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Tim Dickhout
Architectual Technologist, Municipal Development, Government Administration
Grimsby,Ontario
Summary
Detail-oriented planning and development professional with 14 years of experience. Expert in diverse planning applications, pre-consultation meetings, and ensuring compliance with design criteria and policies. Proven track record in team training and maintaining design criteria. Eager to contribute to modernizing planning and development, committed to fostering collaboration, efficiency, and delivering high-quality service.
Overview
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Manager – Development Engineering
The Corporation of Norfolk County
- Supervised and managed a team of Development Engineering Technologists, ensuring efficient distribution and review of development applications
- Implemented streamlined processes to navigate recent changes in the Planning Act (Bills 109, 23, and 97), demonstrating adaptability to evolving legislative frameworks
- Led the comprehensive review of development applications, actively participating in Public Hearings, Council, and Committee of Adjustments meetings to provide valuable insights and address inquiries from an engineering perspective
- Resolved concerns and comments from development clients, fostering positive working relationships and effective communication
- Collaborated with the Agreement Coordinator to ensure adherence to agreements, contributing to the drafting of Assumption Guidelines outlining responsibilities of the Developer, Agents, and the County
- Developed a Procedural Manual for business processes, serving as a valuable standard of service and training resource for new team members
- Actively engaged in Master Servicing meetings with senior management, providing technical support and advice to other divisions, contributing to organizational effectiveness
- Participated in special programs and initiatives within the Engineering Division, demonstrating initiative and commitment to continuous improvement.
Design and Development Technologist
The Corporation of Haldimand County
- Various Planning Applications (Zoning, Official Plan, Minor Variance,…) review applications, attend site visits, consult with other county departments, prepare comments and recommendations
- Preconsultation Meetings attended scheduled meetings every two weeks, with prepared comments based on the review of the concepts provided
- Review and Approve Proposed and As Constructed Lot Grading\Drainage and Servicing Plans for infill developments
- Review and Provide comment on the submitted design materials and ultimately recommend approval by the county for construction of subdivisions and site plan applications
- Review of county capital projects requiring site plan control
- Lot Grading Review, creation of a checklist to increase accuracy of reviews for new hires
- Training of new Design & Development Technologists, as well provide guidance to newly hired planners
- Track the advancement of development and provide possible timing of agreement\construction\return of securities
- Assisting with the maintenance of the design criteria
- Track potential changes, or repeating conflicts
- Review any proposed deviations from the design criteria, and provide recommendations to management for approvals.
Municipal Technologist
The Corporation of Haldimand County
- Assist in the design and construction of various municipal infrastructure projects which involves the preparation of plans, designs and project specifications
- Assist in the preparation and administration of tender and contract documents including budget estimates, payments, on-site inspections, and attendance at project meetings and resolving construction issues
- Perform field inspection of various construction and engineering projects to confirm compliance to the county design criteria and Ontario Provincial Standards
- Advising contractors of deficiencies and working with them to resolve outstanding issues; and preparation of reports, logs etc
- To document inspection procedures, deficiencies found and resolution of deficiencies
- Provide Contractors, the Project Engineer or Public Works staff with technical assistance by consulting plans and carrying out field surveys, conducting surveys and field work to determine preliminary layout, working with and contractors on the interpretation of designs.
System Administrator
CITG(CanWest)
- Exchange Administrator for our local mail servers, adding new mail accounts, migrating users to and from different servers
- Administrate Citrix MetaFrame 1.8 Farm and MetaFrame XPe, accommodating users for the corporate convergence plan
- Norton AntiVirus Corprate Edition Server for automatic retrieval and releasing of the new definitions to the users
- Administrator of First Class, and the corporate ftp site
- These two resources were used to retrieve content from around the world
- Providing excellent support to many of the remote sites nation wide and to the forty staff members on site.
Student Permit Administrator
The Town of Lincoln
2008.01
Student Municipal Technologist
The Corporation of Haldimand County
2007.01
Education
Ontario Advanced Technology Diploma - Architectural Technology
2005.01 - 2008.05
Storm Sewer Design, Stormwater Management, Sanitary Sewer Design - undefined
2010.01 - 2010.05
Skills
Plans ReviewBluebeam RevuCollaborationMS Teams, ToDo, Planner, OutlookProductivityAdobe Acrobat Reader, Adobe Acrobat XMS Office 2016, Office 365
Procedure Development
Project tracking
Stakeholder Communications
Permit processing
Team Leadership
Detail Oriented
Team Collaboration
Work Planning and Prioritization
Co Op Placements
- 2007-01-01, 2007-01-01, Student Municipal Technologist, The Corporation of Haldimand County
- 2008-01-01, 2008-01-01, Student Permit Administrator, The Town of Lincoln
Software
MS Teams
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Adobe Acrobat X
BluePlan Revu
Certification
C. Tech
Timeline
C. Tech
2024-09
Ontario Good Roads Association - Storm Sewer Design, Stormwater Management, Sanitary Sewer Design,
2010.01 - 2010.05
Student Permit Administrator - The Town of Lincoln
2008.01
Student Municipal Technologist - The Corporation of Haldimand County
2007.01
Mohawk College - Ontario Advanced Technology Diploma, Architectural Technology
2005.01 - 2008.05
Project Manager – Development Engineering - The Corporation of Norfolk County
Design and Development Technologist - The Corporation of Haldimand County
Municipal Technologist - The Corporation of Haldimand County
System Administrator - CITG(CanWest)