Manager, Aircrew Instructors

**Role and Responsibilities**

**Who We Are**:

- CAE Vision: Our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in defense and security and civil aviation by revolutionizing our customers’ training and critical operations with digitally immersive solutions to elevate safety, efficiency, and readiness.
- CAE Defense & Security Mission: CAE's Defense and Security business unit focuses on helping prepare military customers to develop and maintain the highest levels of mission readiness.
- CAE Values: Empowerment, Innovation, Excellence, Integrity and OneCAE make us who we are and we strive to make a difference in the world while helping each other succeed.

**What We Have to Offer**:

- Comprehensive and competitive benefits package and flexibility that promotes work-life balance
- A work environment where all employees are valued, respected and safe
- Freedom to succeed by enabling team members to deliver, take initiatives and make decisions
- Recognition, professional development, advancement and having fun

As part of the Fixed Wing Search & Rescue (FWSAR) Operational Training Unit (OTU) at 19 Wing Comox and reporting to the FWSAR Site Manager, the Manager, Aircrew Instructors will provide all aspects of the training support, including classroom instruction, courseware support, database change review, scenario and lesson plan changes, configuration management and is responsible for standardization of instruction.

**Responsibilities**:

- Lead and supervise a dynamic team of instructional staff that must meet the requirements of FWSAR aircrew contractual training delivery
- Work closely with the GL Maintenance instruction to support CAE contractual program delivery and other training centre support to DND as required.
- Interacts with 418 Pilot Training and Squadron Standards officer to provide student training to meet CF needs for the required standard established by the CF
- Ensure that instructors are aligned for all matters related to standards of instruction, teaching methodologies, and handling of and reporting on FWSAR students
- Ensure that training delivered is consistent with training objectives and teaching points in the training plan, per applicable training standards
- Ensure instructional staff is trained and qualified in accordance with the Pilot instructor and Sensor instructor training plans
- Ensure the instructor teams maintain currency
- Reporting student progress, issues and deficiencies relative to the course delivery
- Assist in recruiting, hiring and developing staff to help them achieve their objectives
- Create work schedules, plan and coordinate daily activities and work assignments along with future projects to minimize the impact on customers, ensuring that an adequate roster is available at all times to cover contracted Training Availability Window
- Prepare performance reviews for team members
- Effectively deliver oral and electronic presentations to management and customers
- Work autonomously to tackle a broad scope of customer requirements
- Travel and work shifts/overtime when needed

**Mandatory qualifications include**
- Superior interpersonal and communication skills
- Formal training in Instructional Techniques
- Experience with authoring and amending multi-media instructional courseware
- Familiar with quality standards, training plans, and training media used to ensure teaching points are met per Training Standards
- Customer-centric with experience and success in providing customer service
- Ability to handle sensitive situations with tact
- Ability to motivate subordinates by empowering them
- Ability to foster respect and the exchange of ideas and knowledge through effective communication
- Knowledge of customer SOPs
- Ability to contribute to the development of teaching aids and courseware
- Ability to make good decisions and recommendations on technical and human resources issues
- Excellent knowledge of English, read, written and spoken
- Thorough understanding of aircraft terminology and simulation devices
- Eligibility to work in Canada either as a Canadian Citizen, a Permanent Resident or with a valid Work Permit
- Capable of obtaining and maintaining both Controlled Goods Clearance and a Level II NATO Secret security clearance is required

**Desirable qualifications include**:

- Qualified Flying Instructor or Canadian Armed Forces Flying Instructor Course, or equivalent
- Simulator or FTD instructor experience
- Ability to deliver synthetic environment training using flight simulators and other tools
- Verbal and written French second language skills
- Previous experience supporting RCAF training delivery in a leadership or instructional role.
- Previous experience as simulator technician
- Experience with CAE simulators or training devices
- Experience in supervising technicians

**Position Type**

Regular

CAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be con