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COMBAT ENGINEERCanadian Armed Forces • gatineau, QC, Canada
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COMBAT ENGINEER

COMBAT ENGINEER

Canadian Armed Forces • gatineau, QC, Canada
8 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
  • Part-time
  • Permanent
Job description

Are you an expert problem-solver who loves a physical challenge? As a Combat Engineer in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), you’ll ensure troops can live, move and fight on the battlefield.

This position is available full-time or part-time.

Pay & Benefits

The CAF offers a range of benefits to ensure members are well supported. These include:

  • Competitive salary starting from $4,337 - $6,413/month for new recruits who join the Regular Force under the Direct Entry plan
  • New pay increases: earn more from the start
  • Training opportunities
  • Vacation, parental, and other types of paid leave
  • Health, dental, and vision coverage
  • Counseling, and relocation support services
  • Pension plan
  • Stimulating workplace that promotes respect, belonging, and work-life balance

Overview

Combat Engineers have the following responsibilities:

  • Construct and maintain roads, airfields, heliports, bridges, causeways, rafts, permanent and temporary buildings
  • Construct field defences and obstacles
  • Provide drinking water by testing, purifying and filtering local supplies and by constructing local distribution systems
  • Detect and dispose of mines and bulk explosives
  • Demolish roads and bridges, and lay minefields to prevent enemy movement
  • Maintain and operate engineering equipment, including weapons, vehicles, heavy equipment and supplies
  • Provide engineer communications on the battlefield

You will find a comprehensive list of the primary duties on the forces.ca website.

This position is similar to the following:

  • Highway Construction Foreman
  • Heavy Equipment Operator
  • Rough Carpenter
  • Construction Engineering Technician
  • Civil Engineering Technician

To be eligible to apply to the CAF, you must:

  • Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident living in Canada;
  • Be at least 18 years old (17 years old with parental consent), except:
    • For the Paid Education programs, you may be 16 years old (with parental consent);
    • For the Primary Reserve, you may be 16 years old (with parental consent) and must be enrolled as a full-time student;
  • Have completed at least Grade 10 or Secondary IV in Québec (some jobs need higher levels of education).

Required Education

The minimum required education to apply for this occupation is the completion of the provincial requirements for Grade 10 or Secondary 4 in Quebec.

Foreign education may be accepted.

Direct Entry Plan

No previous work experience or career related skills are required. CAF recruiters can help you decide if your personal interests and attributes match the criteria for this occupation.

Join the CAF

To learn more about becoming a Combat Engineer, visit talk to a recruiter at a centre near you: or call .

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