Faircity

Does anyone have any advice on the prospects for qualified Mechanical Engineers - OH has been working in this line for 22 years and has a BENG degree - applying for his 175 at the mo but is worried bout the job prospects! Any Mech engineers out there can give some advice??

Ahmadj

Hello

I am not in Australia, but what I did was looking at employment websites to get an idea about opportunities and salaries.

try
http://www.seek.com.au

it is great.

see this add
http://www.seek.com.au/users/apply/i...JobID=12868172

I hope I helped

Amazulu

His prospects are extremely bright in WA or Qld. Not so bright anywhere else, but he would still easily get a job.

No worries.

k76

Faircity,

In general I think he should be OK. But it will depend on the field he is in and his adaptability. And make sure you go somewhere with demand for his skills, don't go to the Gold Coast or Sunshine coast etc. It makes a big difference in what he brings home! Depending on his field he should prepare himself for things being a bit different here. They like to keep things simple, not always cutting edge(but there are exceptions).

There's been some other discussions around here lately about the skill shortage, don't generalize that. In my view the only real shortage is engineers and other really specialized disciplines. As an example, my company could easily find 180 "skilled" people off the street to weld together plates. In a week we are done with that project, and our company pretty much tells them to piss off. But finding someone educated to calculate, design and draw what those guys are doing is very hard. When we find those people we employ them permanently.

hoofie2002

What's his particular specialisation ? If it's anyway mining/resources related then I can guarantee you in WA they will be biting his hand off and it will be well paid.

mark213

Experience in Oil/Gas and you'll be laughing in WA

Letspretend....

Hi I posted on a similar thread yesterday, I work for a government owned company in Brisbane that is crying out for mech and elec engineers, designers, etc. Lots of staff leaving to pick up enhanced salaries in mining and consultancies.

PM for more

chris and farideh

My OH is a Mechanical Engineer too, we first went to SA, because they said they were crying for 1, but every time my OH send his CV, the answer would be you are far too experience.
Applied for 3 jobs in Qld, got 2 went for the highest paid one, now I never see my husband anymore, as there is so much jobs going into his company, 24 hours a day is too short.
Just make sure, you start off with the right state, you could save yourselves so much money & time.

Faircity

Thanks for this We have looked on here before and there seem to be quite a few jobs - though hubbie is not mining and we were told at an Expo that they are looking for people in that sort of area - we will just need to try our luck I guess! Good thing though is the money on these adverts are far more than we were ever expecting so that is a def bonus!

Faircity

New to this so will try and PM you now so if you don't get anything in the next couple of hours you'll know I have gone wrong somewhere! Thanks tho any help is greatly appreciated!!!

thribble

It's not all about the mining. I work for a consultancy in Melbourne and we're crying out for good quality engineers, mechanical and process particularly. On my side it's the water industry that's desperate - the wages aren't the same as for the mines in WA, so I guess that could be part of the prob. PM me if you want more details.

tawkins1

We visited Perth last year & my OH was offered a job with an engineering company in Bassendean. Can anyone give any info as to whether mechanical Engineering jobs are still in demand or is the credit crunch affecting jobs in this field?

mark213

Might be a bit tougher now with a few less jobs on the market. If you have a good background you'll probably be ok, but the salaries id say are not so silly as before. Id say you have to be here too - theres no way they will offer you one whilst you are abroad at the moment.

Red_V_Roger

I think that's quite a good summary and certainly the situation in our company which is outside mining.

Mumfords

Its challenging times in that field......hubby was laid off this week.