defender211
New member
Hi all, I'll start with myself below.
I am an engineer, worked around 7 years in the industry and earning approximately 100k at the moment.
I would say I am enjoying my work, however there's always the incline to achieve and do more. I always want to work on bigger projects however I am limited to working on lower end projects for the current firm I work for. I always yearn for getting into a bigger firm, working of larger size projects and getting more money.
These are the following limitations of my field to progress further:
- Oversaturation of engineers in the current market; there's a lot of graduate engineers being constantly pumped out of Universities, some of which don't even want to do engineering in the first place. Therefore, there's always competition to get a job straight out of University. It doesn't really get much easier when you gain a little experience, as most employers will still count on your short-comings during a hiring process i.e. "You've done X but you haven't done Y! Because we do Y work, we will pay you less!"
- There's generally not many jobs in smaller cities, especially when the role becomes more specialist (structures for instance). Jobs that are available are covered by recruitment firms that undercut your salary (in most instances, not all).
- The pay ceiling is pretty low for the private industry as a standard worker, with engineers having 15+ years experience capping out at 140k AUD. Usually only managers, directors etc have slightly higher salary at 160k AUD to 180k AUD, however these are limited. (This is based on my experience working in smaller cities, i.e. Hobart, Darwin and Adelaide - Not Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane).
Would love to hear some of your experiences, pay and limitations for progressing in the current market!
I am an engineer, worked around 7 years in the industry and earning approximately 100k at the moment.
I would say I am enjoying my work, however there's always the incline to achieve and do more. I always want to work on bigger projects however I am limited to working on lower end projects for the current firm I work for. I always yearn for getting into a bigger firm, working of larger size projects and getting more money.
These are the following limitations of my field to progress further:
- Oversaturation of engineers in the current market; there's a lot of graduate engineers being constantly pumped out of Universities, some of which don't even want to do engineering in the first place. Therefore, there's always competition to get a job straight out of University. It doesn't really get much easier when you gain a little experience, as most employers will still count on your short-comings during a hiring process i.e. "You've done X but you haven't done Y! Because we do Y work, we will pay you less!"
- There's generally not many jobs in smaller cities, especially when the role becomes more specialist (structures for instance). Jobs that are available are covered by recruitment firms that undercut your salary (in most instances, not all).
- The pay ceiling is pretty low for the private industry as a standard worker, with engineers having 15+ years experience capping out at 140k AUD. Usually only managers, directors etc have slightly higher salary at 160k AUD to 180k AUD, however these are limited. (This is based on my experience working in smaller cities, i.e. Hobart, Darwin and Adelaide - Not Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane).
Would love to hear some of your experiences, pay and limitations for progressing in the current market!
