Aircraft Maintenance Engineer - Rotary Wing Inventory

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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.

Transport Canada’s Aircraft Services Directorate is seeking Aircraft Maintenance Engineer – Rotary who is dependable, committed and passionate about their work – people just like you! This position is located at our headquarters, which is located in the Aircraft Services' hangar at Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport.

Apply today!

Intent of the process

This process may be used to establish a pre-qualified pool of candidates that may be used to fill similar or identical positions with various tenures depending on the position being staffed.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

Contact information for 2 references.

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

Education
ED1 : Successful completion of post-secondary program in aircraft maintenance

Degree equivalency

Occupational Certification:
OC1: Possession of a valid Canadian Aircraft Maintenance Engineer category License M1 or M2

Experience
EX1: Recent and significant* experience as a licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineer, category M1 and/or M2, maintaining rotary wing aircraft.

*Recent & significant is defined as: the applicant must have been qualified on a type of turbine powered rotorcraft and show experience exercising the associated ACA privileges for a minimum of three years within the last four years.

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS
Experience
Maintenance experience maintaining one or more of the following aircraft types:
Bell 212
Bell 412
Bell 429

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

Various language requirements

Information on language requirements

Knowledge:
K1: Knowledge of rotorcraft systems and maintenance procedures.

Competencies
PS1: Thinking Things Through
PS2: Judgement
PS3 : Safety Conscious
PS4 : Teamwork

Abilities
A1 : Ability to plan and organize work
A2: Ability to communicate effectively in writing
A3: Ability to communicate effectively orally

Conditions of employment

Security: Secret Security Clearance

Other:
-Possession of a valid driver’s licence.

-Possession of a valid Canadian Passport.

-Available and willing to work shifts and overtime on short notice during the week or on weekends.

-Willing and able to perform work in various positions on aircraft and in the hangar, which may involve standing, kneeling, lying and sitting as well as crawling into confined spaces and climbing elevated maintenance stands.

-Successful completion of medical examinations as prescribed by Health Canada.

-For some positions, willingness to perform flight engineer duties on aircraft operating away from base.

-For some positions, willing and capable to travel for extended periods up to 6 weeks at a time including aboard DFO/Canadian Coast Guard Ships in Coastal Waterways.

-Willing and able to undertake initial and update dunker training.

Other information

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the targeted groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

The client organization will accept applications on-line only.

All job applications must therefore be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System. Following are some of the benefits associated with applying on-line.

- Applicants can create a profile and a resume that can be used when applying for other processes without having to recreate a new application each time.
- Applicants can modify their application/resume at any time BEFORE the closing date indicated on the job advertisement.
- Applicants can verify the status of their applications, at any time.
- Applicants can be notified electronically of tests or interviews and results.

For some jobs, applicants will find important information, namely the job questionnaire and a complete statement of merit criteria that are only available when applying on-line.
To submit an application on-line, please select the button "Apply Online" below.

Applicants who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and make sure this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users.

Please ensure that your Personal Record Identifier (PRI) is included in your application.
Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent; we will contact candidates when the screening process is completed.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.

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.