Pop Quiz:

• Are you a resourceful, dynamic, and driven Water Resources Engineer with at least 10 years of experience in consulting engineering?
• Do you have expertise and a passion for open channel hydraulics and hydraulic modelling?
• Are you a true leader with a personal vision, a big-picture mindset, and strong mentorship and coaching skills?
• Do high-quality custom solutions, innovative technologies, and alternative delivery methods excite you?

This leadership position provides the incumbent with the opportunity to deliver technical and program support for a variety of water resources projects, including drainage-related municipal and transportation projects, subdivision and floodplain mapping, inundation analysis, and drainage systems.

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 as a Practice Lead – Water Resources (Stormwater):

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:

• Taking responsibility for the water resources practice – stormwater and wastewater modelling – including training, coaching, and developing skills within the water resources group; developing, managing, and expanding the client base and business opportunities in this field; and consulting on project and proposal needs across the organization.
• Working closely with our Innovation Department to identify and implement technological improvements and new modelling platforms.
• Engaging through all project stages, from definition, through planning, design, and construction, recognizing opportunities, and understanding client needs to manage and deliver projects.
• Using state-of-the-art stormwater management modelling software (PCSWMM, XPSWMM, HEC-RAS, HY8, etc.) to advance innovative, integrated solutions to complex servicing problems from the master planning stage to detailed design and construction.
• Designing hydraulic structures including detailed drawings for the construction of ponds, spillways, ditches, weirs, basins, and culverts.
• Working closely with other leaders, especially the Directors of Civil and Environmental Engineering, to optimize staff assignments for efficient project delivery.

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? This posting is for a current vacancy, but we’re always open to great talent, even if it’s not exactly what we’ve posted. 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.