Simulator Instructor - Search and Rescue Technician

CAE; Comox; Hybrid; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading training solutions provider located in Comox is seeking a Simulator Instructor for their Search and Rescue Technician operations. This role involves training RCAF aircrew using advanced simulation tools and ensuring high standards in delivery. Candidates should have minimum 5 years of relevant experience and strong interpersonal skills. The company offers flexibility in schedules and an opportunity to work on diverse projects, contributing critically to team success. Join them to make an impact in training and operational excellence.

Benefits

Flexible schedules

Attractive employee benefits

Opportunity to work from home occasionally

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of Search and Rescue Technician experience, or equivalent leadership experience.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Must be able to obtain Controlled Goods Clearance and Government of Canada Level II security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Instruct RCAF aircrew students in classroom and practical settings using aircraft and simulation tools.
• Assist with design and creation of training materials for CC295 Aircraft.
• Provide training in Search and Rescue Operations.

Skills

Search and Rescue Technician experience

Interpersonal and communication skills

Ability to work in confined spaces

Job description

Overview

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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Position Type

On Call (Fixed Term)

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