Job Description

Manager: Post-Merger Integration

Are you a strong project manager, who brings a deep understanding of the engineering consulting industry, with a drive to improve current methodologies to help build a scalable and effective integration framework. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and see yourself taking the lead in helping newly acquired companies integrate into the Dillon employee owned culture, this opportunity is for you.

Your Opportunity

Dillon Consulting Limited is seeking a highly motivated integration specialist to be a foundational member of our growing M&A team. Reporting directly to the Director of Mergers and Acquisitions, this hybrid role bridges the gap between our strategic acquisition initiatives and our operational execution.

This is a new position and can be based in our London ON office. We offer flexible work hours and hybrid work arrangement options 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

Post-Merger Management & Integration

• Take the lead in helping newly acquired companies integrate into the Dillon culture and track post-merger operational performance.
• Develop and execute comprehensive 30/60/90-day integration plans, ensuring smooth transitions for systems, processes, and personnel.
• Act as the primary point of contact for newly acquired teams to resolve integration bottlenecks.

Mergers & Acquisitions (Full-Cycle Support)

• Support the Director of M&A in evaluating potential acquisition targets from an operational and cultural standpoint.
• Assist in the operational due diligence process, identifying risks, synergies, and integration requirements.

Change Management & Business Partnership

• Translate complex integration strategies into clear, actionable insights for business leaders across both Dillon and the acquired firms.
• Support the training of stakeholders—including leaders of newly acquired firms—to ensure they understand Dillon's operating models and can effectively leverage new resources.

Process Optimization & Reporting

• Challenge existing processes to drive efficiency and utility within our M&A playbook.
• Track and report on key integration metrics to executive leadership, ensuring that identified synergies are being realized on schedule.

Qualifications

• Education: Undergraduate degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Organizational Management, or a related field.
• Industry Acumen: You understand the nuances of how engineering consultancies operate, bill, and manage talent, allowing you to speak the language of the firms we acquire.
• Change Management: Proven ability to navigate organizational change, manage stakeholder expectations, and foster cultural alignment.
• Communication: Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex integration frameworks clearly and concisely to diverse audiences.
• Continuous Improvement: Improvement-focused and comfortable identifying gaps in existing processes to build a stronger integration engine.

Experience

• 3–6 years of experience in project management, operations, or change management, specifically within the engineering, environmental, or planning consulting industry.
• Direct exposure to M&A integration is a strong asset.
• Comfortable working with large, complex datasets and can conceptualize multidimensional data structures. You enjoy both building new pipelines and optimizing existing logic.
• Proven proficiency in SQL and Python for data manipulation is considered an asset.
• Experience challenging existing processes to drive efficiency and utility.
• Experience working in and contributing to a Continuous Improvement-focused environment
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex financial information clearly and concisely.

Compensation

$80,000 - $130,000

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.

Why choose Dillon

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.

We live our core values

• 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 it’s hard;
• Inclusiveness: enabling belonging to draw strength from our differences;
• Reliability: words result in actions that build trust.

In addition, we offer:

• Employee share purchase plan

• • Dillon is 100% employee owned and share ownership is open to all employees.

• A competitive compensation package

• • Comprehensive health benefits
  • Generous retirement savings plan
  • Student loan repayment assistance with matching employer contributions

• Flexible work hours and hybrid working options

• • 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 trust-based approach to offer a variety of flexible and hybrid work options to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life.

• Learning and Development opportunities

• • As a knowledge-based business, the organic growth of our knowledge and skills occur through our work performance and roles. The creation and sharing of knowledge allows us to take local knowledge to scale, capture lessons learned through experience, and continuously improve service delivery. The development of self and others is an evident and measured core behaviour within our organization
  • We use a composite approach to development including coaching to build the how, mentoring to share lessons, advising to round out perspectives, and co-creation of knowledge through internal learning opportunities.

• 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 today’s problems and tomorrow’s opportunities.

• Employee and Family Assistance program

• • A variety of EFAP tools and online resources to support well-being 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 a 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, employee-owned, professional consulting firm specializing in planning, engineering, environmental science, and management. We partner with clients to provide committed, collaborative, and inventive solutions to complex, multi-faceted projects. With over 25 offices and more than 1100 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 Canada’s Best Managed Companies for 19 years in a row and has the distinction of being a Platinum Club member in this program.

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. We look forward to hearing from you.

Technology enablement and the use of AI at Dillon

We invest in modern technologies to enable continuous improvement across the organization. Please be advised that Dillon Consulting utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) assisted tools to support parts of our recruitment process to increase efficiency and fairness. While AI supports this process, all hiring decisions are made by our human recruiting team. By applying, you acknowledge and consent to this use.

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