JMC Aviation is currently recruiting for a Quality Assurance Engineer to join an established aviation operation in Calgary, Alberta, on a permanent basis.
Reporting to the Quality Assurance Manager, the successful candidate will play a key role in supporting and maintaining the company’s Maintenance Quality Assurance Program. This position will focus on auditing, regulatory compliance, investigating findings, corrective action management and document control, ensuring all maintenance activities meet Transport Canada regulations, company policies and industry standards.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced aviation maintenance professional looking to develop their career within an established aviation operation, with a focus on quality, safety and continuous improvement.
What’s on Offer?
- Competitive salary package.
- Comprehensive benefits package.
- Opportunity to join an established aviation operation.
- Long-term career development and progression opportunities.
- Work within an experienced maintenance and quality assurance team.
- Opportunity to contribute to safety, compliance and continuous improvement initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct internal maintenance audits and inspections in accordance with the annual audit programme and established timelines.
- Perform external vendor and maintenance organisation audits to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, company standards and contractual obligations.
- Carry out hangar floor compliance monitoring to ensure maintenance personnel are appropriately qualified, authorised and supervised.
- Review permanent aircraft weight and balance changes, ensuring accuracy and regulatory compliance.
- Prepare and submit Service Difficulty Reports (SDRs), Major Repair Reports and Major Modification Reports to Transport Canada as required.
- Investigate audit findings and discrepancies, identifying root causes and documenting outcomes within the company’s Safety Management System (SMS).
- Develop, implement and monitor corrective action plans, ensuring identified issues are effectively addressed.
- Verify the effectiveness of corrective actions and support long-term compliance improvements.
- Develop, review and maintain processes, procedures and work instructions.
- Manage revisions to approved manuals and controlled documentation, ensuring accurate distribution and publication.
- Prepare and publish quality assurance communications, memos and related documentation.
- Identify and escalate safety concerns, hazards and regulatory compliance issues through the appropriate reporting channels.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance safety, maintenance reliability and operational effectiveness.
Skills & Experience
The successful candidate will ideally possess the following:
- Minimum 5 years’ experience within aircraft maintenance.
- Experience working within aviation quality assurance and regulatory compliance programmes.
- Working knowledge of Transport Canada regulations and Safety Management Systems (SMS).
- Previous internal auditing experience would be advantageous.
- Formal internal auditor training would be considered an asset.
- Root cause analysis training or experience would be advantageous.
- A valid Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME) licence would be considered an asset.
- Strong IT skills, including intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Experience preparing reports, analysing data, maintaining records and producing professional correspondence.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively across all levels of an organisation.
- Strong organisational and time management skills, with excellent attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects while consistently meeting deadlines.
- Adaptable approach, with the ability to respond effectively to changing operational requirements.
