Planner

Are you passionate about developing policy and development that results in resilient, sustainable communities that grow in an environmentally responsible way?
- Does designing sites, creating development strategies, researching, and conducting policy reviews excite you?
- Are you a resourceful, clever, and enthusiastic **Planner **looking to gain more experience in land use policy or land development?
- Are you looking to work on interesting projects like integrating additional housing within our communities, shoreline protection policy, design of subdivisions creating complete communities, state-of-the-art schools and hospitals, transit stations, airports, industrial buildings, and other exciting projects?

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 being part of a dynamic group of innovative planning, engineering, architecture, and energy systems professionals and support staff. You will 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 are innovative and collaborative, a solid mentor, 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:

- Aiding in developing new Municipal, County, District and Regional Official Plans and specific policies such as Waterfront and Additional Residential Units.
- Conducting research and policy reviews.
- Developing Consultation Strategies and implementing them through stakeholder and public consultations, including the preparation of materials for public meetings, open houses, and workshops.
- Identifying and responding to client needs and regulatory requirements, and aiding in proposal development.

**Why Join Us?**
We live, work, breathe, sleep, and thrive in the communities we build. We’re particularly proud of our reputation and longevity in the National Capital and Kingston regions, we love northern Ontario and the glorious bounty of the natural world, and we’re growing our presence in southwestern Ontario and all along the Great Lakes. You should also know that:

- We’re 100% employee-owned with share ownership opportunities at all levels.
- Work-life balance is strongly encouraged, including flexibility with work hours and remote working.
- We offer stable, long-term employment with opportunities for advancement based on merit, skill, and initiative and an “open-door” policy where communication is strongly encouraged.
- We foster a friendly, welcoming, and team-oriented atmosphere that encourages innovation and collaboration across multiple disciplines - we have an established depth of technical and support resources that can efficiently and effectively deliver planning services to support both public and private sector clients, as well as municipal, provincial, and federal agencies.
- We provide a flexible career direction with opportunities to choose your own path and interesting and exciting assignments ranging in size and type.
- We provide competitive salaries, reviewed annually.
- Health & dental benefits and RRSP/DPSP programs are offered immediately.
- Our merit-and-profit bonus program is our key to recognizing performance.
- Extracurricular social events are provided so we can all have some fun along the way (annual “prom,” golf tournaments, sports teams, department lunches, summer BBQs, and much more).

**Want to get more insight before you apply?** Have an informal chat with Sarah Vereault, RPP, MCIP. Associate and Senior Planner or Jason Ferrigan RPP, MCIP, MSc.Pl., Senior Planner, or Marc Rivet, RPP, MCIP. Associate and Senior Planner.
**Application Instructions**
- 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._