Environmental Co-op Student

Environmental Co-op Student

Offer parameters
J.L. Richards & Associates Limited
$95K-$118.7K a year (estimated)
Guelph, CA

Woke Type

full-time

About

Pop Quiz :

  • Are you passionate about building sustainable water, wastewater, and solid waste infrastructure for Ontario communities to help them grow in an environmentally responsible way?
  • Does working with an experienced team to create high-quality custom solutions for clients using innovating technologies and alternative delivery methods excite you?
  • Are you a resourceful, clever, and enthusiastic Civil or Environmental Engineering or Technology student studying at an accredited engineering program, looking for co-op experience in the field?
  • Are you a self-starter that is excited to learn and seek out new experiences, skills, and abilities?

If you scored four for four , JLR has a home for you! We’ve opened a role in our Guelph office for a talented, entrepreneurial candidate to work alongside exceptional people in JLR’s Environmental group.

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.

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 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 :

  • Working directly with environmental engineers and other discipline team members as part of an integrated multidisciplinary project team .
  • Assisting engineers and designers with project execution during all project phases.
  • Assisting on engineering in a wide variety of studies and design projects involving water and wastewater pumping stations, water storage, reservoirs, water wastewater treatment plants, solid waste, and biogas facilities and providing support to multidisciplinary projects.
  • Accompanying staff during visits to project sites and reporting on observations.
  • Using relevant design software.
  • Participating in the preparation of proposals, reports, specifications, budget estimates, and other administrative tasks.

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.

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.

Employee Ownership and Career Growth

  • 100% employee owned
  • Competitive salaries reviewed annually
  • Career Mentorship Program

Work-life Balance and Employee Wellness

  • Flexible working hours
  • Hybrid working
  • Parental leave top-up program
  • Fun Funds to plan extracurricular social events

Community Engagement and Social Responsibility

  • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee
  • Environmental Sustainability Committee
  • Reconciliation Action Plan Committee
  • Local fundraising and community building events
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