Employee Spotlight - Chris H

  1. Position at Pneutech:

    • Engineering Manager

  2. How long have you been working with Pneutech?

    • 17 years.

  3. Why did you choose to pursue a career in your field?

    • Growing up I enjoyed working with mechanical things, I became a Maintenance fitter and then discovered Pneumatics, I loved it. Pneutech were a supplier to us, dealing with their reps, I thought it would be a great career move. Been here ever since.

  4. What has been your favourite project to work on at Pneutech?

    • Teaching cells for a TAFE. It was a pick and place assembly but all pneumatic, no PLCs. I had to design an old school Cascade circuit and include a secret switch for the teacher to make the circuit fail so the students could then trouble shoot the circuit. Making it fail is the easy bit, I then had to incorporate series of resets to get the sequence back to square one. I made sure to use as many different products in the build as i could to help expose the students to our product range.

    • What aspect of your role do you enjoy the most?

      • The variety, every day is a new challenge.

    • What tips or advice would you give someone starting a new job?

      • Don’t go in there thinking you know everything. Listen to the people with experience and take as much as you can onboard.

    • What is one thing you can’t live without?

      • My family.

    • What’s something that you’ve always wanted to try or learn?

      • The Bagpipes. For the sake of my family and my neighbours I will never learn to play them though.

    • How would your best friend describe you?

      • A knock about kind of bloke, always happy to lend a hand or a washed out rockstar who never actually made it.

    • If you could pick any superpower, what would it be and why?

      • Not sure about a superpower, but I always wanted one of those kick ass utility belts like Batman had. You never know when you might need some Bat “shark repellent” or a grappling hook!

    (Sept 2025)