Roy Nijssen

Contact Roy on +64 (0)21 671 171

As long as I can remember I’ve been interested in technology mixed in with a sense of adventure. I knew from an early stage that I wanted to become a marine engineer, escape Holland and see the world and that’s what I did.

After a challenging and interesting career in sea faring and coal gasification technology it was time to settle and in 1994 my wife and I (together with 2 very young children) decided to move to New Zealand. In 1998 I joined Rudy and together we have operated AMT ever since. Coming from a ships engineering background, plant reliability had always been a core interest of mine and AMT’s activities fitted like a glove.

Besides fulltime reliability engineering I have multiple interests generally to do with any kind of outdoor activities, too many to mention as well as rear engined French classic cars.

Qualifications and experience:

  • “Hogere Zeevaartschool” (The Netherlands) majoring in Ships Engineering (BSc), & Navigation SIII course.

  • Ships Engineer & dual (Navigation) officer for Nedlloyd (container and Ro-Ro) ScanDutch and Atlantic routes & Winterport Chemical Tankers “tramper” routes.

  • Chief Engineer DEMKOLEC, The Netherlands. (World's largest coal gasification plant at the time) Where I was exposed to regular in house training sessions by manufactures regarding the latest automation & process control at the time, including vibration monitoring.

  • Several industry courses including Infrared Thermography & Lubrication Technologies.

  • Working director at Applied Maintenance Technology Ltd since 1998. Serviced countless national and international clients in a great variety of industries; shipping, wood processing, food processing, chemical and power generation to name a few.