Aircraft Maintenance Engineer

Location: Trenton

Aircraft Maintenance Engineer

National Defence

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

Reference number
DND
25J
- Selection process number
25-DND-EA-NAST-543679 Location
Comox (British Columbia), Greenwood (Nova Scotia), Trenton (Ontario)
Salary
$78,909 to $99,200 Level
EG-05 Who can apply
Persons residing in Canada, and Canadian citizens and Permanent residents abroad.
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About the position

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
4 Important messages
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…