Executive Assistant
Winnipeg, MB
Build an Aviation Career You’re Proud Of
At StandardAero, we use our ingenuity and know-how to find solutions for the simple to the most complex challenges in aviation. Together, we get the job done and done well. Our stability, resources, and respectful culture supports you in building a solid career with a great team you can count on day in and day out for the long term.
As an Executive Assistant, you will be responsible for providing administrative and operational support to ensure efficient office operations and a positive workplace experience. You will coordinate schedules, travel, meetings, office resources, and employee activities while collaborating with cross-functional teams and external vendors. This role requires strong organizational skills, attention to details and the ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining confidentiality and following company policies.
What you'll do:
- Serve as the primary administrative contact for day-to-day office operations, workplace needs, and administrative requests.
- Coordinate business travel, expense reporting, calendars, meeting logistics, catering, and room setups.
- Coordinate office supplies, equipment, furniture, shared resources, maintenance, repairs, and service requests.
- Collaborate with Facilities, IT, Security, HR, Finance, and external vendors to support office operations and resolve requests.
- Coordinate business-related employee communications, town halls, leadership meetings, team events, and engagement activities.
- Coordinate visitor arrangements for employees, customers, executives, and other business guests.
- Track incoming requests, manage competing priorities, monitor deadlines, and follow established procedures for resolution or escalation.
- Maintain administrative records and handle confidential business information in accordance with company policies and procedures.
Basic Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience in administrative support, office coordination, or a related field.
- Experience coordinating at least two of the following: calendars, travel, expense reporting, meetings, events, office operations, or vendor services.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, or equivalent tools, to prepare documents and presentations, maintain spreadsheets, and manage calendars.
- Experience maintaining records, processing administrative documentation, or coordinating purchasing and expense-related activities, including tracking records, processing forms, or monitoring purchase requests and expenses.
- Experience coordinating requests or services across multiple departments or with external vendors, including tracking requests, communicating updates, and following up on outstanding items.
- Ability to handle confidential information in accordance with established policies and procedures, including following applicable access, storage, and information-sharing requirements.
Desired Skills:
- Experience providing administrative support to senior leadership.
- Experience supporting office operations in a large or multi-department organization.
- Experience using enterprise resource planning, expense management, scheduling, or workplace management systems.
- Strong organizational, prioritization, written communication, and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage competing deadlines, adapt to changing business priorities, and resolve routine issues independently.
- Demonstrated attention to detail, timely follow-through, and adherence to established procedures.
- Ability to provide responsive service and collaborate effectively with employees, leadership, vendors, and other stakeholders.
Benefits that make life better: (Canada)
Comprehensive Healthcare
Company pension plan with 100% company match; up to 5% vested (Canada)
Paid Time Off starting on day one
Bonus opportunities
Short- & Long-Term Disability
Learning & Training opportunities
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Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience in administrative support, office coordination, or a related field
- Experience coordinating at least two of the following: calendars, travel, expense reporting, meetings, events, office operations, or vendor services
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, or equivalent tools
- Experience maintaining records, processing administrative documentation, or coordinating purchasing and expense-related activities
- Experience coordinating requests or services across multiple departments or with external vendors
- Ability to handle confidential information in accordance with established policies and procedures
- Experience providing administrative support to senior leadership
- Experience supporting office operations in a large or multi-department organization
- Experience using enterprise resource planning, expense management, scheduling, or workplace management systems
- Strong organizational, prioritization, written communication, and verbal communication skills
- Ability to manage competing deadlines, adapt to changing business priorities, and resolve routine issues independently
- Demonstrated attention to detail, timely follow-through, and adherence to established procedures
- Ability to provide responsive service and collaborate effectively with employees, leadership, vendors, and other stakeholders
StandardAero Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about StandardAero and has not been reviewed or approved by StandardAero.
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Retirement Support — Provides a 401(k) and has added an Employee Stock Purchase Plan and an Incentive Award (equity) plan, expanding long-term savings and ownership options. These programs complement base pay with additional wealth-building mechanisms.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Includes PTO, paid holidays, sick time, bereavement leave, military leave, and parental leave, with some roles accruing PTO that can increase with service. Eligibility for benefits typically begins the first day of the month after hire, indicating structured access to time-off programs.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Offers tuition assistance, job training/conferences, company events, and an Employee Assistance Program as part of a comprehensive package. The inclusion of learning support and EAP provides development and wellbeing resources beyond core insurance and retirement.
StandardAero Insights
What We Do
StandardAero has become one of the aerospace industry’s largest independent maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) providers. Our company’s success is the outgrowth of the synergistic merger of businesses with complementary specialties that have exponentially increased our capabilities and generated unprecedented customer commitment and value. StandardAero offers extensive MRO services and custom solutions for business aviation, commercial aviation, military, and industrial power customers. Nearly 6,600 professional, administrative and technical employees work in more than 50 major facilities worldwide, with additional strategically located regional service and support centers all across the globe. Services include MRO for aircraft and rotorcraft engines, auxiliary power units, components; airframe services including major alterations; FAA authorized avionics capabilities; comprehensive engineering services; and custom exterior and interior design, completion, and paint. We provide these capabilities through our network of specialized facilities and mobile service teams. StandardAero is owned by Carlyle, a global investment firm with deep industry expertise that deploys private capital across four business segments: Corporate Private Equity, Real Assets, Global Credit, and Investment Solutions.








