Engineering & Construction

Remuneration Surveys - Engineering & Construction

The most recent Engineering & Construction Remuneration Report was published in April 2010 - 52 organisations (an increase of 27 per cent over October 2009) contributed data in respect of over 2,700 incumbents occupying 157 roles.

The report included a special feature analysing the remuneration increases for all survey roles over the past 6 and the past 12 months. The scope of the survey was broadened in December 2008 to include Subsea & SURF engineering & installation roles. In October 2009, the scope was extended to Environmental consulting roles.

Purpose & Framework

The purpose of the Report is to provide the Executive Management of participating organisations with factual data and reliable analyses of the remuneration of key personnel in the Engineering & Construction Industry. The Report focuses on engineering & construction activity in the mining & resources, oil & gas, energy and major infrastructure sectors. It addresses the Subsea & SURF disciplines separately.

The survey framework showing its ability to aggregate and separate & analyse data are illustrated.[More]

Scope of the Survey

Set out below is a summary of the scope of the Engineering & Construction Remuneration Report which:

  • covers consulting engineering, project management & project services positions;
  • includes staff & contractor roles;
  • provides information for all Australian states;
  • reports on Base Salary, Total Fixed Remuneration (including the value of benefits such as motor vehicles & superannuation) and Total Variable Remuneration (showing the impact of incentives);
  • separately reports data on project uplifts & retention bonuses; and,
  • provides a detailed analysis of practices in respect of incentives and benefits.

Data will be examined to identify the impact of various personal and organisation factors on the level of remuneration for each role. These include:

  • project size
  • location (state & region)
  • years of experience
  • type of employment contract (salary information for "staff" & "contract" personnel will be presented separately)
  • industry sector (eg engineering versus EPCM versus construction - see above)

Sample Organisation Chart

Participating Organisations

The following 52 companies participated in the April 2010 report:

  • Acergy Australia Pty Ltd
  • Aker Solutions Australia Pty Ltd
  • AMEC Minproc Pty Ltd
  • API Management Pty Ltd
  • Ausenco Limited
  • Ausgroup Limited
  • BGC Contracting Pty Ltd
  • BHP Billiton Iron Ore
  • BHP Billiton Ltd - Metallurgical Coal
  • BHP Billiton Uranium & Olympic Dam Development
  • Calibre Projects Pty Ltd
  • CITIC Pacific Mining Management Pty Ltd
  • Clough Limited
  • Decmil Group Limited
  • DOF Subsea Australia Pty Ltd
  • Downer EDI Engineering
  • Fortescue Metals Group Limited
  • G&S Engineering Pty Ltd
  • GE Energy
  • Golding Contractors Pty Ltd
  • Granherne Pty Ltd
  • Inpex Corporation
  • INTECSEA
  • J P Kenny Pty Ltd
  • Karara Mining Limited
  • Kellogg Brown & Root Pty Ltd
  • Lycopodium Limited
  • Macmahon Holdings Limited
  • MCC Mining (Western Australia)
  • McDermott Industries (Aust) Pty Ltd
  • Mustang Engineering Pty Ltd
  • Nickel West
  • Oakajee Port & Rail Pty Ltd
  • Outotec Australia Pty Ltd
  • QER Pty Ltd
  • QGC - A BG group business
  • Queensland Rail Ltd
  • Rio Tinto Iron Ore Expansion Projects
  • Santos Limited
  • Sea Trucks Australia Pty Ltd
  • Sedgman Limited
  • Southern SeaWater Alliance Joint Venture
  • Technip Oceania Pty Ltd
  • Tenix Alliance Pty Ltd
  • Thiess Pty Limited
  • Thyssenkrupp Materials Handling (Australia)
  • Transfield Worley Services
  • United Group Ltd
  • Woodside Petroleum Ltd
  • WorleyParsons Limited
  • Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd
  • Xstrata Coal Pty Ltd