Civil Aviation Safety Inspector - Aircraft Maintenance and Manufacturing

Group & Level: TI-06 (TI = Technical Inspector) 

Salary: Information about salaries and pay entitlements for this position is available on Treasury Board Secretariat web site.

Benefits and Entitlements: Information about pensions and benefits is available on the Treasury Board Secretariat web site. For information on all other entitlements, view the Collective Agreement for the TI group.

Work Locations: Click here to view a map of Canada.

Language requirements: Various

Various Useful information about the various language requirements and language testing can be obtained from the Public Service Commission of Canada.

Minimum Qualifications:

Candidates must fully demonstrate in their application that they meet all of the minimum qualifications.

Education:

• Successful completion of a post-secondary diploma in aircraft maintenance or an acceptable combination of education, training and experience related to aircraft maintenance and/or manufacturing.

Certification:

• A Valid Canadian Aircraft Maintenance Engineering (AME) licence

Experience

• Experience in the development, application, supervision, or management of quality assurance system; or
• Experience in other equivalent aviation maintenance activities; or 
• Experience in other equivalent aviation manufacturing activities.

And

• Significant experience in the inspection, modification and repair related to the maintenance of aeronautical products; or
• Significant experience in the inspection, modification and repair related to the manufacturing of aeronautical Products.

Conditions of Employment:

• You must possess a valid provincial driver's licence;
• You must be willing and able to travel frequently.

Citizenship:

Preference will be given to Canadian citizens. Please indicate in your application the reason for which you are entitled to work in Canada: Canadian citizenship, permanent resident status or work permit. More useful information about Citizenship requirements can be obtained on the Public Service Commission web site.

Functions:

Branch specialists approve personnel, programs and organizations dealing with aircraft maintenance and manufacturing, and issue Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME) licences, flight authorization documents, and certificates to maintenance, manufacturing and training organizations. The Branch specialists then ensure that these systems are effective by conducting company audits, inspections and on-the-spot aircraft checks.

In addition to Canadian Aviation Regulation Advisory Council (CARAC), the industry participates as approved organizations to ensure that all aeronautical products in Canada are maintained and manufactured to national and international airworthiness standards.

These include:

• 1,001 Approved Maintenance Organizations (AMOs) and some 13,332 Aircraft Maintenance Engineers (AMEs) ensuring the airworthiness of the commercial aircraft and privately-owned aircraft on the Register
  
  

• 60 domestic and international aircraft maintenance Approved Training Organizations (ATOs) which ensure that AMEs are trained to a high standard 
  
  

• 226 authorized Aeronautical Parts Distributors
  
  

• 80 aeronautical product manufacturers in Canada. This includes not only aircraft components, avionics, and engines, but also complete aircraft from the Challenger and the Dash 8 to Very Light Aircraft such as the Katana.

Aviation Safety Inspectors (Maintenance and Manufacturing) at Transport Canada work within the Civil Aviation Directorate of the Safety and Security Group. The Civil Aviation headquarters directorate determines program contents, policy and standards, while the regions deliver the program. For more information on the directorate, you can visit the Civil Aviation section of the Department's Internet web site.

Canada has the second largest fleet of civil aircraft in the western world and is the fourth largest aerospace manufacturing sector in the world. The Maintenance and Manufacturing Branch is responsible for ensuring that all registered aircraft built or operated in Canada meet the required national or international airworthiness standards. This is done in conjunction with the industry, through the CARAC process, where the Branch is responsible for the continuous development of the regulations and standards governing maintenance and manufacturing for Canada.

For more information on the Maintenance and Manufacturing Branch, you can visit the Aircraft Maintenance and Manufacturing section of Transport Canada's Internet web site.