Careers • The Ocean Cleanup

We seek passion and excellence

Our mission is to develop advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic. We need to complete one of the most ambitious engineering projects on the face of the planet. To succeed in our mission, we hire dedicated, fully focused, and out-of-the-box thinking employees.

If you are a master problem solver and are willing to do whatever it takes to rid the world’s oceans of plastic, we want you at The Ocean Cleanup.

The Ocean Cleanup crew with local operator in Jakarta, Indonesia for Interceptor 001

Our cultural philosophy

DEDICATED TO OUR MISSION

We put our mission first, set challenging ambitions, and persevere where any normal person would have long given up on a quest to rid the world’s oceans of plastic.

DRIVE FOR IMPROVEMENT

To innovate through uncharted waters, we transparently discuss issues, challenge each other, and approach failures as Unscheduled Learning Opportunities.

DELIVERING IMPACT

Through pragmatic, focused, and disciplined execution, we work to maximize plastic collection and put ourselves out of business as fast as possible.

DOING TOGETHER

This problem is too big for anyone to solve alone, so it’s important to trust and build on each other and our partners. We celebrate team wins and have fun while we’re at it!

Job openings

Head of Business Development Open Rotterdam, Netherlands
Partnership Manager Open Rotterdam, Netherlands
PR Manager Open Rotterdam, Netherlands
Partnership Manager Junior Open Rotterdam, Netherlands
R&D Engineer Senior Interviews started Rotterdam, Netherlands
Business Development Manager Interviews started Rotterdam, Netherlands
Head of External Affairs Interviews started Rotterdam, Netherlands
Environmental Manager Interviews started Rotterdam, Netherlands
Project Manager Senior Interviews started Rotterdam, Netherlands
Product Manager – Plastic Products Open Rotterdam, Netherlands
Office Manager Open Rotterdam, Netherlands
Project Engineer Junior Interviews started Rotterdam, Netherlands
Internship – Ocean Plastic Lab Open Rotterdam, Netherlands
Internship – River Plastic Research and Project Management Open Rotterdam, Netherlands
Internship – River Plastic Data Open Rotterdam, Netherlands
Volunteer Application Open Global
Open Application Open Rotterdam, Netherlands

Need a few good reasons to join the team?

See your work getting implemented within months of initial design
Work on cutting-edge engineering, modeling, and plastic pollution research.
Be part of a driven group of experts, who see the “impossible” as temporary.
Play a key role in launching the largest cleanup in history.

We bring the Silicon Valley culture to the Netherlands

Build, break, learn, and repeat: we iterate fast and continuously
We work anywhere, anytime.
Personal accountability is our culture (no time sheets or fixed number of holidays)
From (free) team lunches, to drinks on the terrace, to ping pong – we work hard, but we also enjoy downtime

Hear it from the team

What Now? | What We’ll Do with 28,659 kg of Plastic

Talking all things plastic processing, Catch Management Director, Stella van den Berg, walks us through how we will process the plastic we collected during…