Water Resources

Pop Quiz:

• Are you passionate about supporting urban development projects by contributing to unique and sustainable stormwater management solutions?
• Are you interested in developing long-term stormwater strategies for growing communities that are resilient to climate change?
• 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, surface watercourses, and groundwater resources.

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, GIS Technicians and support staff to develop innovative stormwater and servicing solutions to support urban land development 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.
• Developing stormwater and/or wastewater models to support master planning of linear infrastructure to support growth in existing or new communities.
• Investigating flooding risks along storm and sanitary sewer systems as well as identifying floodplain areas.
• 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 modelling assignments that supports our land development projects?

Check out how JLR developed innovative modelling by developing a water budget analysis carried out using PCSWMM where a long-term simulation of hourly precipitation and temperature was used to assess the hydrological cycle. The analysis identified the design capture of a Low Impact Development (LID) measure to preserve groundwater recharge to the esker. Also see the PCSWMM analysis that was carried out along the sanitary system in a large community in the Kanata West area. This sanitary sewer analysis was required given that a sanitary overflow was incorporated into one of the wet ponds to confirm that basement protection during a catastrophic failure of the downstream Pumping Station could be provided.

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

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.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $85,000.00-$160,000.00 per year

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Ottawa, ON