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Department Profile

By Alicia Vandine

Preston Parkinson, Director of
Public Works and Infrastructure,
an East Northumberland
Secondary School (ENSS)
Preston Parkinson, Director graduate has been leading this
of Public Works and department since January 2019.
Infrastructure in front of the
Public Works office on Sharp Parkinson spent 10 years in
Road in Brighton. the manufacturing industry

before going to Loyalist College
to take a 3 year Civil Technology
Public Works program. He graduated in April
2008 as a Civil Technologist
Department and was first employed in this
field by Prince Edward County in
February 2008.

The largest department in the Municipality of Brighton is Public Civil Technologist’s integrate
Works. This department employs 19 full-time and 9 part-time staff science and engineering concepts
members with an additional 2 student positions in the summer. to assist in the monitoring and
This team is responsible for four main mandates that include: inspection of civil infrastructure
projects.
• Environmental Services– water treatment and distribution,
sanitary waste collection and treatment, storm water collection, “I then worked my way up to
and treatment. the Director of Operations
position in June of 2013 with
• Operations – road and roadside maintenance, winter control, Prince Edward County and left
construction, fleet services and management, crossing guards, there in January 2019 to accept
garbage collection, surface treatment program, and asphalt repairs. the position of Director of Public
Works and Infrastructure with this
• Capital Infrastructure – capital projects for roads, municipality,” said Parkinson.
environmental services, GIS development, operations and
buildings, bridge maintenance and replacement, asset “Brighton is a perfect fit for my
management, development services. family,” added Parkinson. “We
have everything we need here
• Buildings – maintenance and management of the Municipally and I have the added benefit of
owned properties and custodial services extended family here too.”

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