Intermediate Land Use Planner

Overview:
Are you someone with strong technical and leadership capabilities? Do you enjoy building relationships and working collaboratively in a team environment with both internal and external stakeholders? Are you a thought leader, a trusted advisor and a problem solver? If you enjoy entrepreneurship and innovation, this opportunity is for you As someone with excellent communication skills and business acumen, you will thrive in our fast-paced and agile environment.

**Your opportunity**

Dillon’s **Land Development**business unit is looking for an **Intermediate** **Land Use Planner** to join our multidisciplinary team of professionals. You will have the opportunity to work on new and exciting projects while providing clients with a fully integrated and superior customer experience.

**Responsibilities**:
**What your day will look like**

**Planning & Design**
- Manage projects and coordinate a variety of land development planning projects
- Liaise with public and private agencies, as well as additional stakeholders with diverse perspectives
- Commit to the career development of staff, including technical direction, training recommendations, coaching and mentoring
- Contribute to business development and coordination of client relationships and business growth in the GTHA and throughout Ontario and Canada including client interactions, networking, proposal preparation, and presentations
- Travel to other business locations and Dillon offices for the purposes of executing your responsibilities, internal/external client relationship development, opportunity/project research, acquisition and project delivery

**Learning & Development**
- Commit to self-development and ongoing learning and professional development
- Contribute to Dillon’s corporate profile through active participation in professional associations and committees and periodic participation and presentations at industry/professional conferences

Qualifications:
**What you will need to succeed**
- A degree in planning, geography or a related field, preferably at the Master’s level
- Full membership in the Ontario Professional Planners Institute (OPPI)

**Experience**:

- Minimum of five (5) years of progressive land use planning and project management experience in the consulting industry and/or the public sector
- Strong understanding of land use planning and development, sustainable community design, urban redevelopment, and planning policy
- Proven experience in managing land development planning projects
- Demonstrated exceptional abilities in multidisciplinary teamwork
- Excellent knowledge of the development industry and the land development approval process, and municipal planning policy
- Strong communication, report writing, organization and interpersonal skills
- Experience with the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) and/or Toronto Local Appeal Body (TLAB) is considered a strong asset

**Why choose Dillon**

Dillon is powered by people who are technically proficient, passionate about socially important projects, and motivated to deliver superior, tangible results. We strive to remain at the forefront of technology and innovation, and are empowered to continually grow and develop.

We live our **core values**:

- Reliability: words result in actions that build trust;
- Achievement: do the work to hit the target;
- Continuous development: always learning; always adapting; always growing;
- Creativity: discover new possibilities;
- Courage: do the things that matter, especially when it’s hard;
- Inclusiveness: enabling belonging to draw strength from our differences.

Dillon is a **certified Great Place to Work**. This recognition underscores our commitment to fostering an outstanding employee experience and cultivating an exceptional workplace culture. At Dillon, we believe that our people are our greatest asset. This designation reflects our ongoing efforts to ensure that our workplace is not just a place of work, but a community where everyone can thrive.

In addition, we offer:

- ** Employee share purchase plan**-
- Dillon is 100% employee owned and share ownership is open to all employees.
- ** A competitive compensation package**-
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Generous retirement savings plan
- Student loan repayment assistance with matching employer contributions
- ** Flexible work hours and hybrid working options**:

- Dillon values its staff and the contributions that are made each day and understands that work arrangements can differ based on personal needs and business needs. We are taking a trust-based approach to offer a variety of flexible and hybrid work options to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life.
- ** Learning and Development opportunities**-
- As a knowledge-based business, the organic growth of our knowledge and skills occur through our work performance and roles. The creation and sharing of knowledge allows us to take local knowledge to scale, capture lessons learned through experience, and co