George joined the Health Service in 1993 as a Hospital Engineer in Down Lisburn Trust.  Prior to this appointment he worked in Industry in cable manufacturing and foundry works.   In 2002 he moved to the Royal Group of Hospitals, Belfast, to take up post as a Senior Engineer, then in 2007 George took up post as Head of Estates Risk and Environment in the new Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, which is one of the largest Trusts in the UK.

He holds a 1^st Class Honours Degree in Construction Engineering & Management, is a Chartered Member of the Institute of Building and an associate member of IHEEM.

Currently George leads a Risk Team that has and continues to provide an innovative approach to the management of risk with an Estates Healthcare Environment.

George has been actively involved as a British Standards Institution Committee member, latterly on BS 8680:2020 Water Quality. Water Safety Plans. Code of practice and was involved also in the update of HTM 04-01 and in the creation of various technical guidance for the management of water hygiene within healthcare premises. Recently he has been leading the creation of design guides to help support contractors and improve the performance of new build healthcare estate.

He also leads the Estates Environmental Team, which has been at the fore front of developing new and innovative technologies which promote sustainability in healthcare and also contribute to reducing healthcare inequalities to the population of Northern Ireland.