Owner and Designer for Nexus

Working with the business owner to meet the engineering needs of clients.Development and design for manufacture of tools and jigs, consumer products, industrial equipment.Fixed tank and tank access solutions (60-100k litres) including walkways, stairs and handrails.Parts supply for use in manufacture through alternative sourcing.Monthly job billing, job and task creation in xero. PO generation for suppliers.Client management with responsibility for understand client project requirements. Project costing and delivery.

Reporting to the R&D manager at Rinnai I worked on the OEM range of gas heating appliances manufactured on site.Development of new gas heating appliance for sale in Australia and NZ.Gas control testing and verification of bespoke product supplied from Rinnai Japan.Updating of existing OEM product to accommodate new controls.Compliance testing for electrical, gas & safety.Electronics testing and verification for small hand held user interface.Communication boards and application (for phone) design and testing to interface with comms board.Data collection and storage on cloud services (Amazon web service).Data parsing and analysis to understand consumer usage and enhance service offering.

Working in the Engineering department and reporting to the engineering manager, continuous development and new plant/model development.Managing the continuous change improvement process for existing OEM products.New product design and concepts for horizontal diversification and development of new core range models.Solid Edge Modelling and drafting for OEM design.Drafting and design services to contract clients product, new designs and modifications.Wood fire design and drafting for manufacturing runs of 100 units.Jig and fixture design for manual weld and robot welding.Plant and machinery design and upgrades to existing infrastructure.