Tjeerd Veenstra
Managing Director“I want you helping to decide from week one. Not because we have no time to train you up, but because that is how you learn fastest.”
Close-knit team, big impact. At VDS you help build the organisation of tomorrow.
We are a close-knit team of industrial engineers and data experts. Not a department you disappear into, here you sit down with customers from day one and see straight away the difference you make.
Week 1
You are already sitting down with a customer
Your own budget
For courses, certifications and conferences
Hybrid
Leeuwarden, at the customer or at home
Small team, short lines
Our own hardware & software
Work with real factories
Why VDS
A place where you really build something, with people you know.
VDS is a close-knit team in Leeuwarden: industrial engineers, consultants and data engineers working together on solutions for manufacturers all across Europe. Short lines, thinking along at a serious level and direct responsibility.
You work with customers from day one, get room to develop and the trust to solve things your own way.
Close-knit and sociable team
Small enough to know everyone well. Friday afternoon drinks, a week that starts with coffee, and a team that seeks each other out rather than avoids each other.
Plenty of room to grow
Your own training budget and the time to spend it. Microsoft certifications, conferences, professional literature. If you believe in it, we go along with it.
Real work, real impact
You work directly with customers, with a focus on the manufacturing and process industry. You build solutions that tomorrow’s operation runs on.
Trust from day one
No long run of trial periods. You get responsibility, you are allowed to solve things your own way, and you are helped when you need it.
This is what a week with us looks like
Images of the office in Leeuwarden, the team at work and the moments in between.
What it gives you
Employment conditions say little. This is what you actually get out of it:
You decide yourself where you grow
Your own budget for courses, certifications, conferences and professional literature. And the time to actually do it, not just on paper.
You drive at no cost to yourself
A decent lease car for customer visits and private use. Fully arranged, including fuel and maintenance. You do not have to sort anything out yourself.
You work where your work goes best
Office in Leeuwarden, at the customer or at home. Each week you choose what fits what is on your plate.
You plan your day around your life
No nine-to-five culture. As long as the work gets done and the team knows what you are working on, you decide what your day looks like.
Your question is on the table within five minutes
No layers of management to work through. An idea, a question, or stuck? Walk in, message or call. There is always someone reachable.
What you build is running in a factory tomorrow
Your solutions go straight into production. Customers adjust their factory on the basis of what you have made.
You have a front-row seat for new tooling
Modern data and AI tooling, with room to experiment and apply it straight away to real customer questions.
You know everyone by name
Friday afternoon drinks, a team outing every quarter and the spontaneous things in between. Small enough to really belong.
A colleague speaks
On my first project I got to sit down with the customer myself to decide what had to go in the dashboard. That is exciting, but there is always someone beside you who has done it before. That way you learn more in six months than in two years at a large consultancy.Keimpe Tjeerd Veenstra · Power Platform Consultant
Your future colleagues
This is the team you are joining.
Small enough that you know everyone. Big enough that there is always someone who knows how something works.
Johannes Wibbens
Head of Operations“The best moment is when an operator points at your dashboard and says: that is where the problem is. Then you have built something that works.”
Keimpe Veenstra
Consultant Data & Digitalisation“You are sitting down with a customer in week one. You learn by doing, not by spending six months in a training programme first.”
Esther Bentveld
Marketer“I walk along in factories to understand what we are talking about. That is allowed here, and it makes the work a lot more enjoyable.”
Theo Molenaar
Consultant Data & Digitalisation“Data only becomes interesting when someone on the floor can do something with it.”
More about the team and where VDS comes from? Read it on About us
Open job openings
Work we are looking for someone for today.
You first read what you will be doing and what difference you make, and only then the requirements.
Nothing that suits you?
We are always open to talent. Send us a speculative application with your CV and a few lines about what you are looking for. We read everything.
This is how your application goes
We keep it short and clear. Within three weeks you know where you stand.
Applying
Send your CV and a short motivation via the job opening or the contact form. A few lines about what you are looking for is enough.
Getting to know each other
A no-obligation one-hour conversation at the office or via Teams. Who are you, who are we, and is there a match?
Second interview
An in-depth conversation with your direct colleagues. Sometimes a short case, sometimes simply talking through examples from your work.
Offer
A proposal with employment conditions within a week of the second interview. We discuss it together and arrange the rest.
Fancy getting to know us?
Apply for a job opening, or send a speculative application. We read everything and respond within three working days.