Helicopter Fire and Floor Relief Line Pilot/ Training and Checking Pilot

• Competitive remuneration + salary packaging
• Permanent, full-time position
• Sydney location

About CareFlight
We respond above and beyond! For over 35 years, CareFlight has been saving lives, speeding recovery and serving the community. We’re service-oriented, dedicated first and foremost to our patients, responsive and respectful of the needs of all stakeholders. We work in unity, as One CareFlight, integrating diverse teams across geographies to achieve our shared mission. We lead the way in delivering clinical and operational excellence whilst remaining agile, flexible and open to ideas, quick to serve, embrace change and adapt to new situations.

We operate with integrity, to the highest ethical standards and fairness to all. We’re profit for purpose. Funds earned and raised go back towards delivery of our service, so we can continue to respond above and beyond to the needs of our patients, communities and customers.

The role

We currently have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Rotary Wing Pilot to join our dedicated team.

You will have the opportunity to work with a team of committed professionals, be part of a leading aeromedical organisation and enjoy a roster that provides work / life balance.

Key responsibilities include:

• Efficiently conduct helicopter aerial firefighting / fire ground support tasking, training, aeromedical and SAR operations.
• Conduct training and checking activities (aircraft and simulator) for the RW pilot group ensuring compliance with CareFlight and CASA standards.
• Maintain all relevant licences, ratings, and endorsements applicable to the role.
• Ensure operations are conducted in accordance with the company
• Operations Manual, Aircraft Flight Manual and all legislative requirements.
• Conduct required ground instruction for Pilots, aircrew members, MTS, and TS.
• Conduct training and checking of Pilots (aircraft and simulator) for Part 61 and Company proficiency checks.
• Conduct training and checking of Pilots (aircraft and simulator) for Company Part 141/142 activities.
• Develop, audit and revise syllabi and training packages across a broad range of Aviation related activities.

About you

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Australian Commercial Pilot Licence - Helicopter.
• CASA Class 1 Medical.
• 2,500 flying hours total rotary.
• 2,000 flying hours Pilot-In-Command (PIC) rotary.
• 1,500 flying hours PIC turbine rotary.
• 500 flying hours PIC multi-engine rotary.
• 100 flying hours IFR.
• 100 flying hours night VFR.
• 100 flying hours NVIS.
• B412 type rating with 200 hours on type.
• Low Level Rating (H) with SO and WR endorsements.
• Aerial Application Rating with Fire (H) endorsement.
• Multi-engine IR with minimum 3 renewals.
• Night VFR Rating.
• NVIS Rating with Grade 1 endorsement.
• Flight Instructor Rating with IR and NVIS TE’s.
• Flight Examiner Rating with IR and NVIS flight test endorsements.
• Previous experience as a Training and Checking Pilot within a Part 133/138 or previous CAR 217 organisation.

Please refer to the position description for the full list of essential criteria for this position.

The following will be highly regarded:

• Flight in the wire and obstruction environment awareness course.
• 50 hours minimum airborne fire operations experience.
• Vertical reference 100ft long line experience.
• Class/type ratings - AS350, AW139, H145, BK117.
• Bucketing and belly-tank experience.

How to apply

If you would like to be part of our team, you can apply using the link. Please ensure you attach a current resume and covering letter that addresses the role’s essential criteria, and copies of your current medical and the last page of your logbook.

Applications for this opportunity will close on Sunday, 6 February 2022.

CareFlight values diversity in the workplace.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.

All employees must comply with CareFlight’s Drug and Alcohol Management Plan (DAMP) as required by CASA and may be subject to random workplace testing.
Criminal Record and Working with Children Checks also apply.

All CareFlight employees are required to have received three doses of the COVID-19 vaccine or have an approved medical contraindication certificate. You will be required to provide a record of your COVID-19 vaccination status if successful with your application. For more information please visit the Public Health (COVID 19 Vaccination of Health Care Workers) Order 2021

CareFlight: 'The next life we save could be yours'

https://careflight.org/careers/