Ton Fijen is a marine engineering graduate from Delft University, who has been working in the fields of marine and coastal engineering for more than 35 years. He has been responsible for the design, tendering and construction management and supervision of a large variety of marine engineering projects, ranging from major dredging and port upgrades, marina developments, marine outfalls, cooling water and desalination intakes and discharges, and pumping stations, to quay-walls and jetties. As Project Manager, he lead multi-disciplinary teams covering both marine, civil, structural, geotechnical, mechanical and electrical expertise. Project involvement has been in many different countries in Africa, the Middle East and in the Indian Ocean Islands. Before joining Tidal Lagoon Power (TLP), Ton was based in Stellenbosch, South Africa as a Consulting Engineer and Director of WSP Africa Coastal Engineers.
At TLP, Ton has overall responsibility for the engineering design and lay-outs for the tidal lagoon projects. Initially this centred around the first-of-its-kind Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon, but has now extended to our fleet lagoons, including Cardiff, Newport, Colwyn Bay, Bridgwater Bay and West Cumbria, as well as some international prospects. TLP wants to be a knowledgeable client, which is why we have a small but growing team of in-house design engineers and computer modellers. Ton leads this team and is also responsible for the project management of various external consultants and suppliers.