Aircraft Maintenance Engineer

Aircraft Maintenance Engineer

National Defence

Closing date: March 19, 2026 - 23:59, Pacific Time

Reference number
DND25J-179212-000035 Selection process number
25-DND-EA-NAST-543679 Location
Comox (British Columbia), Greenwood (Nova Scotia), Trenton (Ontario) Salary
$78,909 to $99,200 - The group and level of this position is currently under review. Level
EG-05 Who can apply
Persons residing in Canada, and Canadian citizens and Permanent residents abroad. Organization information
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Duties
🔹Certify airworthiness of aircraft components, including airframes, piston engines, electrical systems, and propellers.
🔹Diagnose and troubleshoot structural, mechanical, and electrical systems to keep aircraft serviceable.
🔹Adjust and repair systems according to specifications, technical drawings, manuals, and established aviation standards.
🔹Repair aircraft structural, mechanical, and electrical systems.
🔹Install and maintain glider fuselage and flight control fabric coverings.
🔹Install and modify aircraft systems, including engines, hydraulics, electrical, flight controls, and fuel systems.
🔹Disassemble airframes, engines and other aircraft systems for repair, overhaul, inspection, and reassembly
🔹Supervise, perform and document all aircraft maintenance activities, to ensure compliance with regulations.
🔹Weigh aircraft and calculate weight and balance data to support safe loading of aircraft before flight. Work environment
The Department of National Defence (DND) is one of the largest federal government employers, offering over 70 types of civilian career opportunities. DND's role is to provide services and support to the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in their operations and missions at home and abroad. The civilian workforce is an essential part of the Defence Team. Your knowledge and expertise contribute to the overall mission. In this regard, the department fosters a work environment where you have opportunities to learn, to develop your talents, to progress in your career and have job satisfaction over the long-term.
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What do we offer?
🍁 At DND we foster a work environment where employees have opportunities to grow, learn, progress in their careers, and have job satisfaction over the long-term. You’ll enjoy:
✅ A career among a dynamic and dedicated team
✅ Opportunities for advancement
✅ A diverse, respectful, and inclusive work environment
✅ A total benefits package including a competitive salary, health and dental insurance plans, pension plan and a variety of leave entitlements🌿 Work life balance! Including opportunities for:
o Telework and flexible work arrangements
o Flexible hours of work and compressed work weeks Intent of the process
The immediate intent of this process to to fill 3 vacancies in Trenton, ON and 1 vacancy in Comox, BC. This process will also be used to build a pool of partially or essentially qualified candidates to fill future vacancies across DND’s operational landscape. Successful candidates may be considered for a range of meaningful opportunities that support our evolving mandate and contribute directly to Canada’s defence and security. Positions to be filled
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When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.
How does this work?
✅ Step 1: Read the entire advertisement. Want to join our team? Let us know you’re interested! Click “Apply Online”
✅ Step 2: Tell us about yourself! Attach your resume and answer the screening questions in the online application.
✅ Step 3: We will carefully review all your qualifications. If your talent matches one of our immediate or upcoming opportunities, we may contact you for further information or assessment.🔹Creating an environment where diverse perspectives are valued begins with self-declaration. Count yourself in and self-declare by identifying to which employment equity group(s) you belong. In order to self-declare, please ensure to indicate this by checking off the appropriate box within the online application as part of the Employment Equity section.
🔹Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.
🔹Our organization will only accept on-line applications for this opportunity. Please click “Apply online” to submit your application. If there are limitations or special circumstances preventing you from submitting your application via the GC Jobs online portal, you must contact us and receive approval to apply via an alternate means PRIOR to the closing date.
🔹Depending on the position being staffed:
↪ Additional qualifications, operational requirements and/or conditions of employment may be required.
↪ Varying degrees of breadth and depth of experience may be deemed essential.
↪ Asset qualifications may be invoked as essential qualifications.
↪ You may be contacted and asked to submit information or be further assessed.
🔹Applicants who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid email address that is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users.
🔹All information obtained throughout the selection process, from the time of application to close of process, may be used to evaluate the applicants. Your overall conduct and communications, including email correspondence, may be used in the assessment of qualifications and competencies.
🔹If, at any point in this process or upon qualifying in this process, your Values and Ethics do not align with that of the Department of National Defence and Canadian Forces Code of Values and Ethics and Values and Ethics Code for the Public Sector, you will be eliminated from further consideration in this process.
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Conditions of employment

COE1. Reliability Clearance.
COE2. Vulnerable Sector Check.
COE3. Possession of a valid and unrestricted Provincial/Territorial Driver’s Licence.
COE4. Must be able to obtain and maintain a DND 404 driving permit.
COE5. Must be willing to travel, on short notice, to various locations throughout Canada.
COE6. Must be able and willing to work in extreme weather conditions.
COE7. Must be able and willing to work overtime on evenings or weekends.
COE8. Must be willing and able to lift heavy objects up to 45 kg (99 lbs).
COE9. Strict adherence to the Department of National Defence and Canadian Forces Code of Values and Ethics, Values and Ethics Code for the Public Sector, Directive on Conflict of Interest, and Defence Administrative Orders and Directives (DAOD) 7021-1, Conflict of Interest

You need (essential for the job)

Your application must clearly explain how you meet the following❗ Essential qualifications are qualifications that you must meet in order to be considered for the position. This means that when you apply, your application must clearly demonstrate how you meet the education and experience listed below.
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EDUCATION:
ED1. A secondary school diploma or employer-approved alternatives (See Note).
Note:
The employer-approved alternatives to a secondary school diploma are:
• A satisfactory score on the Public Service Commission test approved as an alternative to a secondary school diploma; or
• An acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

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OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATIONS:
OC1. Possession of a valid and current Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME) License M1 category issued by Transport Canada.__________________________________________
EXPERIENCE:
EX1. Experience in compiling and maintaining aircraft logbooks and technical records.
EX2. Experience in the repair and maintenance of fixed wing aircraft.
EX3. Experience in the repair and maintenance of aircraft piston engines.
EX4. Experience in analyzing, evaluating, and presenting solutions to aircraft technical issues.
EX5. Experience* in mentoring, coaching, or supervising a team.
*Both formal and informal experience will be considered. Informal experience may include roles, responsibilities, or activities where an individual is providing guidance, expertise, or training to staff in an organization, without necessarily being in a position of formal authority._________________________________
COMPETENCIES:
C1. Demonstrating integrity and respect.
C2. Thinking things through.
C3. Working effectively with others.
C4. Showing initiative and being action oriented.
C5. Communication.

Language requirements (essential for the job)

Applied / assessed at a later date English essential

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You may need (asset qualifications)

May be applied / assessed at a later date❗ Asset qualifications are qualifications that may be required for the position. If you possess any of the qualifications listed below, please clearly demonstrate how you meet the qualification in your application.
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ASSET QUALIFICATIONS:EXPERIENCE:
AEX1. Experience participating in multi-disciplinary technical teams or working groups.
AEX2.Experience in aircraft sheet metal and structural repairs
AEX3. Experience in the application and repair of aircraft fabric coverings.
AEX4. Experience with aircraft maintenance tracking software.

Our commitment

We're committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, starting with the hiring process. If you need to be accommodated during any phase of the evaluation process, please below to request specialized accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

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Equity, diversity and inclusion

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the population it serves. We promote employment equity and encourage you to if you belong to one of the designated employment equity groups when you apply.

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ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDSThe Department of National Defence is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive team that reflects Canada's population.
To achieve a representative workforce, selection may be based on qualified candidates self-declaring as belonging to one or
more of the designated groups: Indigenous Peoples, members of visible minorities, persons with disabilities, and women.
We encourage you to indicate if you belong to any of the designated groups when you apply.▶ As means to support our military families, consideration may first be given to the spouses or common-law partners of serving
Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members.

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