Lead Structural Engineering jobs

As we continue to grow, we’ve opened roles in our London and Guelph offices for talented and entrepreneurial Senior Structural Engineers to work alongside exceptional people supporting JLR’s Buildings Market.

Pop Quiz:

• Are you a resourceful, dynamic, and driven Senior Structural Engineer with over 10 years of experience in the design of building structures?
• Are you a natural leader with a personal vision, entrepreneurial spirit, and a big-picture mindset?
• Are you looking to expand your knowledge with the implementation of new codes and practices while working with an experienced team to deliver projects using collaborative technologies, and innovative design approaches?
• Are you interested in helping clients develop, renew and maintain critical infrastructure assets and facilitate growth in communities across Canada?

If you scored four for four, JLR has a home for you! 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 Senior Structural Engineer:

Choose your own adventure! Let’s talk about how your skills, experience, goals, and passions can find a home at JLR. As the Senior Structural Engineer, your role will include:

• Leading and supporting intermediate and senior engineers in completion of building projects in concrete, steel, masonry and wood from concept to completion.
• Leveraging innovative design solutions, including BIM, alternate project delivery models, and collaborative technologies to streamline the multidisciplinary consulting process.
• Carrying out studies and preparing reports, designing steel, concrete and masonry structures and providing technical support and contract administration during construction.
• Driving business growth by applying your industry expertise and leveraging your professional network to expand JLR’s client base.
• Completing complex seismic analysis and design of new and existing structures.
• Working and collaborating with an established, multidisciplinary, integrated technical team of architects, planners, engineers, and technologists.
• Participating in the development of competitive proposals to secure new assignments.
• Participating in continued education through formal technical training and collaborative presentations such as lunch and learns.
• Assisting with workload management to ensure project deadlines are met and final deliverables align with client expectations.
• Mentoring junior engineers and technologists.
• Acting as a Discipline Lead on multidisciplinary projects, taking leadership of the structural design team, driving the overall design, coordinating across all intersecting disciplines, taking responsibility for the budget and schedule of the structural deliverables, being responsible for the QA/QC processes, and stamping the final deliverables.

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

Interested in our Structural Engineering projects?

Check out some of our exciting work in JLR’s Buildings market.

Application Instructions

Interested in joining our team? 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.

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. Check out our open positions or send us a cover letter and resume outlining your skills, qualifications, and the specific experiences to 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. Learn more about our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Benefits:

• Dental care
• On-site parking
• Paid time off
• RRSP match

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Guelph, ON