Land Development Planner
Land Development Planner
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Job Description
Overview
Are you someone with strong leadership and technical capabilities Do you enjoy building relationships and working collaboratively in a team environment with both internal and external stakeholders Are you a thought leader a trusted advisor and a problem solver If you enjoy entrepreneurship and innovation this opportunity is for you! As someone with excellent communication skills and business acumen you will thrive in our fastpaced and agile environment.
Your opportunity
Dillons Land Development Business Unit is looking for a Land development Plannerto join our multidisciplinary team of professionals. You will have the opportunity to work on new and exciting projects while providing clients with a fully integrated and superior customer experience.
This position is based at our Windsor office. We offer flexible work hours and hybrid work arrangement options to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life.
Responsibilities
What your day will look like
Planning & Design
- Manage projects and coordinate a variety of land development planning projects
- Contribute to business development and coordination of client relationships and business growth in WindsorEssex and throughout Ontario and Canada including client interactions networking proposal preparation and presentations
- Liaise with public and private agencies
- Commit to the career development of staff including technical direction training recommendations coaching and mentoring
- Contribute to Dillons corporate profile through active participation in professional associations and committees and periodic participation and presentations at industry/professional conferences
- 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
Learning & Development
- Commit to selfdevelopment and ongoing learning and professional development
- Input to the career development of junior staff including technical direction training recommendations coaching and mentoring
- Contribute to Dillons corporate profile through active participation in professional associations and committees
Qualifications
What you will need to succeed
- A degree in planning geography or a related field preferably at the Masters level
- Full membership in the Ontario Professional Planners Institute (OPPI) or able to attain full membership within three 3 years of accepting the position
Experience
- Minimum of five 5 years of 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 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 at the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) is an asset
Why choose Dillon
We live our core values:
- Reliability: words result in actions that build trust;
- Achievement: do the work to hit the target;
- Continuous development: always learning; always adapting; always growing;
- Creativity: discover new possibilities;
- Courage: do the things that matter especially when its hard;
- Inclusiveness: enabling belonging to draw strength from our differences.
In addition we offer:
- Employee share purchase plan
- Dillon is 100 employee owned and share ownership is open to all fulltime regular employees
- A competitive compensation package
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Generous retirement savings plan
- Student loan repayment assistance with matching employer contributions
- Flexible work hours
- Dillon values its staff and the contributions that are made each day and understands that work arrangements can differ based on personal needs and business needs. We are taking a trustbased approach to oer a variety of exible work options to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life.
- Early Career Development (ECD) program
- We are committed to developing the skills and knowledge of our people at every stage of their career. The ECD program is designed to accelerate the development of successful consulting careers of new graduates. The program focuses on a mix of skills and behaviors that align with technical consulting clients business acumen and early leadership.
- Focus on Innovation
- The ability to anticipate examine and adopt new and innovative solutions is a crucial driver for the continual and progressive advancement of our business performance. In our culture people are empowered to reflect and question current practices and seek forward looking solutions to todays problems and tomorrows opportunities.
- Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP)
- A variety of EFAP tools and online resources to support wellbeing are available to all employees.
- Goodlife Fitness Corporate Membership
- Our employees can take advantage of reduced annual membership fees.
- Wellness Subsidy
- Our employees can take advantage of wellness subsidy that can be put towards expenses for a variety of health and/or wellness related activities such as gym membership purchase of home fitness equipment yoga classes and dance classes.
About Dillon
Dillon is a proudly Canadian employeeowned professional consulting firm specializing in planning engineering environmental science and management. We partner with clients to provide committed collaborative and inventive solutions to complex multifaceted projects. With over 20 offices and more than 1000 employees across Canada Dillon offers a wide range of services related to building and improving facilities and infrastructure protecting the environment and developing communities.
Now operating for over 75 years we continue to strive for excellence in everything we do. Dillon has been listed as one of Canadas Best Managed Companies for the past 18 years and has the distinction of having achieved Platinum Club member status in this program.
Employment Equity Diversity & Inclusion at Dillon
Dillon is committed to the principles of employment equity inclusiveness and diversity within our organization. We strive to achieve a workplace where opportunities are based on skills and abilities and that respects and values differences.
Inclusion is more than a word to us it is the way we choose to run our business. We encourage you to connect with us if you require accommodation in the interview process. We would love to hear from you!
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Employment Type
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