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Engineering jobs in Melbourne, VIC

There are 638 Engineering jobs advertised in Melbourne on ViewJobs, from 224 employers and recruiters. 106 were posted in the last week.

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Roles in region
638
New this week
106

By the numbers

638 Engineering roles in Melbourne

106 new roles this week· 319 in the last 30 days

Job types

Share of roles by employment type.

  • Full-time596 (93%)
  • Part-time20 (3%)
  • Casual9 (1%)
  • Temporary8 (1%)
  • Contract5 (1%)

Top employers

Most active employers hiring in Melbourne.

Explore specialisms

Engineering by specialism.

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

167 live rolesElectrical/electronic110 live rolesCivil/structural49 live rolesBuilding services37 live rolesAerospace31 live rolesEngineering management26 live rolesMaintenance15 live rolesIndustrial13 live rolesField engineering12 live rolesEnvironmental

Latest roles

The local market

Melbourne's engineering job market

Figures for Melbourne cover ABS region Greater Melbourne (GCCSA 2GMEL). 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 MelbourneEngineers. Three-month average, September 2025 to September 2026.
0200400600800Engineers, Sep: 610610SepEngineers, Oct: 631Engineers, Nov: 595NovEngineers, Dec: 542Engineers, Jan: 521JanEngineers, Feb: 589Engineers, Mar: 671MarEngineers, Apr: 676Engineers, May: 672MayEngineers, Jun: 632Engineers, Jul: 662JulEngineers, Aug: 657Engineers, Sep: 700700Sep

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia[1].

Show the numbers
Online engineering job ads a month, Greater Melbourne
MonthEngineers
September 2025610
October 2025631
November 2025595
December 2025542
January 2026521
February 2026589
March 2026671
April 2026676
May 2026672
June 2026632
July 2026662
August 2026657
September 2026700
Unemployment rate
5.3%
ViewJobs analysis of ABS, September 2026 · up 0.3 points on September 2025[2][3]
Employed people
2,999,966
ViewJobs analysis of ABS, September 2026 · up 0.7% since September 2025[2][3]
Online job ads a month (all jobs)
38,170
JSA, September 2026 · down 0.6% since September 2025[1]
People in Workforce Australia employment services
133,170
ViewJobs analysis of DEWR, June 2026 · up 8.4% since June 2025[4][5]
Figure 2: People employed in engineering occupations in MelbourneAn estimated 50,970 people employed in September 2026: up 4.4% on September 2025, and up 27.5% on September 2021. One point each September, 2021 to 2026.
Sep 2021: 39,981Sep 202139,981Sep 2022: 45,362Sep 202245,362Sep 2023: 46,954Sep 202346,954Sep 2024: 46,481Sep 202446,481Sep 2025: 48,803Sep 202548,803Sep 2026: 50,970Sep 202650,970

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

Show the numbers
People employed in engineering occupations in Melbourne
MonthPeople employed
September 202139,981
September 202245,362
September 202346,954
September 202446,481
September 202548,803
September 202650,970

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Popular Engineering roles in Melbourne

Quick answers

Engineering work in Melbourne, answered

How many Engineering jobs are there in Melbourne?

638 Engineering jobs are live on ViewJobs in Melbourne, from 224 employers and recruiters. 106 were posted in the last 7 days. 596 are full-time, 20 part-time and 9 casual.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

Is demand for Engineering workers in Melbourne growing?

Demand is rising. Employers in Melbourne, across the area Greater Melbourne, placed about 700 online ads a month for engineering jobs in the three months to September 2026, up 14.8% on a year earlier (610).

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia[1].

Who is hiring Engineering workers in Melbourne?

AECOM has the most live ads of any direct employer (41). Next are KBR, Inc. (21), Shield AI (19) and WSP (17). 224 employers and recruiters have live ads in all.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

What do Engineering jobs pay in Melbourne?

37 ads state a yearly salary: $35,000 to $200,000 a year, with a typical midpoint of $123,835. 5 more state pay in other units, 7 describe pay in words or a form not counted here, and 589 of the 638 ads state no pay.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

Which Engineering roles are most advertised in Melbourne?

Electrical/Electronic, with 167 of the 638 live ads. Next are Civil/Structural (110) and Building Services (49).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

What is the job market like in Melbourne overall?

Online job ads for all occupations in Melbourne, across the area Greater Melbourne, averaged 38,170 a month in the three months to September 2026, down 0.6% on a year earlier.

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia[1].

What is the unemployment rate in Melbourne?

The unemployment rate in Melbourne, across the area Greater Melbourne, was 5.3% in September 2026, up 0.3 points on a year earlier (ABS modelled estimate).

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

Are Melbourne Engineering jobs mostly full-time?

Most are full-time: 596 of 638 (93%). 20 are part-time (3%), 9 casual (1%), 8 temporary (1%) and 5 contract (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, 31 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 Melbourne, counted on 31 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 Melbourne, VIC, data to September 2026. https://www.viewjobs.com.au/jobs/vic/regional-rural/melbourne/engineering

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