Stewart Gibson & Associates (Pty) Ltd - 1999 to present

Director

BKS (Pty) Ltd, Consulting Engineers - 1974 to 1999

Key involvements included:

 ·           Project Liaison for the Design of Mohale Dam, Lesotho

·         Project Director: Technical Assistance to Water and Sewerage Authority, Lesotho

·         Proposal Manager for Phase 1B of Lesotho Highlands Water Project

·           The Engineer on 2 contracts for Access Roads to Katse Dam, Lesotho

·   Policy Committee Member of Highlands Infrastructure Consultants (responsible for the management of the construction stage of the access roads and advanced infrastructure for the Lesotho Highlands Water Project.)  .

Also served in the position of  Director: Group Services responsible for the provision of corporate services in respect of all financial, administrative, human resource and information systems matters to the BKS Group (1993 – 1997) and as Office Director of first the Pretoria (200 employees) and then the Johannesburg (130 employees) offices of the company (1986 – 1993).

Initially worked as a Design and Planning Engineer  for major highways as well as for all services for new residential and industrial developments.   Was also Departmental Manager responsible for Municipal Water and Sewer Planning and Design.

 
Employment in Scotland

 Town Engineers Department, Falkirk – Senior Design Engineer, 1969 - 1974

City Engineer’s Department, Glasgow – Highway Design Engineer, 1968 - 1969

Cumbernauld New Town Development Corporation - Engineer-in-Training, 1962 - 1968

 COUNTRIES OF WORK EXPERIENCE

 South Africa, Scotland, Lesotho, Uganda

 
 EDUCATION

Higher National Certificate (Civil Engineering) (Stow College of Engineering, Glasgow)      1968

Chartered Engineer, Direct examination in UK (Degree Equivalent)                                     1970

Advanced Executive Programme (University of South Africa) - 1991                              

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

 Fellow, The South African Institution of Civil Engineering,    1996