Flight Lead - FTO Spain

About This Role

Flight Lead

Join CAE’s team based in Spain, Malaga as a flight lead responsible for managing the day-to-day delivery of the Flight Instructor team, ensuring optimum productivity and a seamless student experience. The role involves supporting the Training Manager, advising on improvements, and maintaining operational standards

In this role as flight lead you will be expected to:

• Induction and onboarding of new Flight Instructors.
• Providing feedback on probation and participating in the CAE+me process.
• Identifying training needs and managing underperformance.
• Collaborating with other FTOs for CAA, EASA and ISI audits.
• Completing relevant examination courses.
• Contributing to the Flight Safety agenda and promote the CAE “just culture” working in tandem with the Safety Officer
• Liaising with the Flight Ops Management team.
• Maintain oversight of all flight training in CAE Spain.
• Supervising daily operations
• Work in tandem with partner’s Planning department to ensure the optimization of the daily schedule for CAE cadets
• Manage the daily prioritization of CAE cadets on the daily schedule
• Act as first and main point of contact for all training delivery matters to maintain student experience quality.
• Work in tandem with the local CAE customer service representative
• Writing and developing training materials.
• Performing administrative duties as required.
• Acting as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for training phases.
• Monitoring and reporting student progress and performance
• Assisting with the training and onboarding of new instructors.
• Reporting and escalating performance issues of Instructors.

Our ideal candidate will have the following experience:

• Preferable airline experience and teaching within a large flight academy.
• Must hold current EASA licenses (Medical Class 1, CPL with Multi-engine & Instrument rating, Flight Instructor with Multi-Engine Instructor rating, and MPLI).
• UK CAA licences with Flight Instructor and FIC preferable.
• Minimum flight hours required for different categories.
• Local position with openness to travel across the network.
• Excellent in English, with a second relevant language being a plus.
• Results-driven, customer-focused, and collaborative mindset.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Innovative and agile leadership abilities.
• High energy level, team player, and decisive thinker.

About us

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, defence and security forces and healthcare practitioners 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. CAE represents more than 75 years of industry firsts—the highest-fidelity flight, mission and medical simulators and training programs powered by digital technologies. We embed sustainability in everything we do. Today and tomorrow, we’ll make sure our customers are ready for the moments that matter.

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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 

CAE is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. As "One CAE," we take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants regardless of race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity, Veteran status, age, or other legally protected characteristics.  

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