Base Engineer

Location: Saskatoon, SK

Type: Full-Time

Are you an experienced Aircraft Maintenance Engineer with strong leadership skills and a passion for safety and operational excellence? We're seeking a Base Engineer to lead, coordinate, and oversee fixed-wing maintenance operations at our Saskatoon base. If you thrive in a hands-on, safety-first environment and enjoy mentoring teams while ensuring regulatory compliance, this role is your next career runway.

Why You'll Love This Role:

• Lead Where It Matters Most: Play a key role in ensuring aircraft safety, reliability, and regulatory compliance across base maintenance operations.
• People-Focused Leadership: Build, mentor, and motivate a skilled maintenance team while shaping a strong safety culture.
• Purpose-Driven Workplace: Be part of a 100 per cent Indigenous-owned organization that values diversity, community, and meaningful work.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Plan, coordinate, and supervise base maintenance activities on company and customer aircraft.
• Supervise maintenance inspections, repairs, and modifications in accordance with company standards and Transport Canada regulations.
• Ensure all maintenance activities are properly recorded and documented.
• Enforce safety rules and actively promote safety awareness and compliance across the workplace.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and well-organized maintenance environment aligned with company standards.
• Provide instructional and technical support to AMEs, apprentices, and crew chiefs to support professional development.
• Coordinate with the Maintenance Planner regarding scheduling, priorities, and progress of assigned work.
• Liaise with Maintenance Operations Control (MOC) regarding aircraft serviceability and availability.
• Ensure timely requisition of parts and materials required for non-routine maintenance.
• Participate in the Safety Management System (SMS) and perform Quality Assurance (QA) functions as required.
• Support continuous improvement by identifying gaps or required changes to standard operating procedures and internal policies.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

You Might Be the Perfect Fit If You Have:

• A strong safety mindset and commitment to regulatory compliance.
• Proven leadership skills with the ability to supervise, coach, and motivate technical teams.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate across departments.
• A proactive, solution-focused approach with strong decision-making and problem-solving abilities.
• The ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced maintenance environment.

What You'll Need:

• M1 and M2 Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME) License.
• Four to five years of related aviation maintenance experience.
• Previous supervisory experience is considered a strong asset.
• Thorough knowledge of aircraft systems and Transport Canada regulations.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and maintenance-related software.
• Ability to support, strengthen, and promote safety and quality initiatives.

We're going places – and we want you to join us. Apply today!

Rise Air is committed to employment equity, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome Indigenous people with all levels of education and experience and are dedicated to building a respectful environment for learning, collaboration, and growth. Our programs are influenced by our core values of safety, service, integrity, sustainability, and passion. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, in accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority. Preference is given to qualified Indigenous applicants. Accommodations are available upon request.

LandCultural Acknowledgement

We respectfully acknowledge that we are situated on the territories of Indigenous peoples who have occupied these lands for thousands of years, including the First Nations of Treaty 6 (Saskatoon, Prince Albert, La Ronge), Treaty 8 (Black Lake, Fond du Lac, Stony Rapids, Uranium City), and Treaty 10 (Lac La Ronge, Hatchet Lake, Wollaston Lake, Buffalo Narrows), as well as other on-Treaty First Nations and Métis. We recognize that we benefit from these lands and are committed to honouring the spirit of reconciliation by inspiring Indigenization at the heart of Rise Air.