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Who We Are:
- CAE Vision: Our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in defense and security, civil aviation, and healthcare by revolutionizing our customers’ training and critical operations with digitally immersive solutions to elevate safety, efficiency and readiness.
- CAE Defense & Security Mission: CAE's Defense and Security business unit focuses on helping prepare military customers to develop and maintain the highest levels of mission readiness.
- CAE Values: Empowerment, Innovation, Excellence, Integrity and OneCAE make us who we are and we strive to make a difference in the world while helping each other succeed.
What We Have to Offer:
- Comprehensive and competitive benefits package and flexibility that promotes work-life balance
- A work environment where all employees are valued, respected and safe
- Freedom to succeed by enabling team members to deliver, take initiatives and make decisions
- Recognition, professional development, advancement and having fun!
Summary
Applies comprehensive knowledge and experience to solve complex or system problems: those typically solved solely by reference to maintenance manuals or similar documents. Maintains to the highest level all training equipment. Supervisor may review work for general compliance with accepted practices.
Provide technical guidance and expertise for In-plant testing, On site testing and device certification.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Perform scheduled preventive maintenance per the appropriate procedures for a particular training device.
- Provide technical assistance in identifying, evaluating, and developing processes to improve reliability and maintainability of the training devices.
- Perform operational daily tests (preflight) as required on the flight training devices.
- Support Instructors and crews in operation of training devices
- Assist in execution of FAA, CASA or equivalent certification tests
- Applies comprehensive technical knowledge to solve complex problems, those typically solved by properly interpreting maintenance manuals or similar documents.
- Monitors the work of and provides technical guidance.
- Capable of interpreting and working with computer systems utilizing various operating systems.
- Maintains required documentation of maintenance activities.
- Monitors and tracks the repair status of inoperative equipment and documents maintenance activities utilizing the logistics management data base system.
- Diagnoses malfunctions of computers, associated equipment, and performs operability/readiness tests and repair.
- Performs systems interface/fault isolation.
- Applies fundamental troubleshooting procedures in the maintenance of interfaces and peripheral equipment used with computers.
- Interprets mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, schematics and system drawings and generate simplified versions as needed.
- Provides networking and information systems support on training devices and networks.
- Implements basic modifications to existing simulators.
- Perform facility/housekeeping in areas not covered by janitorial services contract as required to maintain a safe and clean work environment.
Qualifications and Education Requirements
- Position requires a Technical College Degree with 4 years of related experience in the maintenance, troubleshooting, repair and operation of full flight simulators or an equivalent combination of technical education related to electronics, electromechanical, computer, aviation, or simulation technology and/or hands-on work experience in the maintenance and operation of full flight simulators that total a minimum of 6 years’ experience.
- 2 years of related experience may substitute for absence of Technical College Degree and count towards total of 6 years required experience.
- Knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures used in aircraft flight trainer maintenance operations.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office programs.
- Related skill areas should include technical writing and presentation skills.
Language Skills
Must have the ability to read, analyze, and interpret the most complex word and technical documents/diagrams. Will be required to respond effectively to sensitive inquiries and complaints. Must be able to generate effective oral and written presentations and proposals on complex subjects.
Reasoning Ability
Must be able to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. An ability to interpret complex customer requirements and attitudes from verbal, non-verbal, and written communication is desirable. Ability to read and understand electrical schematics and drawings.
Security Responsibilities
Must comply with all company security and data protection / usage policies and procedures. Personally responsible for proper marking and handling of all information and materials, in any form. Shall not divulge any information, or afford access, to other employees not having a need-to-know. Shall not divulge information outside company without management approval. All government and proprietary information will be accessed and stored electronically on company provided resources.
- Incumbent must be eligible for DoD Personal Security Clearance.
Work Environment and Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- Must be able to work any days of the week, any shifts, to support customer training and maintenance requirements.
- Work in flight simulators, maintenance area, classrooms, projection rooms, office areas, simulator high bays, shop floor, and hydraulic pump rooms.
- Must be able to lift at least 50 pounds.
- Will occasionally have to move items over 100 pounds with assistance.
- Must be able to walk and/or climb stairs and ladder into a simulator cockpit.
- Must be able to stoop, bend, and crawl on top of or under the device.
- Must be able to detect odors or hear noises, bangs, etc., or other sounds to detect problems or flaws in the functioning of simulators and its surrounding environment.
- Must be able to distinguish colors.
- Will be working in areas with risk of electrical shock from moving mechanical parts driven by hydraulics under high pressure.
- Will at times be exposed to the following conditions: extreme heat, airborne particles, and loud noises.
- Position Requires Relocation to Australia
- Domestic and international travel as required.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for their job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for their job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
CAE USA Inc. is an EOE/AA employer and gives consideration for employment to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. If you’d like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please click here Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal.
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Position Type
RegularCAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.
Equal Employment Opportunity
At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. With no exception.
As captured in our overarching value "One CAE", we’re proud to work as one passionate, boundaryless and inclusive team.
At CAE, all employees are welcome regardless of race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity or age.
