Contract Planning Reviewer — Municipal Source Review & Output Accuracy
Aedi Technologies Inc. is seeking paid contract Planning Reviewers to support municipal source review, zoning and policy research, Aedi output review, and internal quality-control support.
This opportunity is open to planning students, recent graduates, planning assistants, planning technicians, Planner I, Planner II, Planner III, RPP Candidates, and Registered Professional Planners.
Reviewers will compare Aedi-generated outputs against publicly available municipal sources, identify discrepancies, flag uncertainty, and document potential issues for escalation. This role supports internal review, municipal source verification, and output review. It does not require the candidate to provide professional planning opinions, stamped advice, legal opinions, survey opinions, engineering opinions, or municipal approvals.
Complex or uncertain files will be escalated to a senior reviewer, RPP, legal advisor, surveyor, engineer, municipal staff, or other qualified professional where appropriate.
Responsibilities may include:
- Reviewing public municipal sources, including zoning by-laws, official plans, GIS mapping, development manuals, application guides, checklists, and planning reports.
- Comparing Aedi outputs against public municipal source material.
- Verifying zoning categories, permitted uses, lot standards, overlays, policy designations, and approval-pathway indicators against source documents.
- Identifying discrepancies, missing information, unclear language, conflicting sources, or areas requiring further review.
- Documenting uncertainty clearly for internal QA and product improvement.
- Supporting review of new municipalities as they are added to the Aedi platform.
- Helping build source tables, municipal checklists, review notes, and internal QA memos.
- Flagging files that may require escalation to a senior planner, RPP, legal advisor, surveyor, engineer, municipal staff, or other qualified professional.
- Supporting improvements to Aedi’s internal review process, confidence indicators, municipal playbooks, and planning-language clarity.
Reviewer levels may include:
Level 1 — Student / Municipal Research SupportSupports source gathering, zoning table review, GIS/source comparison, checklist creation, source-link review, and discrepancy flagging. This level does not provide final pathway judgments or professional planning opinions.
Level 2 — Planner I–II / Planning Technician / Planning AssistantSupports output review, permitted-use checks, zoning-standard comparison, overlay review, approval-pathway flagging, and issue documentation. This level does not provide final complex planning opinions or professional sign-off.
Level 3 — Planner III / RPP Candidate / RPP / Senior ReviewerSupports QA review, escalation logic, risk-language review, complex interpretation support, and internal review process improvement. This level does not provide legal, survey, or engineering determinations unless separately qualified and engaged to do so.
Ideal candidates may have experience with:
- Municipal zoning by-laws, official plans, GIS mapping, and planning application materials.
- Development application processes such as Minor Variance, Zoning By-law Amendment, Official Plan Amendment, Site Plan Approval, Consent, Holding Removal, and pre-consultation.
- Planning research, municipal review, development review, policy review, GIS, real estate, or land-use analysis.
- Clear written documentation and plain-language explanation of planning issues.
- Working with structured checklists, spreadsheets, source tables, AI-assisted tools, or internal QA workflows.
Conflict of interest and source-use requirements:
Candidates must disclose any current municipal employment, active client files, municipalities where they may have a conflict of interest, employer restrictions, or limitations on outside work.
Aedi reviewers may only use publicly available municipal information unless a municipality, client, or authorized party has expressly provided permission to use non-public information. Reviewers must not use confidential municipal information, privileged client information, or restricted employer information in their work with Aedi.
This is a paid contract role. Work may be assigned by municipality reviewed, file reviewed, output audit completed, checklist completed, source table completed, or QA memo completed. The role is designed for individuals who enjoy municipal research, zoning review, source comparison, discrepancy flagging, and improving the accuracy of planning technology.
Pay: $35.00-$70.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Flexible schedule
- On-site parking
- Work from home
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Guelph, ON N1H 5N8
