Military Simulation Training Exercise Planner
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ADGA is hiring an Exercise Planner to support military simulation training in Ottawa!
Tasks will include, but not limited to:
- Coordinate updates to exercise planning milestone materials on the Dashboard
- Coordinate technical requirements and scheduling required for assigned exercises with the Exercise and Simulation Branch.
- Collaborate on a continual basis with the CAF and RCAF participants in addition to the Exercise Hosting units and Directors.
- Organize and coordinate the hotel accommodations and rental car bookings as required.
- Support staff-checking of Requests for Information
- Deliver support at exercise event as needed.
- Briefing leadership, participants and other stakeholders assigned to the Exercises.
- Provide feedback and advice to scenario developers or computer-generated forces technical team members.
- Predict implications of network architecture issues (managed by others) to anticipate and mitigate impact on training audience and other training partners.
- Support Lead Planners where required, particularly for Canadian hosted DST exercises and activities, which entail a higher degree of effort for the “Exercise and Simulation” branch.
- Experience using at least 1 of the common synthetic environment / computer general forces software applications such as
- JSAF, VBS, VR Forces, AWSIM) in a military training environment.
- 3+ years of experience in one of the following:
- Coordinating military combat operations or exercises for the Canadian Armed Forces or for an allied military
- Coordinating simulated combat operations or exercise for the Canadian Armed Forces or for an allied military.
- 5+ years of experience: planning, leading, briefing and/or debriefing operational military teams or preparing communication plans, or doing operations analysis.
- Experience in exercise planning, developing, conducting of DMT (Distributed Mission Training) collective training exercises
- Experience participating in coalition (joint or combined) military DMT (Distributed Mission Training) exercises.
- Previous military leadership experience.
- Must be available for on-site full-time work. (and flexible to work at various Ottawa locations as needed - depending on location of training exercise)
- There could be occasional travel to Trenton, and other bases as needed.
- Required to hold a valid Secret Level 2 security clearance with PSPC. (we can initiate)
- Anticipated start date: Apr/May 2026
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Work-Life Balance
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Compensation
Above and beyond our commitment to offer a competitive base salary, ADGA has a company-wide profit-sharing plan for all full-time and part-time employees.
Comprehensive Benefits and Total Rewards
We offer a comprehensive benefit program, providing employees with the choice between base or enhanced plans. Depending on the plan, ADGA pays for Health & Dental, a Health Spending Account, Short-Term Disability, an Employee Assistance Program, and a Telemedicine service. Also offered: discounts on gym memberships, 5,000+ perks through Perkoplis, a Deferred Profit Sharing Plan, and access to a wide range of other employee-centric services and savings programs.
