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Engineering jobs in Adelaide, SA

There are 153 Engineering jobs advertised in Adelaide on ViewJobs, from 60 employers and recruiters. 23 were posted in the last week.

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New this week
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By the numbers

153 Engineering roles in Adelaide

23 new roles this week· 68 in the last 30 days

Job types

Share of roles by employment type.

  • Full-time145 (95%)
  • Casual6 (4%)
  • Apprenticeship2 (1%)

Top employers

Most active employers hiring in Adelaide.

Explore specialisms

Engineering by specialism.

Each specialism has its own page: where the roles are, who is hiring and the latest ads.

58 live rolesCivil/structural28 live rolesElectrical/electronic10 live rolesBuilding services8 live rolesAerospace6 live rolesMaintenance4 live rolesField engineering3 live rolesEngineering project management3 live rolesEnvironmental2 live rolesEngineering management

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The local market

Adelaide's engineering job market

Figures for Adelaide cover ABS region Greater Adelaide (GCCSA 4GADE). Jobs and Skills Australia's Internet Vacancy Index is a monthly count of online job ads, compiled from SEEK, CareerOne and Workforce Australia. Regional figures are three-month averages. It is not a count of ViewJobs' own ads.

Figure 1: Online engineering job ads a month, Greater AdelaideEngineers. Three-month average, September 2025 to September 2026.
0100200300400Engineers, Sep: 278278SepEngineers, Oct: 255Engineers, Nov: 243NovEngineers, Dec: 219Engineers, Jan: 230JanEngineers, Feb: 239Engineers, Mar: 271MarEngineers, Apr: 281Engineers, May: 297MayEngineers, Jun: 286Engineers, Jul: 286JulEngineers, Aug: 285Engineers, Sep: 304304Sep

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia[1].

Show the numbers
Online engineering job ads a month, Greater Adelaide
MonthEngineers
September 2025278
October 2025255
November 2025243
December 2025219
January 2026230
February 2026239
March 2026271
April 2026281
May 2026297
June 2026286
July 2026286
August 2026285
September 2026304
Unemployment rate
3.9%
ViewJobs analysis of ABS, September 2026 · down 0.3 points on September 2025[2][3]
Employed people
798,320
ViewJobs analysis of ABS, September 2026 · up 0.6% since September 2025[2][3]
Online job ads a month (all jobs)
12,437
JSA, September 2026 · up 1.9% since September 2025[1]
People in Workforce Australia employment services
38,350
ViewJobs analysis of DEWR, June 2026 · up 1.8% since June 2025[4][5]
Figure 2: People employed in engineering occupations in AdelaideAn estimated 11,851 people employed in September 2026: down 0.2% on September 2025, and up 9.5% on September 2021. One point each September, 2021 to 2026.
Sep 2021: 10,826Sep 202110,826Sep 2022: 9,686Sep 20229,686Sep 2023: 10,736Sep 202310,736Sep 2024: 11,319Sep 202411,319Sep 2025: 11,878Sep 202511,878Sep 2026: 11,851Sep 202611,851

Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[6]; ViewJobs[7].

Show the numbers
People employed in engineering occupations in Adelaide
MonthPeople employed
September 202110,826
September 20229,686
September 202310,736
September 202411,319
September 202511,878
September 202611,851

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Popular Engineering roles in Adelaide

Quick answers

Engineering work in Adelaide, answered

How many Engineering jobs are there in Adelaide?

153 Engineering jobs are live on ViewJobs in Adelaide, from 60 employers and recruiters. 23 were posted in the last 7 days. 145 are full-time, 6 casual and 2 apprenticeship.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

Is demand for Engineering workers in Adelaide growing?

Demand is rising. Employers in Adelaide, across the area Greater Adelaide, placed about 304 online ads a month for engineering jobs in the three months to September 2026, up 9.4% on a year earlier (278).

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia[1].

Who is hiring Engineering workers in Adelaide?

AECOM has the most live ads of any direct employer (23). Next are KBR, Inc. (14), WSP (11) and Saab (7). 60 employers and recruiters have live ads in all.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

What do Engineering jobs pay in Adelaide?

8 ads state a yearly salary: $90,000 to $175,000 a year, with a typical midpoint of $132,049. 1 more states pay in other units, 2 describe pay in words or a form not counted here, and 142 of the 153 ads state no pay.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

Which Engineering roles are most advertised in Adelaide?

Civil/Structural, with 58 of the 153 live ads. Next are Electrical/Electronic (28) and Mechanical (15).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

What is the job market like in Adelaide overall?

Online job ads for all occupations in Adelaide, across the area Greater Adelaide, averaged 12,437 a month in the three months to September 2026, up 1.9% on a year earlier.

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia[1].

What is the unemployment rate in Adelaide?

The unemployment rate in Adelaide, across the area Greater Adelaide, was 3.9% in September 2026, down 0.3 points on a year earlier (ABS modelled estimate).

Sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics[2]; ViewJobs analysis[3].

Are Adelaide Engineering jobs mostly full-time?

Most are full-time: 145 of 153 (95%). 6 are casual (4%) and 2 apprenticeship (1%).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

Sources and method

Where these numbers come from

  1. Jobs and Skills Australia, Internet Vacancy Index, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-10/internet_vacancies_anzsco2_occupations_gccsa_and_sa4_regions_-_september_2026.xlsx. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 25 October 2026.
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional Labour Force, September 2026. abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/employment-and-unemployment/regional-labour-force/sep-2026/MLF1.xlsx. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 25 October 2026.
  3. ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Regional Labour Force, September 2026. abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/employment-and-unemployment/regional-labour-force/latest-release. Capital city, state and national figures are sums of the ABS's modelled labour market regions, with rates worked out from the sums.
  4. Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, Workforce Australia Caseload by Selected Cohorts, June 2026. dewr.gov.au/employment-services-data/resources/workforce-australia-caseload-selected-cohorts-30-june-2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 26 October 2026. The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (or DEWR).
  5. ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations Workforce Australia Caseload by Selected Cohorts, June 2026. dewr.gov.au/employment-services-data/workforce-australia-caseload-data. Capital city, state and national figures are sums of SA4 regions.
  6. Jobs and Skills Australia, Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-10/2026-09_nero.zip. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 27 October 2026. Source: Jobs and Skills Australia, Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation (NERO), September 2026, CC BY 4.0. Experimental estimates.
  7. ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Jobs and Skills Australia Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/data/nero. Capital city, state and national figures are sums of SA4 regions. The occupation group is an approximation: Jobs and Skills Australia's job-ads groups mapped to ANZSCO unit groups.
  8. ViewJobs, Live job ads on ViewJobs, 29 Oct 2026. viewjobs.com.au.

Method

  • Online job ads: Jobs and Skills Australia's Internet Vacancy Index is a monthly count of online job ads, compiled from SEEK, CareerOne and Workforce Australia. Regional figures are three-month averages. It is not a count of ViewJobs' own ads. Published under CC BY 4.0.
  • Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional Labour Force: monthly unemployment, participation and employment are the ABS's Regional Labour Force modelled estimates: the ABS combines its Labour Force Survey with administrative data to estimate each labour market region. They are in original terms, not seasonally adjusted, so every change here compares a month with the same month a year earlier. The ABS's labour market regions follow the 2011 boundaries of its SA4 regions, which differ slightly from today's in a few areas. Published under CC BY 4.0.
  • Jobs and Skills Australia, Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation: estimated employment by occupation, published under CC BY 4.0. Jobs and Skills Australia's nowcast is experimental: its figures are model estimates of the people employed in each occupation, not a count of them, and each monthly release revises the months before it.
  • ViewJobs live ads: ads open on ViewJobs in the Engineering classification, placed in Adelaide, counted on 29 Oct 2026.
  • ViewJobs analysis: a figure that adds up several occupation groups, industries or areas, and the rates worked out from such a sum. The sources publish the parts; the sum is ViewJobs' own, and its reference says what was combined.

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ViewJobs (2026). Engineering jobs in Adelaide, SA, data to September 2026. https://www.viewjobs.com.au/jobs/sa/regional-rural/adelaide/engineering

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