Civil Aviation Safety Inspector, Airworthiness

Important messages

When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.

Intent of the process

Pools of qualified candidates will be established within Transport Canada and may be used to staff similar positions in various locations in Canada, with various tenures (including indeterminate / term / assignment / secondment/ acting/ deployment), various linguistic requirements (English Essential, Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB/CBC/CBC) and various security profiles.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

Contact information for 2 references.

You must meet all essential qualifications in order to be appointed to the position. Other qualifications may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed. Some essential and other qualifications will be assessed through your application. It is your responsibility to provide appropriate examples that illustrate how you meet each qualification. Failing to do so could result in your application being rejected.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

Education:
Successful completion of a post-secondary diploma/degree in aircraft maintenance or an acceptable combination of education, training and experience related to aircraft maintenance.

Degree equivalency

Occupational Certification:
Valid Canadian Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME) Licence.

Experience:
EX1: Extensive* and recent** experience in the inspection, modification, repair of aeronautical products;
EX2: Recent** experience in the development or application of quality assurance systems*** in a Canadian approved aviation maintenance organization.
*Extensive, the performance of complex activities in a wide variety of situations and has five (5) or more years of industry experience.
**Recent, experience acquired within the last five (5) years.
***Quality assurance systems can include other equivalent aviation maintenance activities.

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

Various language requirements
Positions that may be staffed have various language requirements or various linguistic profiles: (English Essential, Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC).

Information on language requirements

Knowledge:
K1: Knowledge of the Canadian Aviation Regulations and Standards that relate to the maintenance of aeronautical products.
K2: Knowledge of Quality Assurance and Safety Management Systems as they apply to maintenance programs.

Abilities:
A1: Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
A2: Ability to communicate effectively orally.

Personal Suitability:
PS1: Values and Ethics
PS2: Self-management
PS3: Business partnering skills
PS4: Leadership
PS5: Engagement
PS6: Management Excellence

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

Asset Experience:
AEX1 : Extensive* experience working in an environment dealing with:
- Airline operations (CAR 705) with a national and international scope, OR;
- Large aircraft inspection, modification and repair, OR
-The supervision, management, certification or oversight of enterprises with a Safety Management System (SMS), OR;
- The supervision or management of quality assurance systems.

*Extensive = Candidate has performed complex activities in a wide variety of situations.

Operational Requirements:
-Willing and able to occasionally work outside core business hours and on weekends.
-Willing and able to occasionally perform inspection and oversight activities in various aviation environments that may be hazardous.

Conditions of employment

Conditions of employment:
-Security: Secret security clearance
-Must be willing and able to travel frequently.
-Must possess a valid Canadian driver's license.

Other information

- Candidates must clearly demonstrate how they meet the essential and asset education and experience factors listed by answering the screening questions. Candidates should write concrete examples demonstrating how they meet the experience and education required. Resumes will be used to validate the experience and education listed in the screening questions. Failure to provide sufficient information may result in the candidate being screened out.

- Interested persons must meet each essential qualification to be appointed to the position. However, a person may be appointed to the position even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications, operational requirements or organizational needs. However, meeting these criteria is desirable and may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.

- Candidates internal to the Public Service must ensure that their Personal Record Identifier (PRI) and contact information is included in their application.

- Candidates internal to the Public Service must include their substantive Group and Level (for acting, secondment, assignment or deployment purposes). An assignment/secondment or an acting appointment is a temporary resourcing option. The approval of your substantive supervisor will be required before an offer can be made.

- A written test may be administered.

- An interview will be conducted.

- Reference checks may be sought.

- Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice. Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application.

- Applications sent via email will not be considered. Candidates must apply on Jobs.gc.ca.

- Acknowledgement of receipt of applications will not be sent.

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.