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AME (aircraft maintenance engineer), structures

  • Work Term: Permanent
  • Work Language: English
  • Hours: 80 hours bi-weekly
  • Education: Registered Apprenticeship certificate
  • Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years

Work site environment

  • Noisy
  • At heights
  • Confined spaces
  • Outdoors

Work setting

  • Relocation costs covered by employer

Tasks

  • Adjust and repair systems according to specifications, technical drawings, manuals and established procedures
  • Inspect structural and mechanical systems of aircraft and ensure that these systems meet Transport Canada and company standards of performance and safety
  • Repair and overhaul to ensure adherence to standards and procedures
  • Troubleshoot aircraft structural systems
  • Repair and overhaul aircraft structural, mechanical or hydraulic systems

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • AME «S» Licence - Structures

Aircraft experience

  • Large jet airplanes

Structural repair experience - aircraft

  • Aircraft structures - general
  • Aircraft sheet metal structures

Type of industry experience

  • General aviation
  • Military aviation
  • Repair and overhaul facility

Mechanical maintenance and repair specialization

  • Aircraft maintenance - general

Security and safety

  • Basic security clearance
  • Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

  • Valid driver's licence
  • Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Physically demanding
  • Attention to detail
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Hand-eye co-ordination

Own tools/equipment

  • Safety equipment/gear
  • Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

  • Accurate
  • Client focus
  • Dependability
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Flexibility
  • Initiative
  • Judgement
  • Reliability
  • Team player

Screening questions

  • Are you authorized to work in Canada?
  • Are you willing to relocate for this position?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?
  • Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
  • Do you live near the job location?

Employment terms options

  • Day

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Paramedical services coverage
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

  • Life insurance
  • Pension plan
  • Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Long term benefits

  • Maternity and parental benefits

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
  • Variable or compressed work week
  • Wellness program

Support for Veterans

  • Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Veterans
  • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Veterans
  • Recruits Veterans and other candidates with military experience through targeted hiring initiatives (for example: job fairs, outreach programs etc.)
  • Assists with immediate transition needs of Veterans (for example: relocation, housing, etc.)
  • Supports Veterans in translating their military skills and experience into the language of the civilian job market

Support for Indigenous people

  • Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations

Support for mature workers

  • Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
  • Offers phased retirement options that allow mature workers to gradually reduce their workload (for example: flexible or reduced work hours, part time employment, project-based or seasonal work, etc.)
  • Provides workspace accommodations, such as age-appropriate ergonomic considerations, to meet the physical needs of mature workers (for example: adjustable desks and chairs, accessible parking, etc.)

Supports for visible minorities

  • Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
  • Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities