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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.
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
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Clayton Watters, Director Engineering Services
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cwatters@elgin-county.on.ca |
Peter Dutchak, Deputy Director Engineering Services
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pdutchak@elgin-county.on.ca |
Kevin Englehart, Quality Assurance Supervisor / Emergency Management Co-Ordinator
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kenglehart@elgin-county.on.ca |
Jim Carter, Manager of Corporate Facilities |
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jcarter@elgin-county.on.ca |
Cole Aicken, Building Sciences Technologist
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caicken@elgin-county.on.ca |
Susan Galloway, Land Division Secretary-Treasurer
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sgalloway@elgin-county.on.ca |
Ann Bennie, Administrative Assistant |
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abennie@elgin-county.on.ca
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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
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