chandlermacleod.com Skills Profile // Engineering Managers // February 2015

SKILLS PROFILE // ENGINEERING MANAGERS

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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONAND SAFETY

CONSTRUCTION

MANUFACTURING

PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SERVICES

ACTIVE LISTENING, READING COMPREHENSION AND COMPLEX PROBLEM SOLVING ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT SKILLS FOR THIS PROFESSION. ON

Engineering Managers plan, organise, direct, control and coordinate the engineering and technical operations of organisations. They develop and implement engineering plans and liaise with other discipline leads to deliver on engineering requirements. Engineering Managers also ensure procedures and systems are adhered to and oversee the work of other engineering and technical professionals. They are responsible for monitoring all engineering work and ensuring industry standards and regulations are met.

88.7% MALE (FT)

4.6% MALE (PT)

5.5% FEMALE (FT)

1.2% FEMALE (PT)

■ Qualifications in Engineering or a related discipline

■ 10+ years’ experience in the engineering field

■ Experience managing a multi-disciplinary engineering team

■ Strong project management skills

■ Ability to develop and implement improvements to systems and procedures

■ Experience managing budgets

■ Proficiency with IT systems and software

■ The ability to build strong relationships with team members and motivate them to achieve goals

HIRING CRITERIA

TOTAL NUMBER OF ENGINEERING MANAGERS

19,900*

TOTAL NUMBER OF PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY WORKERS

947,000SECTOR FOOTPRINT

0.02%

*Estimates have been rounded and

consequently some discrepancies may

occur between sums of the component

items and totals.

1.6% AGED 15-24

17.6% AGED 25-34

32.5% AGED 35-44

31.3% AGED 45-54

5.2% AGED 55-59

8.7% AGED 60-64

3.1% AGED 65+

50.4% BACHELOR DEGREE

24.0% POST GRADUATE/GRADUATE CERTIFICATE OR DIPLOMA

16.3% ADVANCED DIPLOMA/DIPLOMA

0.0% YEAR 12

0.0% YEARS 11 & 10

0.0% BELOW YEAR 10

9.3% CERTIFICATE III/IV

ENGINEERING MANAGERS EMPLOYING INDUSTRIES %

REFERENCE

Job Outlook, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Seek

Chandler Macleod Group

Roy Morgan September 2014

Quick fact: On average, full-time Engineering Managers work 43.6 hours per week (compared to 41.1 for all occupations).

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GENDER* QUALIFICATIONS* AGE PROFILE*

*Based on the 2014 ABS Labour Force Data classification of Civil Engineering Professionals

40.0%

21.9%

9.2%

7.2%

21.7%

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chandlermacleod.com Skills Profile // Engineering Managers // February 2015

SKILLS PROFILE // ENGINEERING MANAGERS

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QLD $124,000 $140,400 $156,799

VIC $121,694 $136,517 $151,071

NSW $106,053 $116,710 $127,368

WA $104,583 $115,833 $127,082

SA $87,857 $97,142 $106,428

EMPLOYMENT FOR ENGINEERING MANAGERS IS PROJECTED TO GROW VERY STRONGLY OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, COMPARED TO OTHER OCCUPATIONS.

PREVIOUS 2 YEARS

PREVIOUS 5 YEARS

PREVIOUS 10 YEARS

PAST EMPLOYMENT GROWTH %

50.6%

40.7%

134.6%

BELOW AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPARED WITH OTHER OCCUPATIONS

MARKET CONDITIONS

ARE EMPLOYED IN THIS OCCUPATION

19,900

ACT 1.7%

NSW 22.0%

QLD 23.9%

NT 0.6%

WA 18.9%

SA 10.5%

TAS 1.4%

VIC 21.1%

EMPLOYMENT BY REGION*

SKILLS PROFILES ARE PUBLISHED MONTHLY. VISIT CHANDLERMACLEOD.COM

*Estimates have been rounded and consequently some discrepancies may occur between sums of the component items and totals.

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THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB ENVIRONMENT FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE WORK OF ENGINEERING MANAGERS ARE USING EMAIL (100%), WORKING IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY CONTROLLED INDOOR SPACE (99%) AND USING THE PHONE (98%).

AVERAGE AUSTRALIAN SALARY RANGES*

MINIMUM

MID LEVEL

MAXIMUM

*Based on Seek classification of Management within the Engineering salary data group, January 2015. No salary data available for ACT, NT or TAS due to sample size. Salary data is only supplied if the sample size exceeds 25 job ads.

WORK FULL TIME

94.2%

AVERAGE LEVEL OF FUTURE JOB

OPENINGS

■ Construction Managers

■ Civil Engineers

RELATED OCCUPATIONS WITH A BRIGHT OUTLOOK

61%

18%

LOOK FOR EMPLOYMENT ON THE INTERNET

LOOK FOR EMPLOYMENT IN NEWSPAPERS

TOP MEDIA USED TO LOOK FOR EMPLOYMENT^

^Roy Morgan survey media consumption habits for various mediums such as TV, radio, newspapers, magazines, cinema, catalogues and the internet.

■ Logistics Engineers

■ Transportation Engineers

WORK ACTIVITIES

Common work activities for Engineering Managers include establishing project schedules and budgets, overseeing the overall integration of technical activities and ensuring conformity with specifications, laws and safety standards.*Work Activities are classified as general types of behaviours occurring across many jobs by O*NET.

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