Ale Meinema is currently employed at Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma as a Werkvoorbereider Bouw & Onderhoud since September 2020, having previously held roles as Werkvoorbereider Service & Onderhoud and Werkvoorbereider Onderhoud & Beheer within the same company from 2013 to 2018. Ale Meinema's academic background includes a degree in Opleiding Bouwkunde from NHL Hogeschool, where studies took place from September 2016 to August 2020. Practical experience also includes various internships, including ten weeks as a timmerman and twenty weeks as an assistant uitvoerder/timmerman in 2014-2015, as well as a ten-week internship as a werkvoorbereider on the Onderhoud & Beheer department in 2016, further complemented by internships at Thús Wonen in projectleiding and werkvoorbereiding.