Engineering Department

Responsible for all engineering and administration for 700 kilometres of County roads 137structures (greater than 3 metre span), hundreds of smaller culverts, kilometres of road drains and safety infrastructure.

Duties include:

* Bridge and culvert inspections
* Capital planning, needs studies and budgeting
* Tender package creation for: road reconstruction, bridge rehabilitation, asphalt,
* gravel, cold-in-place recycling, high float, drainage works, etc.
* Survey, design and plan creation for: road construction, bridge rehabilitations,

  culvert extensions and other major maintenance projects
* Erosion monitoring and miscellaneous surveying

Administrative Duties include:

* County Council reports and requests.
* Address and respond to public concerns.
* Contract inspection and administration for all tendered projects.
* Traffic studies.
* Safety devices inventories and inspections.
* Advisory speed postings.
* Municipal drains.
* Permits - Road Occupancy/ Oversize / Overweight Moving Permits (Single and Annual).
* Adopt-A-Highway program.
* Accident reports and insurance claim investigations.
* Approvals, comments, inspections, filing and follow-up of reports, applications, permits
  and requests (i.e. land division and severances, bridge weight by-laws, agreement drains,
* Legal drawings, road closures, parades, environmental assessments, land titles,
  sub-divisions, planning issues, zoning, minor variances, municipality requests, etc.
* Monitor municipality's maintenance of County Roads to ensure compliance with the County
  Road Service Standards on a quarterly basis.
* Chair monthly meetings with the lower-tier Road Superintendents to co-ordinate work,
  share resources and discuss future planning and needs and report to County Council
* Responsible for day to day operation of the 72,400 square foot County Administration
  Building and grounds including: lease negotiations for 13 current tenants, parking
  allotment, concerns, requests, maintenance and repairs.
* Also responsible for repairs and capital improvements for the White's Station Garage and the Elgin County Health Unit.

Contact Information:

County of Elgin Administration Building
450 Sunset Drive
St Thomas Ontario N5R 5V1
Phone: 519-631-1460 Ext. 4
Fax: 519-631-4297

- Clayton Watters, Director Engineering Services (Ext. 117) cwatters@elgin-county.on.ca

- Peter Dutchak, Deputy Director Engineering Services (Ext. 124) pdutchak@elgin-county.on.ca

- Meredith Goodwin, Engineering Technologist/ Emergency Management Co-Ordinator Ext. 121                     mgoodwin@elgin-county.on.ca

- Jim Carter, Manager of Corporate Facilities (Ext.165) jcarter@elgin-county.on.ca

- Cole Aicken, Building Sciences Technologist (Ext. 143) caicken@elgin-county.on.ca

- Susan Galloway, Land Division Secretary-Treasurer (Ext. 104) sgalloway@elgin-county.on.ca

- Ann Bennie, Administrative Assistant (Ext.162) abennie@elgin-county.on.ca