Pop Quiz:

  • Are you passionate about supporting urban development projects by contributing to unique and sustainable solutions in water supply management?
  • Are you interested in developing long-term water distribution strategies for growing communities?
  • Does working with an experienced, collaborative team to create innovative solutions for clients using state-of-the-art modelling platforms excite you?
  • Are you a resourceful, clever, and enthusiastic Water Resources Professional (engineer, project manager, or technologist) with at least five years of experience?

If you scored four for four, JLR has a home for you! We’ve opened a role in our Ottawa office for talented, entrepreneurial candidates to work alongside exceptional people in JLR’s Land Development 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 the water and stormwater sectors, while you take on existing and new clients and deliver world-class solutions that protect our land and water.

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 engineering, architecture, and planning professionals and support staff.  You will have the opportunity to be part of a collaborative project team, to help establish new clients and partner with existing ones and to develop insightful solutions and see projects through from inception to completion.

If you are 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. We’re looking for people who enjoy:

  • Working with an established, collaborative team of engineers, technologists, and support staff to develop innovative water supply servicing solutions to support urban land development projects.
  • Using state-of-the-art software to advance innovative, integrated solutions to complex servicing problems from master planning to detailed design.
  • Building and analyzing water distribution system models in WaterCAD and InfoWater to support master planning for growing communities and for the planning of water distribution systems.
  • Delivering thoughtful design solutions, developing new business, and working with clients to ensure their expectations are met.

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 (and this year, we’re celebrating 50 years in Sudbury!). 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

Interested in our water supply modelling assignments that supports our land development projects? Check out how we have used the InfoWater software (aka H2OMAP) to simulate zone/system level parameters in a large community in Ottawa and carried out extended period simulations to evaluate various trunk feedermain alternatives. Also, see how the WaterCAD software was used to review several  trunk services concepts in the Village of Manotick to identify the preferred trunk service design.

 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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