Pop Quiz:
- Are you a natural leader with a personal vision, entrepreneurial spirit, and a big-picture mindset?
- Are you a resourceful, dynamic, and driven Structural Bridge Engineer with at least five years of experience with CHBDC, MTO documents, OSIM, Structural Manual, OPSS, OPSD, Roadside Design Manual, roadway design, hydraulic review, environmental studies, and MCEA process?
- Are you looking to expand your knowledge with the implementation of new codes and practices and exposure to a variety of JLR’s markets, while working with an experienced team to deliver projects using collaborative technologies and innovative design approaches?
- Are you interested in helping clients develop, renew, and maintain critical infrastructure assets and facilitate growth in communities across Canada?
If you scored four for four, JLR has a home for you! We’ve opened a role in our Ottawa office for a talented, entrepreneurial candidate to work alongside exceptional people in JLR’s Structural group. You’ll be supported by a Platinum Club member of Canada’s Best Managed Companies program, 100% employee-owned firm that has a long-established reputation for quality services in multiple sectors, while you take on existing clients, develop new relationships, and deliver world-class, innovative solutions that support community building and growth in our cities.
JLR is a creative, tight-knit, and mentorship-focused community with unique opportunities for driven people with tenacity and spirit. Our organization is made up of diverse employee owners with specialized expertise in a wide range of disciplines. Joining the JLR team means joining a dynamic group of innovative architecture, engineering, and planning professionals and support staff. You’ll have the opportunity to help establish new clients and partner with existing ones to develop insightful solutions and see projects through from inception to completion.
If you’re innovative and collaborative, thrive when presented with new challenges, and are eager to take your career in new directions, then JLR is the right environment for you.
Your Role:
Choose your own adventure! Let’s talk about how your skills, experience, goals, and passions can find a home at JLR. Your role will include:
- Leading the structural design of bridge projects including bridge replacements, reviewing condition of existing bridges, culverts and retaining walls, and developing rehabilitation plans to extend the service life of critical infrastructure.
- Continue to grow an emerging market at JLR including leading the development of competitive proposals to secure new assignments, mentoring team members, and contributing to business planning activities.
- Analyzing and designing structural systems and components using design software, including seismic design criteria and preparation of formal design packages.
- Working with an established, multidisciplinary, integrated technical team of engineers, technologists, and support staff to carry out studies, develop design documents, and provide services during construction.
- Travelling between JLR offices and project sites across Ontario to meet the needs of various projects.
Why Join Us?
We live, work, breathe, sleep, and thrive in the communities we build. We love northern Ontario and the glorious bounty of the natural world and we’re proud of our reputation and longevity in the National Capital and Kingston regions. Furthermore, we’re growing our presence in southwestern Ontario and all along the Great Lakes of Ontario.
We foster a friendly, welcoming, and team-oriented atmosphere that encourages innovation and collaboration. We have an established depth of technical and support resources that can efficiently and effectively deliver small and large multidisciplinary projects. We provide flexible career direction with opportunities to choose your own path and interesting and exciting assignments ranging in size and type.
Employee Ownership and Career Growth
- 100% employee owned
- Share ownership opportunities at all levels
- Merit and profit bonus program
- Competitive salaries reviewed annually
- Career Mentorship Program
Work-life Balance and Employee Wellness
- Immediate health and dental benefits
- RRSP/DPSP matching program
- Flexible working hours
- Hybrid working
- Parental leave top-up program
- Fun Funds to plan extracurricular social events
Community Engagement and Social Responsibility
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee
- Environmental Sustainability Committee
- Reconciliation Action Plan Committee
- Local fundraising and community building events
Application Instructions
Interested in joining our team? We’re always open to great talent, even if it’s not exactly what we’ve posted. Ready? Send us a cover letter and resume outlining your skills, qualifications, and the specific experiences that make you an ideal candidate for the position by emailing careers@jlrichards.ca.
JLR welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
At JLR, each of us contributes to inclusion and we all have a role to play. Our culture is the result of our behaviours, our personal commitment, our curiosity, how we collaborate, and the ways that we courageously share our perspectives and encourage others to do the same. In turn, our environment inspires us to try new things, speak openly, and be bold. It brings us together in ways that help us stand out. Our inclusive culture empowers all of us to connect, belong, and grow.
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