Trevor Staebler

Workshop Manager at Watericon (2025-02 – Present)

Mechanical Workshop Foreman at Veolia Water (2013-12 – 2024-12)

Acting Production Manager from June 2023 to December 2024. Manage approximately 25 staff members.

• Fabricating of water treatment plants (container conversions), and various steel components such as RO and UF skids and platforms.
• Fabrication of various types of stainless steel piping such as super duplex, 316 and 304 spool pieces.
• Fabrication of All upvc, cpvc and hdpe piping spool pieces.
• Manage and fill in of time sheets of staff to the various activities of a job function.
• Create Work tickets on google drive to monitor activities in progress and update on a regular basis.
• Working with the OSH act in terms of the labour laws.
• Interpret drawings with the staff and ensuring production targets are met.
• Working closely with the drawing office on design changes and queries to ensure work flow of production activities.
• Quality Control checks – using a document such as a QCP.
• At times being hands on in the workshop with the staff to encourage productivity.

Consulting Field Engineer (Petroleum Industry) at Self-employed (2012-12 – 2013-11)

Working from home consulting for various petroleum companies on installations of equipment.

• From time to time getting involved hands on with the installation of equipment.

Project Manager - Planning and Quoting on Various Projects at Sithembele Construction (2008-12 – 2012-11)

Working for the petroleum industry planning fuel installation of tanks and maintaining equipment.

• Visiting sites and assessing equipment for replacement or repairs.
• Making sure the installation teams are up to date with projects in progress.
• Sending through quotations and tenders for obtaining work.

Field Engineer at Total South Africa (Total SA) (2001-11 – 2008-10)

• Executing installations with contractors to install petrol and diesel tanks.
• Maintaining all Total sites forecourt equipment at service stations in the Western Cape.
• Drawing up tenders for installation of underground and above ground fuel tanks and building maintenance.

Full Time Apprenticeship - Boilermaker / Industrial Technician / Production Planner / Pre-Empt Engineer at Consani Engineering (1985-01 – 2001-10)

Working on time studies in the production facility on welding and fabrication of parts and steel works. Planning materials for Just In Time (Lean Manufacturing) service for production of various activities on the production floor for building Sea Containers of various types.

• Pre-planning and making up cutting list from drawings to ensure flow in the Production facility.
• Using AutoCAD and converting drawings and setting up dxf files for cutting on plasma and Cnc machines.

Boilermaker at Consani Engineering (1989-07 – 1990-12)

Qualified Boilermaker - working on production floor building all types of vessels in mild steel and stainless steel. Working to production schedules.

• Guillotine cutting, rolling and bending of steel sections.
• Interpret drawings of structural and piping and fabricating accordingly.
• Working on a production assembly line fabricating and assembly of sea containers.

Apprentice Boilermaker at Consani Engineering (1985-01 – 1989-06)

Fulltime apprenticeship in boiler-making which included, assembly of pressure vessels, building jigs and fixtures, gas cutting, cropping, tig and mig welding, rolling and bending. Developments of various vessel requirements.

Secondary School – Spes Bona High School (1982 – 1983)

Certificate in Engineering in Engineering – Athlone Technical College (1985-04 – 1988-06)

Mechanical Engineering Diploma in Mechanical Engineering – Peninsula Technikon (1990-01 – 1991-12)

Advance Diploma in Project Management in Project Management – Cranefield College (2003-06 – 2004-12)

Supervisory Management in Management – Imsimbi Training

Business Administration in Business Administration – Signa Academy