Role and Responsibilities
About us
CAE’s Defense & Security business unit is a globally recognized training and mission systems integrator. As a high technology company, we are at the leading edge of digital innovation providing training and mission support solutions across multi-domain operations – air, land, maritime, space and cyber. We are committed to being our customer’s partner of choice to help elevate safety, efficiency, and readiness so that our customers can achieve their best performance.
About the role
We are looking for a Chief Instructor to work at our Medium Support Helicopter Aircrew Training Facility (MSHATF) at RAF Benson, where we deliver the total spectrum of synthetic aircrew training. The training facility is equipped with full-mission simulators for the CH-47 Chinook, the AW101 Merlin and the Puma and covers the full spectrum of training, from aircraft conversion to mission rehearsal, pre-deployment and operational training. This role is an excellent opportunity for a true people leader to join us to provide dynamic leadership to the team of instructors. This role is responsible for directing and leading the delivery of training to the required quality and standards ensuring the accomplishment of CAE ‘s goals and objectives.
This role is instrumental in driving the productivity and growth of the team, as well as delivering quality training and upholding the customer experience. The role requires strong leadership skills and good business acumen. You will be collaborating with senior stakeholders, motivating and utilising the teams in place and working in partnership with the other functions, whilst establishing and maintaining a customer-oriented business relationship with CAE’s various customers.
Key Responsibilities
+ Oversee the planning of the instructor teams’ activities to ensure the overall goals and objectives are achieved while providing customers with a quality training experience
+ Seek new methods to improve the operation and quality of the training offering
+ Plan, schedule, direct and reviews the work of the instructor team towards agreed goals and objectives, ensuring targets are met
+ Coach and mentor the Senior Instructors in place to achieve results with support from HR Business Partner utilising policies and procedures, where necessary
+ Ensure that the annual assessments of instructor performance by internal QA, RAF CFS agents or SH STANEVAL are co-ordinated and action the feedback provided
+ Provide specialist instructor knowledge for upgrade projects to the simulators, Tactical Control Centre and Groundschool
+ Manage the team performance through the Talent Compass cycle, setting and agree long-term and short-term objectives with direct reports and actively monitoring performance
+ Oversee the full operational remit of the team to drive and improve efficiency
+ Accountable for defining the requirements ensuring continuous development and revision of the Operations and Training manual, Standard Operating Procedures, and any associated syllabi ensuring all is in accordance with DSAT, RAF flying manuals, JHC FOB and national AIPS
About you
+ An experienced ex- military Central Flying School (CFS) accredited A2 Qualified Helicopter Instructor (QHI), with Support Helicopter (SH) type experience
+ Wide range of tactical experience on SH
+ Good leadership and management experience
+ Excellent communication skills
+ Proficient with Microsoft office skills
Position Type
Regular
CAE 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
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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 simulation training and critical operations support solutions. Above all else, we empower pilots, airlines, defence and security forces, and healthcare practitioners 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 more than 200 sites and training locations in over 40 countries. CAE represents 75 years of industry firsts—the highest-fidelity flight and mission simulators, surgical manikins, and personalized training programs powered by artificial intelligence. We’re investing our time and resources into building the next generation of cutting-edge, digitally immersive training and critical operations solutions while keeping positive environmental, social and governance (ESG) impact at the core of our mission. Today and tomorrow, we’ll make sure our customers are ready for the moments that matter.