Technician, Aircraft Performance

**Description**

**Being part of Air Canada is to become part of an iconic Canadian symbol, recently ranked the best Airline in North America. Let your career take flight by joining our diverse and vibrant team at the leading edge of passenger aviation.**

The technician, Aircraft Performance is responsible for ensuring that Air Canada's operation complies with regulations and standards for engine-inoperative obstacle avoidance. The technician must use their skills and judgment to optimally balance aircraft performance, safety, and operational efficiency.

**Responsibilities**:

- Perform airport analyses by conducting surveillance on airports, runways, and obstacles and gathering/assessing the latest and most accurate information available on said airports, runways, and obstacles.
- Design engine-out departure procedures and missed approach procedures with the goal of maximizing both operational integrity and performance capabilities.
- Use CAD (computer-assisted design) and GIS (geographic information system) tools to analyze terrain and obstacle data.
- Use specialized performance software to simulate flight profiles and calculate takeoff and landing operational data.
- Ensure that airport and performance data and procedures are published for use by flight crews and dispatchers.
- Communicate with airport authorities to monitor current and future runway construction and expansion projects and assess their operational impact; work with them to alleviate their negative impact on Air Canada's operation.
- Evaluate the effect of changes that occur both inside and outside of normal information or charting cycles.
- Changes occurring outside cycles may result in the issuance of an operationally significant NOTAM, temporary obstacle information, runway construction, procedural constraint, or flight schedule modification.
- Participate in the Airport Authorization Process.
- Prepare weight and balance reports and statements as instructed by the Manager, Load Control Engineering.
- Test IT solutions for the calculation and dissemination of operational aircraft performance data and weight & balance data.
- Provide technical support to other departments in all matters involving aircraft performance.
- Prepare route analyses in support of the Commercial branch's network planning and scheduling activities: block times, cost evaluation and payload predictions based on Monte Carlo models.
- Participate in Aircraft Performance engineering projects, working with performance/operations engineers.

**Qualifications**
- Successful completion of a College or University degree in a relevant technical field.
- 3 years of experience in a flight operations technical role in an airline or equivalent.
- Knowledge of Instrument Flight Rules, design of engine-out flight path procedures, and flight planning are strong assets.
- An understanding of the airline business and operation is required to efficiently integrate technical and business aspects.
- Strong computer skills and demonstrated proficiency with MS Office programs.
- Able to work collaboratively, think systemically, and meet required deadlines.
- Must be highly organized, and capable of working with a minimum amount of supervision.
- Must possess strong problem-solving skills.
- Must be willing to provide occasional off-hour support.

**Conditions of Employment**:
**Linguistic Requirements**

**Diversity and Inclusion**

Air Canada is strongly committed to Diversity and Inclusion and aims to create a healthy, accessible and rewarding work environment which highlights employees' unique contributions to our company's success.