Planner, Engineering, Environmental & Urban Planning

Are you someone with strong leadership and technical capabilities? Do you enjoy working collaboratively in a team environment and building both internal and external relationships? Are you a thoughtful leader, a trusted advisor and a problem solver? If you enjoy entrepreneurship and innovation in a flexible work environment, this opportunity is for you! As someone with excellent communication skills and business acumen, you will thrive in our fast-paced and agile environment.

Dillon’s Land Development business unit is looking for a Planner to help drive the expansion of our planning team in London, Ontario. As part of our collaborative, multi-disciplinary team, you will have the opportunity to work alongside a diverse group of experts, providing our clients with a fully integrated and superior experience. At Dillon, we operate as one team; this role is a chance to be a key player in the growth of our London office, contributing to a culture that values innovation, local expertise, and collective success.

We offer flexible work hours and hybrid work arrangement options to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life.

• Manage projects and coordinate a variety of land development planning projects.
• Liaise with public and private agencies, as well as additional stakeholders with diverse perspectives.
• Commit to the career development of staff, including technical direction, training recommendations, coaching and mentoring.
• Contribute to business development and coordination of client relationships and business growth in the London area and throughout Ontario and Canada including client interactions, networking, proposal preparation, and presentations.
• Travel to other business locations and Dillon offices for the purposes of executing your responsibilities, internal/external client relationship development, opportunity/project research, acquisition and project delivery.

• Commit to self-development and ongoing learning and professional development.
• Contribute to Dillon’s corporate profile through active participation in professional associations and committees and periodic participation and presentations at industry/professional conferences.

• A degree in planning, geography or a related field, preferably at the Master’s level.
• Full membership in the Ontario Professional Planners Institute (OPPI).

• Minimum of five (5) years of progressive land use planning and project management experience in the consulting industry and/or the public sector.
• Strong understanding of land use planning and development, sustainable community design, urban redevelopment, and planning policy.
• Proven experience in managing land development planning projects.
• Demonstrated exceptional abilities in multidisciplinary teamwork.
• Excellent knowledge of the development industry and the land development approval process, and municipal planning policy.
• Strong communication, report writing, organization and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) is considered a strong asset.

$85,000 to $98,000. Dillon is including the salary range that we in good faith believe may offer for this position. It will be dependent on the successful applicant’s education, experience, and skills, in addition to internal equity and geographic region. Dillon reserves the right to pay outside of the posted range, contingent on factors unrelated to an applicant’s gender or other status protected by provincial and/or federal law.

Dillon is powered by people who are technically proficient, passionate about socially important projects, and motivated to deliver superior, tangible results. We strive to remain at the forefront of technology and innovation, and are empowered to continually grow and develop.

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