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Job Description 

  

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.

  

MAIN BENEFITS 

  • Training provided for approximately 15 months
  • Opportunities for advancement

  

WHAT THEY DO

In battle, the primary role of Engineers 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. 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 called on to breach minefields, use explosives to destroy a road or bridge, build a bridge or ferry using re-usable military equipment, build a combat road, dispose of explosive ordnance on the battlefield, or build obstacles out of concrete, timber and wire.

You may also be called on to support 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, including building habitable camps. You will always have to be ready to fight alongside others to accomplish the Battle Group mission.

 

  

 

 

 


Job Requirements 

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Engineer Officers must be dedicated team players and selfless leaders. They must be able to solve complex technical problems in stressful situations, even when exhausted 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), Mathematics, 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 standards, and go through a selection process, which includes a wide range of interviews and exams.

 

TRAINING

The length and content of officer training depends on your enrolment program. There are four phases of training:

Phase I: Initial Assessment and Basic Officer Training Course (BOTC) at the Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec.

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. 

 

Phase III and IV - Basic Engineer Officer Course (BEOC) conducted at the CF School of Military Engineering at CF Base Gagetown.

 

Phase III, which lasts two and a half months, focuses on basic combat engineering skills, and Phase IV, which lasts nine months, focuses on reconnaissance, planning, and Troop-level combat engineer tasks.

 

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.

 

EMPLOYMENT

On completion of Phase IV, you will be posted to one of the following Engineer Regiments:

   1st Combat Engineer Regiment, Edmonton Garrison, Lancaster Park, AB

   2nd Combat Engineer Regiment, Petawawa Garrison, Petawawa, ON

   4th Engineer Support Regiment, CFB Gagetown, Oromocto, NB

   5th 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.

 

OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVANCEMENT

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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