Structural Engineer – Buildings

Pop quiz:Are you a resourceful, dynamic, and driven Structural Engineer at least five years of experience in the design of building structures?Are you looking to expand your knowledge with the implementation of new codes, collaborative technologies, and design approaches?Are you a natural leader with a personal vision, entrepreneurial spirit, and a big-picture mindset?Do you enjoy working with architects to create solutions that exceed client expectations? If you scored four for four, JLR has a home for you! We’ve opened roles in our Ottawa, Kingston, Guelph, Sudbury, North Bay, or Timmins offices for talented, entrepreneurial people to build and grow in some of JLR’s key business markets.JLR’s extensive and expanding client base provides our engineers with the opportunity to flex their technical muscle of a wide range of challenging projects from award-winning sustainable designs to fast-track design-build projects.Want something even more technically challenging? JLR has an industry-leading group of engineers tackling blast and seismic design and have delivered projects across the world. Want to dust off your passport? Past travels include Cuba, Jamaica, Greece, Colombia, India, Guyana, and many more.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 a variety of sectors, while you provide guidance and mentoring to our teams, help to bring on new clients, service existing ones and deliver world-class solutions.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 engineering, architecture, 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: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: Leading and supporting intermediate and senior engineers in completion of building projects in concrete, steel, masonry, and wood from concept to completion.Working and collaborating with an established, multidisciplinary, integrated technical team of architects, planners, engineers, and technologists to ensure that project deadlines are met, and final deliverables align with client expectations.Analyzing and designing new building structures utilizing industry-leading software (CSI suite, Altair).Developing designs to modify existing structures and designing additions and/or repairs.Providing technical support during construction.Assisting in creating standard details and procedures for design and contract administration.Participating in continued education through formal technical training and collaborative presentations such as Lunch & Learns. 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. You should also know: 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 (and you’ll benefit from remote working stipends to help offset the cost of setting up a productive home-work environment).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.We have an established depth of technical and support resources that can efficiently and effectively deliver small and large multidisciplinary projects.We provide a flexible career direction with opportunities to choose your own path and interesting and exciting assignments ranging in size and type.Our employees lead committees charged with creating action plans for ensuring our firm’s social responsibility, including: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee; Environmental Sustainability Committee; and Indigenous Action Plan Committee.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.We’re active in our communities, regularly participating in fundraising efforts and giving back to the places we call home. We’ve even been recognized by Chambers of Commerce, like in Guelph (winner of the 2023 Customer Service Award), Timmins (winner of the 2024 Best Place to Work Award), and Sudbury (finalist for the 2024 Best Place to Work Award).Extracurricular social events are provided so we can all have some fun along the way (biennial “Prom”, golf tournaments, sports teams, department lunches, summer BBQs, and much more).