Job description
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 32 to 37 hours per week
- Education: Other trades certificate or diploma
- Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years
Work site environment
- Commercial aviation
- Outdoors
- Government transport
- Bush pilot operation
- Confined spaces
- Noisy
- Non-smoking
Work setting
- Rural area
- Staff accommodation available
- Remote location
- Urban area
- Relocation costs covered by employer
- Various locations
- Outside Canada
- Willing to relocate
- Air ambulance service
Tasks
- Fly fixed wing aircrafts or helicopters
- Follow emergency procedures to compensate for equipment malfunction or failure
- Monitor operation of engine and aircraft systems during flight
- Perform post-flight inspections
- Record equipment malfunctions and corrective actions taken during flight
- Report required repairs to ground maintenance personnel
- Co-ordinate flight activities with ground crews and air-traffic control, inform crew members of flight and test procedures and direct activities of aircraft crew during flights
- Conduct in-flight tests and monitor functioning of aircraft equipment and systems during flights
- Conduct pre-flight inspection of aircraft and check passenger and cargo distribution to ensure that weight and balance specifications are met
- Contact control towers for takeoff clearances, arrival instructions and other information
- Maintain communications with flight dispatchers and weather forecasters and respond to and report in-flight emergencies and malfunctions
- Transport and handle dangerous goods
- MS Office
- Replenish fuel
Supervision
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Airline Pilot Transport Licence - fixed wing
- Flight instrument rating
- Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Licence
- Multi-instrument Flight Rating
- Occupational Health and Safety Certificate
Equipment and machinery experience
Weather forecasting experience
Vehicle and equipment experience
Type of industry experience
Security and safety
- Bondable
- Criminal record check
- Medical exam
Transportation / travel information
- Valid driver's licence
- Own transportation
- Willing to travel regularly
- Travel expenses paid by employer
- Public transportation is not available
- Willing to travel cross-border
- Willing to travel for extended periods
- Willing to travel internationally
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Manual dexterity
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sitting
Own tools / equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Gloves
Personal suitability
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Organized
- Team player
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Values and ethics
Screening questions
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- Bonus
- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance
- Pension plan
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Learning / training paid by employer
- Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
- Parking available
- Travel insurance
- Wellness program
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and / or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.)
- Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and / or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)
- Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and / or refugees with experienced employees
Support for Indigenous people
- Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers
- Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations
- Provides cultural competency training and / or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
Support for mature workers
- Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
Supports for visible minorities
- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
