Military Helicopter Simulator Instructor

Role and Responsibilities

Join our team of experienced Simulator Instructors at RAF Benson across the Merlin, Chinook, and Puma platforms. You’ll be responsible for training from aircraft type conversion of students of varying levels of experience to teaching and mentoring crews across the full spectrum of the aircraft’s capabilities. This will include techniques and tactics within immersive realistic environmental and operational scenarios, day and night.

On occasion, you may also need to operate the IOS/TCC on aircraft types for which you’re not qualified, undertake CBT/CAI instruction in the ground school to support. You may also qualify as an instrument rating examiner in order to conduct tests within the simulator environment.

We’re looking for experienced QHIs join our team, along with good communication, leadership, and teamwork skills. CAE can offer the necessary training, re-training, and recertification to get you fully integrated with our team. We’re ideally looking for full time employees, but we may be able to consider part time opportunities in some cases, and we’re keen to talk to you even if it’s for future career moves.

Work-life balance is a key part of CAE’s offering within our Instructor team, you’ll be working with like-minded colleagues all excited to be able to provide continued support to - and give back to - colleagues and ex-colleagues in the military. Join our team and help us continue to improve, evolve, and modernise our training facility.

What are we looking for?

Qualified Helicopter Instructor (QHI): B1, A1, or A2

Ideally experienced on one of the platforms CAE supports (Chinook, Merlin, Puma), but we’re considering people with experience on other platforms with a willingness to undergo training

Excellent leadership, teaching, and communication skills

Location:

RAF Benson, Oxfordshire

CAE Offers:

Attractive salary package

Generous holiday entitlement with flexibility to increase number of annual leave dates

Private health insurance

Share purchase scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Electric car scheme

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Position Type

CAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.