Two Management Changes at Ellicott Dredge

February 6, 2014

Rob Schettle (left) and Gert de Vries
Rob Schettle (left) and Gert de Vries

Ellicott Dredge Enterprises announced two personnel changes to its senior management team.

Gert de Vries has joined as Senior Director of Engineering, in which capacity he will be supporting the engineering departments of all of Ellicott's brands, principally Ellicott and Rohr-Idreco. He will also be mentoring the company’s engineering teams. Additionally, Rob Schettle has been promoted to General Manager at Ellicott's subsidiary Liquid Waste Technology. He will now be responsible for running Ellicott’s plant in New Richmond, Wisconsin.

Gert de Vries, Senior Director of Engineering
Gert provides a wealth of dredge design knowledge and experience. He received his degree in Naval Architecture/Shipbuilding Engineering from the Haarlem Technical College in the Netherlands. He has worked for three of our European competitors: IHC, Vosta, and Damen. Gert’s most recent employer was IHC, where he served as Deputy Director of their Vuyk Engineering unit since 1985. He has experience with various types of dredges including cutter suction, trailing hopper, back-hoe, and deep suction.

In his new position, Gert will be a consultant and advisor to all Ellicott’s engineering groups, in both the U.S. and Europe.

Rob Schettle, General Manager, New Richmond, Wisc.
As LWT’s Engineering Manager since 2010, Rob is familiar with both the Ellicott and the IMS/LWT product lines and manufacturing/assembly processes. In addition, Rob’s prior positions at FGWA and at Red Devil Equipment Company (both OEM suppliers of material handling equipment) have given him a wealth of experience in engineering, manufacturing, quality, and facilities management. Rob has also led ISO implementations, lean manufacturing initiatives, and reduced engineering lead times through process changes and automation.

Rob graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Wisconsin-Stout with a degree in Industrial Technology - Product Development. He also holds a degree from Century College in Mechanical Drafting. Rob replaces Jim Pflueger who retired last year after more than 20 years with LWT.

As General Manager, Rob assumes responsibility for all operations at the New Richmond plant. Besides the Liquid Waste Technology, Mud Cat, and Innovative Material Systems auger dredge equipment produced in New Richmond, several of the Ellicott Dredge Dragon cutter dredge models are also produced there.

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