Training Manager

About This Role

About This Role

Join our Business Aviation Training Centre in Vienna (Schwechat) as Training Manager where you’ll be part of our global Business Aviation Training and leadership team.

We have just opened the doors to our newest business aviation training centre in Vienna, Austria. CAE will initially operate five state-of the-art Full Flight Simulators in Vienna, including the G550, PH100/300, Global 7500, and a Global 6000 Vision Full Flight Simulators for business jets from leading manufacturers. The new 8,000-square-metre facility will have space for expansion with a capacity for up to nine Full Flight Simulators and will be purpose-built to deliver the most advanced pilot training experience in Central Europe.

This role has a key focus on leadership responsibilities managing, motivating and guiding a team of approximately 40 Synthetic Flight Instructor. We would like to hear about your recent leadership experience with your application and would appreciate a cover letter with your CV.

We are offering a permanent (not contracting), full-time opportunity, and an occasional requirement to work on public holidays (based on customer needs). We are looking for the successful candidate to relocate to Vienna with our support.

The role we are offering you:

• Be responsible for the overall supervision and delivery of flight training activities in the assigned fleet(s)
• Be responsible for the safe and efficient delivery of ground and flight training in assigned classrooms and aircraft simulators
• Maintain contact with Account Executives, Scheduling, Regulatory and Standards to facilitate seamless delivery of training
• Ensure quarterly Standards meetings are held to continuously improve the standardization of instructors and ensure compliance within the network
• Develop and monitor instructor training plans
• Liaise with Technical Services and Fleet Chiefs to ensure simulator data is current and that simulators contain all customer required material
• Develop the annual client course training plan and course schedules based upon Sales projections
• Manage resources to meet or exceed the required number of training events
• Update instructor HR profiles to include compensation changes, allowances, transfers, promotions and leaves of absence
• Create, maintain, and nurture a close relationship with the Training Center’s primary customers’ flight operations and training departments

Our ideal candidate has:

• EASA ATPL License required (valid or was valid within the last 7 years)
• Additional experience desired: FAA, GCAA, GACA, CAAC and other aviation regulators and regulations
• Previous experience as an Instructor, or equivalent
• Ability to focus and work in a fast paced 24/7 environment
• Readily accepts change and adjusts accordingly
• Maintains concentrated customer/client orientation
• Experience managing teams

Location:

• Vienna

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.

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 Opportunity Employer