Manager: Post-Merger Integration

Dillon Consulting Limited; London; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee share purchase plan

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Student loan assistance with matching

Flexible work hours

Hybrid working options

Job summary

Dillon Consulting Limited is seeking an integration specialist to join our M&A team in a hybrid role based in London, ON. You will lead post-merger integration efforts, develop 30/60/90-day plans, and coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure smooth transitions and cultural alignment.

Reporting to the Director of Mergers and Acquisitions, you will partner with leaders to translate strategies into actionable steps, manage data-driven integration efforts, and drive continuous improvement across

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Organizational Management, or a related field.
• Industry acumen in how engineering consultancies operate, bill, and manage talent.
• Change management experience with stakeholder expectations and culture alignment.
• Excellent communication skills for presenting complex integration frameworks.
• Continuous improvement focus and ability to identify gaps in processes.

Responsibilities

• 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 for systems, processes, and personnel.
• Act as the primary contact for newly acquired teams to resolve integration bottlenecks.
• Support the Director of M&A in evaluating targets from operational and cultural standpoints.
• Assist in due diligence, identifying risks, synergies, and integration requirements.
• Translate integration strategies into clear insights for leaders; train stakeholders to leverage new resources.
• Challenge existing processes to drive efficiency and report key integration metrics to executives.

Skills

Project management

Operations

Change management

SQL

Python

Communication

Education

Undergraduate degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

SQL

Python

Job description

Overview

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.

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

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.

Benefits

• 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 use 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.

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.