Specification Writer

Are you a resourceful, dynamic, and skilled design professional with 10 years of experience in the construction or engineering industry?
- Do you have strong knowledge of specification writing, contract administration, and architectural or engineering design?
- Are you a technical thought leader ready to manage and standardize specifications, who has obtained or is working towards obtaining their Registered Specification Writer or Certified Specification Practitioner credential?
- Does working with an experienced team in a multidisciplinary environment to contribute to the success of corporate business development initiatives excite you?

If you scored four for four, JLR has a home for you We’ve opened a role in any of our offices for an individual who is passionate about specification writing, to work alongside our exceptional people in JLR’s Project Delivery team. You’ll be supported by a Platinum Club member of Canada’s Best Managed Companies, a 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 being part of a dynamic group of innovative engineering, architecture, and planning professionals and support staff. You will have the opportunity to try new approaches to further develop our team of dedicated professionals and to be part of the shared success of the firm.

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:

- Writing and editing specifications for projects and coordinating compliance with project requirements, institutional guidelines, JLR standards, technical conditions, acceptable standards, and existing laws, regulations, and codes.
- Translating project design requirements into materials, methods, equipment, procedures, and installations necessary to provide the narrative descriptions.
- Developing and updating JLR’s master specification to ensure that it meets industry best practices and lessons learned.
- Working alongside other senior design professionals to prepare specifications for a variety of complex projects and building types that include education, healthcare, science and technology, commercial, industrial, mining, and interior design initiatives.
- Playing a key role in the delivery of projects during the construction phase by taking on the role of contract administrator.

**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, we’re proud of our reputation and longevity in the National Capital and Kingston regions and we’re growing our presence in southwestern Ontario and all along the Great Lakes. Also:

- 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, longterm 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—we have an established depth of technical and support resources that can efficiently and effectively deliver all kinds of projects.
- 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 and 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”, sports teams, department lunches, summer BBQs, and much more).

**Want to get more insight before you apply?** Have an informal chat on LinkedIn with Matt Weaver, Chief of Project Delivery.

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