Road and rail infrastructure projects boost demand for engineers Thursday, 14 January 2016

Hays Recruitment says major highway and rail infrastructure projects in NSW, Victoria and the ACT are generating high levels of engineering jobs for the January to March quarter of 2016.

In its latest engineering recruitment update, Hays Recruitment said that design engineers, rail engineers, project engineers and drafters are all in strong demand.

With the award of major infrastructure projects recently, associated industries and services are also benefitting, resulting in increased demand for certain personnel such as transport planners.

According to the recruitment agency, Revit skills are highly sought after by employers across many roles, but are struggling to find candidates with the right skills, including self-sufficient architects and drafters.

Within the consultancy space, senior structural engineers are in extremely high demand.

Additionally, Hays Engineering says that as policies surrounding the Paris Climate Summit come online, and the renewable energy sector garners more government support, engineering roles associated with renewable energy will see a renaissance.

With the strong push in infrastructure, design engineers, particularly those with road project experience plus strong IT/design systems experience will find many opportunities at design consultancies.

Ample opportunities also exist for rail engineers with track signalling or electrification experience, civil engineers, civil designers (12d and MX) and MX designers, who are essential for road and highway infrastructure project activity.

On the building front, professionals in demand include structural design engineers with Australian building experience, civil and structural engineers (buildings) for urban and land development projects, and civil drafters for sub-division and building-related civil works.