable personnel for Braveheart Spirit. In the end we chose Atlas Professionals not because of price but because how global Atlas Professionals is as they have offices in different countries. Track record of Atlas Professionals and things Atlas Professionals can arrange have been important as well – and I remember Atlas Professionals did full crewing for several Clients already. So, our decision to choose Atlas Professionals was a combination of all.”
The proximity of Atlas Professionals Urk branch and Braveheart Marine is something Eize and the team value as well. He explains that even though Atlas Professionals has numerous offices across the globe and has means and experience to tap into a potent international pool of Professionals, Atlas Professionals also has the local business partner feeling: “I can just visit the Atlas Professionals office after 5 minutes of traveling, which is very nice.”
When it comes to the present state of affairs, Eize goes on to say that they are “(…) very happy with these Atlas Professionals crew members as they are very experienced and worked in several other vessels just like Braveheart Spirit. Sometimes we even learn from them.” Eize expects Atlas Professionals and Braveheart to continue their ongoing partnership and expand it further with the purchase of new vessels with challenging personnel requirements – a challenge Atlas Professionals can handle with its more than 40 years of experience and commitment to providing the best recruitment and HR solutions to the energy, marine and renewables industries worldwide.
