We offer opportunities for personal and professional growth with a competitive total compensation package plus an amazing employee relations program featuring other benefits and incentives.
We honour our employees through annual service awards and recognition of significant life events. and we like to party – with winter holiday parties, staff lunches and more!
To support the health of our employees, we have a comprehensive wellness spending account and, to engage them in continuous learning, a tuition reimbursement program.
Employees who refer candidates to Rise Air that are hired receive a referral bonus. We also make available different perks and discounts, including Canada Goose parkas, to keep you warm during the winter.
We are airline employees, and we love to travel! Rise Air participates in the MyID travel program and provides unlimited fixed-price standby fares for our employees and their spouses and children to travel within our network for personal needs.
Enjoy a lower cost of living compared to larger centres across Canada and improve your quality of life. Saskatchewan has everything from city and rural life to the ultimate northern experience and Rise Air can get you there. After all, we’re going places!
Start your Rise Air journey here https://riseair.ca/career
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What is it like being a commercial pilot with Rise Air?
Captain Robert Harkness and First Officer Miles Richardson talk about working in aviation for Rise Air.
Being a pilot is a rewarding career with great benefits. It offers constant learning and growth opportunities.
Already a commercial pilot? Looking for new opportunities? After safety, reliability and customer service, Rise Air prioritizes a good work/life balance for all colleagues.
Check out our latest opportunities on our Careers page
Celebrating Diversity at the Lac La Ronge Regional Pride 2023
The Lac La Ronge Pride Parade & Festival happens in June every year to celebrate and push for equality and human rights. Colleagues from Rise Air and Snowbird Aviation Services joined together to support 2SLGBTQIA+ community members through Pride.
2S (two-spirit) refers to a person who identifies as having both a masculine and a feminine spirit, and is used by some Indigenous people to describe their sexual, gender and/or spiritual identity.
Thank you to everyone who came to say hello at our stand. To the organizers, volunteers and performers, thank you for this incredible event for all. It’s wonderful to see so many people sharing positive posts from the event!
Rise Air is delighted to announce Jaden White and Cori Hayden as co-recipients of the Paul Mulrooney Memorial Award of Excellence Apprenticeship Grant.
The Paul Mulrooney Memorial Award of Excellence award, sponsored by the Air Transport Association of Canada (ATAC) is presented to the employee of an operator member company who has demonstrated progressive advancement to and within management positions. Recipients of this award must have demonstrated excellence in their positions, demonstrated leadership in team management, have honoured the highest ethical standards, have maintained the highest industry safety standards, and who must be willing to act as an ambassador in the promotion of our industry and show compassion by supporting the pathways through education for youth choosing aviation as a career. The award provides for a grant to be made to an employee of the recipient’s company who is pursuing a career in aviation.
The grant was made possible as Carla Wayman, Rise Air’s Director of Flight Operations was the recipient of the award this past year.
Cori and Jaden receive $1000 each from the ATAC bursary and a matched amount from Rise Air for a total of $2000 awarded to each.
Carla Wayman said “Congratulations to Cori and Jaden, this bursary is provided to them in recognition of their work performance and diligence in pursuing their careers. I hope that they will pick up the torch and act as ambassadors in the promotion of our industry and support other young women and men pursuing aviation as a career.
I wish you both the best of luck in pursuing your dreams”.
Rise Air joins Keewatin Community Development Association’s annual Fly In Career Fair
Standing shoulder to shoulder with Orano, Cameco, Athabasca Health Authority, RCMP, QM Points, Athabasca Basin Development, and other local firms, Rise Air joined in supporting Keewatin Community Development Association’s (KCDA) annual fly in career fair. This fair is designed for Indigenous youth and older graduates seeking employment within the communities of Black Lake, Wollaston Lake, and Fond du Lac.
Rise Air’s part in sponsoring the fair Included planning support and freight shipping. Supporting the dreams and ambitions of our youth is incredibly powerful and we were honoured to provide transportation for these organizations and their representatives into the north to inspire the next generations.
Tracy Young-McLean, Rise Air’s Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Services said, “We are thrilled to collaborate with the KCDA. We’re 100 per cent owned by the communities that we serve, and we have a clear goal to employ more Indigenous community members.
We want community members to know that we are committed to increasing the number of Indigenous employees from the Athabasca region through our recruitment practices. A key part of this is being present in the north to have conversations with community members about the opportunities that we have. We welcome Indigenous people with all levels of education and experience to help build a more inclusive and representative airline.
We are also glad to see that SIIT, Northlands College and FNU were all present at the fair to help people plan and actualize personal goals to achieve everything from professional certificates to degrees and more”.
Cara Greyeyes, KCDA Program Manager, “I feel that we’ve had tremendous success, and I believe that the successes that we have is from the powerful messages our young professionals bring to the youth about education and we’ve had so much support from the local community as well as the Athabasca Basin companies.
Daniel Redekopp, RCMP, “All of the events has gone very well, in my opinion. I enjoyed it. This is about the fourth or fifth time that I’ve done this event and I always look forward to it. The kids’ take away is just the opportunities that are out there for them. I never had something like this when I went through high school, so doing this for these students is great for them to have that opportunity”.
Glen Sigstad, Team Drilling, “it was great to see students that are interested in careers and opportunities out there. It’s great to see the knowledge they have in their interest in certain careers, certain trades and stuff like that. Also get their opinions on what they actually want to do when they grow”.
Allison Strong (right in photo), Athabasca Basin Development, “What did they gain from coming to this event? I think it’s confidence because they were asked to ask questions and step out of their comfort zone. Some of them, maybe they’re not used to speaking to strangers in a professional sense.
Paiton Tegstrom, Northlands College, “I think it’s important to have this event because it’s absolutely imperative to meet communities where they are at. It’s not always accessible for people to come down south and go to school. So, it’s really important for us to know that there are options within our communities and also build those relationships that we can hopefully bring in more programing, where it is needed and what’s needed”.
Emma Blondeau, Flyer Electric, “It was great to speak with many students all ages to learn about their passion and to talk about the different education paths and opportunities available to them. Being part in helping navigate the endless opportunities by speaking with the students was empowering because they are the leaders of tomorrow. When you enjoy what you do then everyday is a great day which I felt was important to express to every student to let each one know that they can pursue their passion into a career.
Dan Gold, Rise Air “This was an incredible event to be a part of. As you looked around the room, you could see the engaged students listening to the inspirational stories from the on-stage speakers Allison Strong, Dene Robillard, and Brianda Robillard.
Depending on the grade of the student, they asked very different questions. Many did not know that their community was an owner of Rise Air and quite a few thought that pilot jobs were the only ones we had as an airline.
When the students listed their interests from computers to math, art, and science, it was important to show them that their skills were ideal for different parts of an airline operation. From IT, administration, and management to engineering and being a pilot. It’s important to show a direct link between success at school and the opportunities that they can achieve”.
We are committed to returning to the KCDA Flying Career Fair in 2024 and beyond!
Images: Athabasca Basin Development.
Important change for passengers.
Rise Air will be implementing a change in the cut-off time for all scheduled service flights starting July 1, 2023. The new cut-off time will be 45 minutes prior to departure. We kindly request you arrive for your flight ahead of time to account for this adjustment.
We appreciate your support and cooperation. Our reservations team will inform customers of this change at the time of booking.
Thank you for choosing Rise Air.
Rise Air supports Pride Month 2023
Rise Air’s latest Impact Report is now available online
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Included in this edition:
- Year in review
- Investing in the future
- Rosalie Tsannie-Burseth’s profile
- Our community impact stories
- Helping in the wake of Hurrican Fiona
- Diversity in our workforce
All of this and so much more.
Rise Air unveils the first fully upgraded Twin Otter
This is the first of our DHC-6 Twin Otters to be fully upgraded inside and out.
Derek Nice, our President and CEO joined Nathan Catte one of our talented engineers who worked on the project for the unveiling in Prince Albert. Inside and out, the fit and finish of this aircraft is excellent.
“The outcome that you see…represents the passion of a lot of people that have put their hearts and souls into this upgrade.
This represents the future of aviation in Western Canada. This is a sign of the kind of change that is happening at Rise Air and reflects just how exciting this company is.
I mentioned the passion that the maintenance engineers had when they refurbished this aircraft. That same passion can be seen everywhere across our network with our pilots, our maintenance engineers, our ground staff, and all of our customer-facing people as well.
It’s an exciting airline and I’m proud to be a part of it”. Derek Nice, President and CEO, Rise Air
Our fleet replacement plan is underway and we will keep you up to date with all the latest news across our social media channels and here on our website.
Girls Take Flight
Thank you to everyone who came to the Girls Take Flight event on the weekend. It was great to be present at the Mitchinson’s Flight Centre’s event alongside SIIT, Saskatchewan Polytechnic, the Saskatchwan Aviation Museum and other leading organizations.
It’s really important that we support the goals and dreams of those wanting to take up a career in aviation.
Across the globe, women are underrepresented in aviation and we want to play our part in changing that. In 2019, IATA launched its “25by2025” initiative as a voluntary industry-wide campaign that focuses on improving
female representation in the industry. The campaign targets not only airlines but also aircraft manufacturers, and aviation-services providers.
Currently, 100 signatories have committed to reaching 25% of leadership positions being held by women in 2025, or to deliver a 25% improvement in such numbers by that year.
Rise Air has surpassed this target with 50% of our leadership positions being held by women today.
We can’t wait to see you at the next Girls Take Flight event!
If you are running an event and would like the team from Rise Air to come, complete the contact form and we will get back to you. Please make requests more than 4 weeks in advance so that we can do our best to get you in to our calendar.
Rise Air, We’re Going Places!