Ame Crew Chief

Location: Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
Date Posted: Aug 7, 2025
Job ID: R25361
Job Status: Full-Time

Description

You are a professional and experienced AME holding an M or E license (or a combination of the two) seeking the next step in your career. Your resilience and positive attitude along with your demonstrated leadership and mentoring skills will see you exceed in this role.

As the Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME) Crew Chief you will be responsible for providing direction and supervision to AMEs and Apprentices to ensure the maintenance crew performs activities as planned in conjunction with the Maintenance Controller. In addition, you will be responsible for performing scheduled and unscheduled maintenance on aircrafts listed in the Summit Air Approved Maintenance Organization (AMO), and to carry out certification of the aircraft for flight (maintenance release).

**Responsibilities**:

- Plans, directs and oversees activities of the maintenance crew ensuring compliance with all safety regulations and practices whilst leading the team to promote and facilitate a safe and respectful working environment
- Leads and mentors’ apprentices and mechanics including conducting regular performance reviews and ensures all maintenance alerts and memos are read, understood and complied with.
- Communicates and liaises with the maintenance, flight crew and dispatch teams, as required.
- Performs all maintenance activities in accordance with the applicable standards of airworthiness and ensures all paperwork for assigned tasks is complete and accurate before handing back to Crew Chief.
- Identifies possible Service Difficulty Report (SDR) situations and reports to Maintenance Controller.
- Troubleshoots faulty systems to determine a course of rectification and conducts hangar clean-up.
- Carries out the applicable maintenance release of an aircraft as authorized to do so by their individual Aircraft Certification Authority (ACA).
- Travels with an aircraft and apprentice / mechanic if it is assigned away from base for an extended period of time, as required.
- Acts as temporary Maintenance Controller, if instructed to do so by Director of Maintenance.

**Requirements**:

- Minimum 5 years of experience as a licensed AME, preferably working with larger aircrafts
- Possess Transport Canada AME M or E license or a combination of the two and the ability to hold ACA
- Hold necessary endorsements for the type of aircraft on which crews will be expected to work.
- Previous experience working on ATR42/72, DHC-8, BAE146, RJ85/100, D228 aircraft would be an asset
- Ability to direct and supervise the work of and provide practical training to AME’s, including foster apprentices towards successfully attaining an AME license
- Attention to detail with the proven ability to prioritize and multi-task with excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills
- Proven observational, decision-making and time management skills, including efficient computer abilities
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to foster a positive and goal-oriented working culture

Working Conditions
- For a resident role it would be 7 days on, 7 days off and if it is a Rotational role - 14 days on, 14 days off 5pm-5am/5am-5pm. Nightshift/Dayshift
- Based in Yellowknife, NT

Additional Information

Our workplace culture has been recognized as one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers, Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures, and a Top 100 Inspiring Workplace in North America.

Our competitive total rewards package provides compensation and benefits that support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing. We offer exciting, challenging work with opportunities to develop your skills and knowledge.

Employment Equity

At Ledcor we believe diversity, equity, and inclusion should be part of everything we do. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, Veteran status or any other identifying characteristic are encouraged to apply.

500 Donald St East, Thunder Bay, ON