Conservator, Aircraft Maintenance Engineer

Annual Salary: $81,119.46-$98,707.18

Employment Status: Term, 6 weeks (with possible extension)

Schedule: 37.50 hours per week (Monday to Friday)

Work Environment: Hybrid

Competition Closing Date: December 9, 2025

SUMMARY OF DUTIES

The Aircraft Maintenance Conservator supports the Ingenium mandate by, maintaining, the collection of scientific, technological, aviation and space related objects by ensuring access to and longevity of the collection through object treatment, long term preservation, hazard management, research, advising and developing guidelines and practices for the treatment, handling, preservation, and use of the collection.

This term position will review and summarize maintenance documentation related to Ingenium's restoration of its Canadair C-54GM North Star aircraft This position will review previous North Star restoration Plans, Work Orders and Task Cards, and report on the status of completed and outstanding work.

This position will report to the Manager, Conservation, and will work in collaboration with the Conservator, Aircraft Maintenance for Project North Star, and skilled volunteers of the Project North Star Association of Canada.

EDUCATION

• A College Diploma (Aviation Technician- Aircraft Maintenance, Aviation Technician- Avionics Maintenance, or Aviation Technician- Aircraft Structural Repair Technician)
• A combination of the above mentioned
• Meets the Transport Canada regulatory requirement for "Experience" as it pertains to obtaining an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer license.

CERTIFICATION

• Holds a valid Aircraft Maintenance Engineer, (AME) License (or in process of obtaining, or retired with a valid AME license)
• Holds a valid Driver's license held under Canadian jurisdiction

TRAINING

• WHIMIS
• Elevated work platform training
• Working at Heights training
• Human Factors in Aviation (Maintenance / Operations)

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum 10 years' experience working within the aviation industry (5 years of which, under the Canadian Aircraft Regulations, on certified aircraft).
• Extensive experience generating and interpreting aircraft maintenance technical documentation.
• Lead and manage projects from initiation to completion, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Experience handling a variety of aircraft and associated sub-assemblies.
• Experience servicing, repairing, modifying and trouble-shooting aircraft
• Experience handling hazardous materials
• Experience working with maintenance control software, or condition reporting software
• Experience maintaining, interpreting and reporting logbooks, records and certificates

Language Requirement: English

Security Requirements: Enhanced reliability

Work location: 1865 St. Laurent Blvd. Ottawa ON

Union Affiliation: Public Service Alliance of Canada

Classification: level 8

Position Number: 9690

We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

Our Commitment to Employment Equity

Ingenium champions the values of diversity and inclusion. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions. Candidates are encouraged to self-identify as members of one or more designated employment equity groups. This is asked in a pre-screening question during the application process.

Ingenium provides accommodations to applicants during all parts of the hiring process, upon request. If contacted to proceed to the selection process, please advise us if you require any accommodation.

Job Type: Fixed term contract

Contract length: 6 weeks

Pay: $81,119.46-$98,707.18 per year

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Ottawa, ON