Civil Engineering Graduate – Land Development

Civil Engineering Graduate – Land Development

Oct 28, 2025

We’ve opened a role in our Ottawa office for a talented, entrepreneurial Civil Engineering Graduate – Land Development to work alongside exceptional people in JLR’s Civil group.

• Are you passionate about building sustainable infrastructure for developing communities in an environmentally responsible way?
• Does working with an experienced team to create high quality custom solutions for clients using innovative technologies and alternate delivery methods excite you?
• Are you a resourceful, clever, and enthusiastic graduate from a Civil Engineering program?
• Are you excited to learn and seek out new experiences, skills, and abilities?

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. Our work spans the gamut from concept development to final commissioning of constructed works and includes urban planning, master servicing studies, transportation, municipal servicing, stormwater management, water distribution system analysis and design, construction administration, AND we’re even developing ideas for future renewables in our subdivision designs!

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.

Choose your own adventure! Let’s talk about how your skills, experience, goals, and passions can find a home  a Civil Engineering Graduate, your role will include:

• Working directly with civil engineers and other discipline team members as part of an integrated project team.
• Participating in the preparation of conceptual to detailed servicing, grading and stormwater management designs of land development projects, including site plans, subdivisions.
• Assisting engineers and technologists with project execution during all project phases.
• Communicating effectively with clients, contractors, and other project stakeholders.
• Participating in the preparation of proposals, reports, specifications, and budget estimates.
• Occasional site visits and inspection duties for various construction projects within the area.
• Demonstrating organizational, administrative, observational, and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail.

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.

• Share ownership opportunities at all levels
• Merit and profit bonus program
• Competitive salaries reviewed annually

Work-life Balance and Employee Wellness

• Immediate health and dental benefits
• RRSP/DPSP…