Overview
Dillon’s Water Resources Discipline is seeking a Water Resources Designer/Technologist to fill an existing/new vacancy within 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 is a new position and is based out of our Windsor, North York, Hamilton, Oakville, Kingston and Vancouver office.
We offer flexible work hours to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life.
About Dillon
Dillon Consulting Limited (Dillon) is a proudly Canadian, 100% employee-owned professional consulting firm specializing in planning, engineering, environmental science, and management. With over 25 offices and more than 1100 employees across Canada, we offer a wide range of services related to building and improving facilities and infrastructure, protecting the environment, and developing communities.
At Dillon, we strive to remain at the forefront of technology and innovation and thrive on interdisciplinary collaboration, empowering our people to challenge conventional thinking and build careers focused on creating a lasting impact in our communities. We are committed to ongoing professional development and celebrate the unique perspectives that each team member brings to the table.
Employee ownership is available to all Dillon team members, and over 60% of our employees own shares in Dillon. Through employee ownership, we return the financial benefit created by our project work to the very people who created that value. Because we are an employee-owned firm, your voice will be an essential part of our shared success.
Responsibilities
About the Position
Analysis & Design
- Perform hydrologic and hydraulic modeling analysis and design of surface drainage, dual drainage systems, open channels, closed pipes, bridges, and erosion/scour protection.
- Complete comprehensive watershed and sub-watershed scale hydrology investigations and hydraulic assessments.
- Develop and implement innovative stormwater management strategies and detailed designs to mitigate flooding for land development, municipal servicing, and transportation projects.
Project Coordination & Collaboration
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary team members and assist Project Managers and engineering leads with water resources deliverables across various project scales.
- Participate in fieldwork, including field inspections, reconnaissance, data collection, and monitoring programs as required.
- Assist with the preparation of technical reports and proposals by organizing data and drafting content aligned with project scopes.
Business Development & Innovation
- Contribute to business development activities, client need research, and proposal preparation.
- Support artificial intelligence initiatives within the Water Resources discipline.
- Travel to other Dillon offices upon request.
Learning & Professional Growth
- Commit to continuous self-development, ongoing learning, and professional advancement.
- Enhance Dillon’s corporate profile through active participation in professional associations and committees.
Qualifications
- A degree or diploma in Civil, Environmental, or Water Resource Engineering
- 0 to 3 years of relevant work experience in the consulting industry preferred
- Familiarity with professional hydraulic and hydrologic modeling software such as HEC-RAS, InfoWorks ICM, PCSWMM, or similar tools.
- Familiarity with the detailed design of stormwater management systems, culverts, bridges, sewers, and open channels.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills are essential
- Familiarity with local, provincial, and municipal regulations, policies, guidelines, and environmental permitting requirements (knowledge of federal and provincial flood line mapping guidelines is a strong asset).
Experience
Compensation$50,000 - $70,000At Dillon, we believe in transparency. The following salary range is what we expect to 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.
In addition to a competitive base salary, Dillon offers:
- Flexible work hours and hybrid work arrangement options to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life
- Employee share purchase plan
- Dillon is 100% employee-owned, and share ownership is open to all employees.
- Our annual share dividends have historically outperformed the market average
- Dillon’s Overtime Directive.
- This Management Directive establishes a firm-wide 40-hour weekly overtime threshold, after which premium pay applies, ensuring consistent and fair compensation across all Canadian offices.
- Competitive benefits package, including:
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Generous retirement savings plan with employer matching up to 5.5%
- Student loan repayment assistance
- Wellness allowance and enhanced mental health benefits
- Ample paid vacation
- Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP)
- Goodlife Fitness Corporate Membership rates
- Early Career Development (ECD) program
- At Dillon, we build careers. Designed for technical professionals with less than three years of consulting experience, the ECD program accelerates the transition into entrepreneurial consultants through monthly ‘Level Up’ sessions that build both technical and consulting capabilities. Own your success; we provide the blueprint.
Health & Safety at Dillon
Prospective employees are expected to fully align with Dillon's core commitment to Health & Safety. This includes active, ongoing engagement with our Health & Safety processes and platform, and the active, ongoing identification and reporting of health and safety hazards.
Employment Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Dillon
Dillon is committed to employment equity and an inclusive, diverse workplace where opportunities are based on skills and abilities. If you require accommodation during the interview process, please let us know.
Technology enablement and the use of AI at Dillon
Please be advised that Dillon uses AI-assisted tools to support aspects of our recruitment process to increase efficiency and fairness. While AI supports the process, all hiring decisions are made by our human recruiting team. By applying, you acknowledge and consent to this use.
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