Medevac Captain

**_Why SkyCare:_**

2080061 Ontario Inc. operating as SkyCare Air Ambulance and Charters is a private family-owned and operated company with an unmatched passion for providing essential air travel that literally saves lives. Our success means we are growing as a dynamic and exciting air ambulance and air charter service. We are based in Sioux Lookout, Ontario. With additional bases in Manitoba and Southern Ontario, we provide private, corporate, and medevac flight services as far north as the Arctic Circle and as far south as the Equator. We fly when and where our passengers need to go All of us are dedicated to providing the highest level of safety, comfort, and care to our passengers - every flight.

**Benefits**:

- Extended health, vision, dental care, life, and long-term disability insurance
- Employee & Family Assistance Program
- Group Retirement Savings Plan
- Professional Development Support

**_Why You:_**

Do your personal values align with our purpose and principles? Do you want more than just a job where you have the opportunity to quite literally be part of a team who does whatever it takes to save lives? Do you love outdoor adventure and professional growth? Do you act with integrity and commitment? If you answered yes, we want to hear from you

**Job Summary & Responsibilities**:
Medevac Captains must be flexible, accurate, reliable, organized, and able to take initiative. They must possess good judgement, values, and ethics. Medevac Captains fly the SW4 Metroliner fixed wing aircraft. They are responsible for all aspects of aircraft operations and have final authority over the safe operation of the aircraft they command and are responsible for the safety of all persons onboard.

Medevac Captains conduct pre-flight inspection of aircraft and check passenger and cargo distribution to ensure that weight and balance specifications are met. They 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, contact control towers for takeoff clearances arrival instructions and other information, and maintain communications with flight dispatchers and weather forecasters and respond to and report in-flight emergencies and malfunctions They perform post-flight inspections, record equipment malfunctions and corrective actions taken during flight and report required repairs to ground maintenance personnel

**Qualifications**:

- Valid driver's license
- Multi-instrument Flight Rating
- Restricted Radiotelephone Operator License
- Commercial Pilot License - fixed wing
- Valid Canadian Aviation Medical
- Valid Canadian passport and/or ability to work in Canada and travel to the USA
- At least 2 years of experience and 2000 total time hours
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral and written communication (English language proficiency required)
- Must be willing to complete criminal record check

**Closing Date: Upon until filled.**

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- RRSP match
- Vision care

Work Location: In person