Training Manager

Role and Responsibilities

CAE has an exciting opportunity for an aviation management professional in Eagan, Minnesota.

The Training Manager is responsible for leading, developing, and engaging a team of qualified and diverse instructors. Responsibilities include successful execution of assigned training programs, ensuring compliance with regulations appropriate to the FAA and/or any other regulatory agencies (national aviation authorities - NAA) as required. Strong focus on quality with a continuous drive towards process improvement and client satisfaction. Demonstrate integrity and discretion in handling sensitive/confidential information.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Foster the CAE culture by attracting, developing, and engaging instructors to provide exceptional customer service standards.
  
• In accordance with Civil Global Training policy and CAE global standards, develop and manage instructor performance by conducting simulator and classroom assessments to continuously improve training delivery and the customer experience.
  
• Establish strong communication with direct reports with frequent one-on-one discussions and reinforce collaboration with supporting teams.
  
• In accordance with the Civil Global Training policy, ensure that instructors receive appropriate training for their respective platforms, CAE systems, customer experience and regulatory training on an ongoing basis.
  
• Foster a customer-focused culture in alignment with business goals and objectives.
  
• Communicate and utilize data from the customer satisfaction survey to provide clear and valuable insights into customer satisfaction, experience, and expectations to improve service delivery.
  
• Respond to and resolve customer inquiries, requests, and concerns in a positive manner; coordinate back with supporting functions to ensure a positive customer experience. Readily readjust priorities to respond to pressing and changing client needs. Recognize potentially adverse client reactions and develop better alternatives. Ability to maintain strong customer orientation under adverse circumstances.
  
• Manage and continually strive to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of operations to meet or exceed capacity by planning and scheduling resources to include instructors, classrooms, and simulators.
  
• Ensure operations compliance with regulatory laws, standards requirements, and company policies and practices.
  
• Oversee the development, implementation, modification, presentation, and ongoing sustainment of courseware, training documentation, and training devices associated with the program to align with effective training delivery and regulatory requirements.
  
• Maintain instructor qualifications in accordance with CAE's business needs, processes and procedures, and applicable regulatory requirements.
  
• Develop & maintain strong positive business relationships with key internal clients to clearly understand their business processes and the development/articulation of short/long-term business objectives.

Job Related Skills and Experience:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in job-related field or significant experience in a similar position within the industry. Extensive aeronautical and aviation training experience preferred. MBA is an asset.
  
• Industry Experience: Minimum 8 years of progressive aviation experience in a high-volume, fast-paced environment. Previous Training Manager experience highly preferred, or 3 years as an Instructor Pilot strongly desired.
  
• Operations: Excellent knowledge of business principles including finance, sales/marketing, management, aviation, facilities management, and technical training. Proven track record of managing day-to-day operations demonstrating cost control and quality management.
  
• Organizational Awareness: Ability to accurately diagnose organization issues, develop solutions and implement action plans. Understand the business operations from both a strategic and tactical perspective.
  
• Speaking and Communication: Excellent communication, presentation skills, and interpersonal ability. Has superior ability to capture clients' and employees' attention by utilizing superior communication, negotiation, influence, and persuasive skills.
  
• Customer Focus: Has the ability to solve problems and maintain productive internal and external relationships quickly and effectively.
  
• Inspire the Team: The ability to lead and retain, motivate employees, and develop and sustain positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. Inspires achievement, team orientated, and knows how to optimize team energy.
• Self-management: Set priorities, goals, and timelines to achieve maximum productivity. Manage multiple projects and competing priorities. Display a high level of initiative, confidence, effort, and commitment toward completing assignments in a timely manner.
  
• Decision Making & Judgement: Ability to balance analysis, wisdom, experience, and perspective when making decisions.
  
• Accountability and Dependability: Will always fulfill commitments made to clients, peers, co-workers, and managers. Hold self and others accountable for measurable, high-quality, timely, and effective results.

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.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. With no exception.

As captured in our overarching value "One CAE", we're proud to work as one passionate, boundaryless and inclusive team.

At CAE, all employees are welcome regardless of race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity or age.