Werner Ziegler is a German engineer and the husband of Margarethe Ziegler. Like Werner, his father was also an engineer. Werner's father was an engineer who helped build the Sydney Opera House , a job that he dedicated over a decade of his life to. Werner was married to a woman named Margarethe and enjoyed a twenty-six year marriage and had never spent months at a time apart from her. After thorough measurements of the building, particularly an area around one of the laundry machines, Werner explains the logistical challenges of excavating the area beneath the industrial laundry without compromising the building or drawing attention from people above-ground.
Gus emerges from the shadows and asks if Werner is saying the job is impossible; Werner replies that it will be difficult, dangerous and expensive, but not impossible.
Impressed, Gus introduces himself to Werner and greets him in German, taking him on for the job " Quite a Ride ". Werner's team arrive at a secret, secure warehouse and explore their new surroundings. Mike addresses the group, explaining the living situation in each house.
One of Werner's men, Kai , cops an attitude at Mike throughout the meeting. Mike tells the group that their work begins the following night. As he leaves, Werner tries to assure him that they will focus once the job gets started. There, the men walk behind a plastic partition and descend down a shaft leading to the secret basement in progress.
Later underneath the laundry, Mike and Werner discuss blasting a section of the basement before Casper , one of Werner's workers, backs a small front-loader into one of the support columns and knocks it over. This sparks a fight between Casper and Kai, which Mike breaks up by shouting at them in German. At the warehouse, Mike approaches Werner at the minibar and the two engage in conversation. Werner relates to Mike, pointing to the German meaning of his last name.
