Aircraft Quality Inspector (AME License Required) (Aerospace)

Location: Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada

Company

Airbus develops and supports aerospace products and operates aircraft maintenance, repair, overhaul, and quality activities through Airbus Helicopters Canada.

What you will do

• Ensure aircraft airworthiness and compliance with Transport Canada Civil Aviation CAR 571 and 573 requirements.
• Perform conformity, dimensional, functional, receiving, hidden-damage, and in-process inspections of aircraft, components, structures, electrical systems, paint, composites, and backshop outputs.
• Approve or reject parts, quarantine non-conforming components, and verify identification, documentation, serial numbers, and airworthiness certificates.
• Issue TCCA Form Ones and conformity records, support return-to-service approvals, and maintain aircraft and component records.
• Support audits, incident handling, non-conformance management, KPI reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Investigate failures, identify root causes, define corrective actions, and train technicians on quality and human-factor considerations.

Requirements

• TCCA Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME) license required.
• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, aviation, engineering, or a related field, or 15 years of combined quality assurance and aviation maintenance experience in lieu of a degree.
• 10 years of related quality inspection experience with aircraft components and systems.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings, regulatory documentation, reports, and test specifications.
• Experience with inspection tools and devices used to determine tolerances and specification limits.
• English proficiency required for reading, writing, speaking, and communication with colleagues, management, and customers.

Nice to have

• Airbus H125, H130, or H135 type-rated training.
• Advanced experience with Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, Adobe Acrobat, SAP, Smartsheet, OnBase, and Orion eTechPub.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent professional position within the Quality Inspection job family.
• Flexible working arrangements are supported where operationally possible.
• Inclusive workplace committed to workforce diversity and equal opportunities.
• Work focused on integrity, regulatory compliance, aircraft safety, and sustainable quality improvement.