George Hinings

Experience

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  Pierlite Pty. Ltd

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2006

  Industrial Designer - Contract

  • Designed and developed two new floodlights. Mini Master IP66 and Wall Mate, both still available for purchase. • Concept development and compliance checking including ensuring that thermal limitations and IP ratings were met.• Heat and lux testing of existing products.

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  Master Builders Association New South Wales

  Jun 2006 - Jun 2008

  Training Coordinator

  • Conducted information session and enrolments for training courses offered by Master Builders included Certificate 4 in Building. • Managed audit to maintain status as Registered Training Organisation.

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  Jindex Pty Ltd

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2011

  Engineering Sales

  • Project managed Jindex’s highest-pressure pinch valve (100 bar) from manufacture, fabrication and testing of the valves for Kogan Creek Power station. • Introduced SolidWorks to Jindex, to enhance the design and development of new and existing products. This is now a company design standard.• Provided standard quotations as well as formal quotations in line with tender documents for customers.• Developed direct sales contracts with four major mining companies in the domestic and international markets.• Formed new and developed existing relationships with suppliers and contractors (fabricators). Mostrar menos

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  GH Industrial Design

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2015

  Principal

  Set up industrial design consultancy to help fund university study. Clients include:• UK Halsey Pty Ltd, Sydney – Designed a sail-laminating machine. • Jindex Pty Ltd, Sydney – Production Manager & ad hoc engineering support.• Outperformers – Light testing in Coles supermarkets, for the calculation of energy saving certificates (ESCs).• BrandCents Consultancy – Marketing Executive, development of marketing calendars and project management of promotional materials. Mostrar menos

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  Saxon Energy Services Australia Pty. Ltd

  Jan 2014 - Jul 2014

  Preventative Maintenance Intern

  • Reporting to Head of Preventative Maintenance.• Working with the corporate engineering department in Calgary Canada and maintenance division in Toowoomba & Adelaide on various projects to improve safety and efficiency of Saxon drilling ATD400 and ATS 320. • Provided the operational team with critical feedback of route cause for mechanical failure and solutions. • Creating and maintaining a status and action list of open projects, including responsibilities and required timelines. These reports became the central reference location for major upgrades and engineering projects between the operations in Australia and corporate engineering. Mostrar menos

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  Jindex Pty Ltd

  Nov 2015 - Feb 2021

  Operations Manager

  • Reporting to the CEO and Board of Directors. Responsible for a team of eleven people incorporating engineering, procurement, inventory and production.• Project managing the implementation of Jindex’s first ERP system. Charting all business practices from sales requirements, production workflows, inventory levels, accounting standards and implementing a new consistent system of part numbers, drawing catalogue conventions and re-formated reporting structure including chart of accounts.• Mapping out most standard operating procedures for the administration and operational functions to ensure that Jindex ISO9100 status was successfully maintained. • Productivity and cost of goods for FY2016/7/8 including identifying benchmarks for measurement following the introduction of the ERP system. • Creating new operations personnel structure, writing job descriptions and KPI’s for each role.• New product development and testing of new range of patentable actuators and position indicators to work across the existing valve range. Mostrar menos

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  BT Engineering Group

  Feb 2021 - now

  Managing Director