Simulator Instructor - Search and Rescue Technician

All for being ready and resilient.

Training Centre Operations at CAE lies at the heart of our commitment to training excellence across Civil Aviation and Defense & Security. As part of this team, you’ll develop and provide training, continually enhance program quality, and ensure seamless operations and service excellence, empowering pilots, aircrew, and mission-critical teams to excel when it matters most. Behind the scenes, you play a vital role in equipping them with the skills and readiness they need to succeed—through every moment, milestone, and mission. With a team that values growth, collaboration, and a shared sense of purpose, CAE offers a dynamic environment where your contributions to training create a lasting impact on the future of safety and readiness worldwide.

Position Overview

Simulator Instructor – Search and Rescue Technician for Training Center Operations (TCO) Canada

Within CAE Defense & Security International, our TCO Canada organization spreads across the country through 10 cities with over 40 training devices in support of DND Training Delivery to the next generation of aircrew and maintenance crews. Our main objective goes beyond the delivery of simulators, courseware and training solutions. We ensure training delivery and training operations. We focus on long term relationship with our customer, as we ensure the sustainability and improve the training solution as it evolves through the lifecycle of the aircraft evolution within the requirements of our contracts being the training partner of choice for Canada. This opportunity is to support the Fixed Wing Search and Rescue Program and one of Canada’s most noble missions.

Duties & Responsibilities :

Instruct RCAF aircrew students in classroom and practical settings using aircraft and simulation tools;

As part of an integrated aircrew instructor team, assist with the design and creation of CC295 Air Lesson Plans (ALPs), ground school lessons, continuation training and continuous improvement;

Working independently and as a member of a team in meeting a broad range of customer requirements and achieving team goals and objectives;

Act in the capacity of Subject Matter Expert (SME) during courseware development and / or upkeep of current and accurate instructor materials as well as client training materials and / or during the development of new training courses and / or modules;

Provide training to aircrew in the field of Search and Rescue Operations

Demonstrate aerial delivery preparation and procedures

Demonstrate safety techniques and coordination in Rescue Phase

Provide firsthand experience to simulated scenarios; and

Recommend and participate on improvement initiatives

Available to take part in training session(s) at CAE Montreal or other CAE Sites in Canada if required.

Mandatory qualifications :

Minimum of 5 years of Search and Rescue Technician experience, or equivalent leadership experience;

Eligibility to work in Canada either as a Canadian Citizen, a Permanent Resident or with a valid Work Permit;

Capable of obtaining and maintaining both a Controlled Goods Clearance and a Government of Canada Level II security clearance;

Fluency in English;

Superior interpersonal and communication skills;

Physically able to work in confined spaces such as flight training devices; and

Ability to travel occasionally (within Canada).

Desirable Skills and Experience :

Familiar with Quality Standards, Training Plans and training media used to ensure Teaching Points are met per Training Standards;

Experience with authoring and amending multi-media instructional courseware;

Verbal French language skills suitable to instruct in French; and

Airbus 295 aircraft experience

CAE offers :

An environment where your initiatives will be recognized and valued

The opportunity to work on a variety of projects on a multidisciplinary team

The possibility to work from home occasionally

Flexible schedules

Attractive employee benefits

About CAE

At CAE, we equip people in critical roles with the expertise and solutions to create a safer world. As a technology company, we digitalize the physical world, deploying software-based simulation training and critical operations support solutions. Above all else, we empower pilots, cabin crew, airlines, and defence and security forces to perform at their best every day and when the stakes are the highest. Around the globe, we’re everywhere customers need us to be with more than 13,000 employees in approximately 250 sites and training locations in over 40 countries. CAE represents more than 75 years of industry firsts—the highest-fidelity flight and mission simulators as well as training programs powered by digital technologies. We embed sustainability in everything we do. Today and tomorrow, we’ll make sure our customers are ready for the moments that matter.

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Base Pay Range

$89,300K- $133,900K

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Position Type

On Call (Fixed Term)

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