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.
Together, DND and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) form the largest and most complex organization in Canada. DND's role is to provide services and support to the CAF in their operations and missions at home and abroad. DND and the CAF work side-by-side to fulfill the Government of Canada’s mission to defend Canada and Canadians and contribute to international peace, security, and stability efforts.
✈ Civilian Licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME) – Department of National Defence (DND)
Build a rewarding career as a civilian Licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME) with the Department of National Defence, supporting the Canadian Coast Guard through critical aircraft maintenance that enables operations across Canada's diverse and challenging environments. This is more than a maintenance role—it's an opportunity to be part of a dynamic team supporting missions from the Arctic to Canada's coasts and aboard Canadian Coast Guard vessels (Rotary Wing only).
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 meaningful civilian career with the stability and long-term opportunities of the federal public service
✅ A competitive salary and defined-benefit federal pension plan, providing long-term retirement security
✅ Comprehensive health, dental, disability, and life insurance coverage
✅ Generous annual paid vacation, beginning with 3 weeks and increasing with years of service
✅ 15 paid sick days per year
✅ 11 paid statutory holidays annually, plus family-related, personal, bereavement, and employer-supported parental leave
✅ A dynamic work environment that includes opportunities to support deployed operations in Arctic regions, aboard Canadian Coast Guard vessels, and in coastal communities across Canada
✅ A respectful, inclusive workplace with opportunities for professional development, career advancement, and long-term job stability
Intent of the process
This is an inventory process, and candidates will be assessed continuously during this period. early to be considered for immediate vacancies.
The positions we are trying to fill are:
- Stream 1: Aircraft Maintenance Engineer - Fixed Wing (Moncton, Ottawa, Vancouver)
- Stream 2: Aircraft Maintenance Engineer - Rotary Wing (Charlottetown, Ottawa, Parry Sound, Prince Rupert, Québec, Shearwater, Stephenville, St. John’s, St. John, Victoria)
- Stream 3: Aircraft Maintenance Engineer - Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) (Ottawa)
A pool of partially or essentially qualified candidates may be established through this process and used to staff identical or similar positions with various employment tenures (temporary and permanent), language profiles, operational requirements, and conditions of employment at the Department of National Defence.
Important messages
When you to this selection process, you are not ing 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 “”
✅ 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 part of the Employment Equity section.
- Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.
- Our organization will only accept on-line applications for this opportunity. Please click “” to submit your application. If there are limitations or special circumstances preventing you from submitting your application via the GC Jobs online portal, you must contact us and receive approval to via an alternate means PRIOR to the closing date.
- Depending on the position being staffed:
- Additional qualifications, operational requirements and/or conditions of employment may be required
- Varying degrees of breadth and depth of experience may be deemed essential
- Asset qualifications may be invoked as essential qualifications
- You may be contacted and asked to submit information or be further assessed
- Applicants who to this selection process must include in their application a valid email address and make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users.
- All information obtained throughout the selection process, from the time of application to close of process, may be used to evaluate the applicants. Your overall conduct and communications, including email correspondence, may be used in the assessment of qualifications and competencies.
- The information you provide in this application must be true and may be verified. Any false information may result in the rejection of your application and/or not hiring you. Please only check off the locations that you are truly willing and able to work from. Choosing a location that you are not truly willing and able to work from slows down the process and impacts our ability to staff positions within the Department. By submitting an application, you are confirming that you are either currently living in one of these locations or are willing to relocate to them.
- To ensure the integrity of the selection process, the content and questions of the assessment must remain confidential. Please do not discuss or share the assessment content with anyone, including other candidates. You must complete the assessment, including screening questions, by yourself, without the help of others, including the use of unapproved internet resources and artificial intelligence. Any violation may result in potential consequences which could include your elimination from this selection process.
- If, at any point in this process or upon qualifying in this process, your Values and Ethics do not align with that of the Department of National Defence and Canadian Forces Code of Values and Ethics and Values and Ethics Code for the Public Sector, you will be eliminated from further consideration in this process. (Copy and paste these links in your browser for more information: https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/benefits-military/defence-ethics/policies-publications/code-value-ethics.html AND https://www.tbs-sct.canada.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?id=25049)
