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Engineer (Officer)
Company:
Canadian Forces
Location: CA-ON-Mississauga
Status:
Full Time, Employee
Job Category:
Engineering
Job Description
Engineer (Officer)
Overview
In battle, your primary role is to help the army live, move and fight while denying the same to the enemy. Your secondary role is to fight as infantry when called upon. Your focus will always be on combat readiness.
What They Do
Engineer Officers are commissioned members of the Canadian Military Engineers, a Branch which (like the Armour, Infantry and Artillery) belongs to the Combat Arms. In battle, the primary role of Engineers (ENGRS) is to help the army live, move and fight while denying the same to the enemy. Their secondary role is to fight as infantry when called upon.
You will begin your Engineer Officer career as a Troop Commander leading up to 40 sappers and several armoured vehicles. Depending on the mission, your Troop may be composed of combat engineers trained as field, armoured or heavy equipment engineers able and ready to fulfill numerous military tasks. The focus will always be on combat readiness. As a Troop Commander you will be the principal planner and supervisor for all tasks assigned to you by your Squadron Commander. Working in conjunction with your Senior Non-Commissioned Members, you will be expected to solve complex problems under stress and various climactic conditions. You may be performing tasks such as breaching minefields, using explosives to destroy a road or bridge, constructing a bridge or ferry using re-usable military equipment, building a combat road, disposing explosive ordnance on the battlefield, or constructing obstacles out
of concrete, timber and wire.
You may be supporting civil authorities during national emergencies in Canada or be deployed abroad on operational missions. As an integral component of the Combat Arms, you will be responsible for force protection tasks wherever you are deployed, which includes the construction of habitable camps. You will always have to be ready to fight alongside others to accomplish the Battle Group mission.
Qualification Requirements
Personal Characteristics
ENGR Officers must be dedicated team members and selfless leaders. They must be able to solve complex technical problems in stressful situations, even when fatigued and uncomfortable. They must have strong character and be physically fit.
Formal Qualifications
The preferred degree is a Bachelor of Civil, Mechanical, or Electrical (Power) Engineering. A Bachelor degree in Science (Applied), Math, Physics, Chemical/Fuels and Materials, Fire Protection, Nuclear, Geomatics/Survey Engineering or Engineering Management may also be considered. Occasionally applicants with a three-year Community College Technology Diploma in Architectural Engineering, Water and Air Resources, Heating and Air Conditioning, Civil Engineering, Communication Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering are considered. All applicants must meet Canadian Forces (CF) medical and physical fitness standards, and go through a selection process, which includes tests and interviews.
Regular Officer Training Plan (ROTP) – The ROTP comprises a full undergraduate education at the Royal Military College of Canada or another accredited Canadian university, immediately followed by two to five years of obligatory service, depending on the period of academic subsidy. To qualify for the ROTP, you must have completed high school with the appropriate university-oriented credits, or be in Grade 12 in an appropriate program with full expectation of successful completion.
Direct Entry Officer (DEO) – To qualify for direct entry as an Engineer, you must have a university degree in one of the disciplines listed under Formal Qualifications.
Training
The length and content of officer training will depend on your entry plan.
Phase I: Initial Assessment and Basic Officer Training
Following your successful application, you will be enrolled in the CF and undergo the Initial Assessment and the Basic Officer Training course at the CF Leadership and Recruit School in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. You will learn the principles of leadership, regulations and customs of the service, basic weapons handling, and first aid. You will also participate in a rigorous program of sports and fitness training. Basic Officer Training is given in English or French and successful completion is a prerequisite for further training. After Basic Officer Training, you may attend a second language training course for two to seven months, depending on your second language proficiency.
Phase II: Common Army Phase
The 11 week Common Army Phase (CAP), conducted at the Infantry School at CF Base Gagetown, will prepare you for employment within the Army, with the emphasis on basic infantry skills such as navigation, radio communication and weapons handling. You will also learn to lead a section of eight soldiers and employ war fighting infantry tactics. During the field training exercises, you will be assessed as a leader of troops in infantry operations.
Phases III and IV: Basic Engineer Officer Course (BEOC)
The next two phases will take place at the CF School of Military Engineering at CF Base Gagetown.
Phase III, which lasts two and a half months, concentrates on basic combat engineering skills and includes subjects such as basic demolitions, mine warfare, obstacle construction, field fortifications and dismounted infantry tactics at the platoon level. It ends with a three-week field deployment where you will be evaluated on your ability to lead a Troop of sappers conducting dismounted infantry tactics.
Phase IV, which lasts nine months, concentrates on reconnaissance, planning, and Troop-level combat engineer tasks. Subjects included are bridge building, minefield construction, booby-trap clearance, route denial, bridge demolition, combat road repair and construction, defensive works, timber and rope field machines, destruction of battlefield munitions, construction of temporary camps and breaching various obstacles in the face of the enemy. At the end of Phase IV, during a comprehensive four-week field deployment, you will be evaluated again on your ability to lead a Troop conducting combat engineer tasks.
Initial Employment
Following Phase IV, you will be posted to one of the following Engineer Regiments:
Combat Engineer Regiment, Edmonton Garrison, Lancaster Park, AB
Combat Engineer Regiment, Petawawa Garrison, Petawawa, ON
Engineer Support Regiment, CFB Gagetown, Oromocto, NB
Combat Engineer Regiment, Garnison Valcartier, Valcartier, QC
Working Environment
As an Engineer Officer, you may serve in various terrains – Arctic tundra, tropical jungle, desert, mountains, urban complex – and various climates. During training and on operations, you may work long hours, by day or by night, often in physically demanding conditions that can include exposure to dust, mud, loud noise and combustion fumes.
Appropriate training, environmental clothing and equipment are provided, and Engineer Officers’ health, safety and morale are closely monitored.
Career Development
After your first tour of duty with a first line unit, you will be able to specialize in one of the following areas: mapping and geodesic support to joint operations, infrastructure engineering to both garrison and deployed installations, and technical engineering to support the procurement and management of equipment.
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Contact Information
Company:
Canadian Forces
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