IT Manager Job Vacancy in Discovery Air Inc, Northern Services Yellowknife Canada

Discovery Air Inc. – Northern Services segment is comprised of Great Slave Helicopters Ltd., Air Tindi Ltd. and Discovery Mining Services Ltd. and provides specialized air transport, logistics and remote operations management services to corporate customers, as well as a variety of provincial and federal government agencies.
We have an immediate opening for a highly motivated and energetic individual to join our team as an IT Manager.

Working with Senior Management you will assist in the direction and facilitation of IT strategic and tactical planning; identify, recommend, develop, implement and support cost-effective technology solutions for hardware and software; oversee project management for IT-related undertakings, including clear capture of business requirements, provision of function deliverables, milestone planning, and project post mortems; hire, staff, and supervise a skilled team of IT professionals.

The successful candidate must be a conscientious, well-organized, detail oriented person who can multi-task in a high energy and fast-paced environment with changing priorities.

The ideal candidate for this position will possess the following skills and qualifications:
* University degree in the field of computer science and at least 3 to 5 years related experience or a combination of education and experience will be considered
* Solid project management skills including programming, planning and development of new software programs
* Prior project management and/or management of an IT Department
* Previous experience with MMSQL servers, MS Access, VBA, Microsoft Office and CRM, SQL C#, .ASP, VB.NET, VB, programming and experience with VM Ware software
* Ability to benchmark, analyze and make recommendations for the improvement and growth of IT infrastructure and systems
* Strong problem identification and problem resolution skills with a proven ability to resolve issues and to determine viable solutions
* Exceptional interpersonal, communication, organizational and time management skills
* Team player with strong analytical, evaluative and problem solving skills
* The ability to lead, direct and motivate a team of professionals.

Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and resume to:
Jugjit More-Curran: Manager of Human Resources
Discovery Air Inc., Northern Services
PO Box 1693,
28 Mitchell Drive
Yellowknife,
NT X1A 2P3
E-mail: jugjitm@discoveryair.com
Closing Date: March 31, 2011