Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers
University degree Strong growth · ANZSCO skill level 1 · occupation 2335
Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers design, organise and oversee the construction, operation and maintenance of mechanical and process plant and installations, establish programs for the coordination of manufacturing activities, and ensure usage of resources is cost effective.
How do you get there?
Highest qualification held by people in this job: 79.5% university · 14.7% vet / tafe · 3.7% school / entry (ABS Census via JSA).
Usually studied as Mechanical Engineering. A selection of providers offering courses in this field (indicative, not ranked):
- University Western Sydney University
- University Adelaide University
- University The University of Newcastle (UoN)
- University University of South Australia (UniSA)
- University Federation University Australia
- University Griffith University
- University University of Tasmania (UTas)
- University Flinders University
- TAFE TAFE Queensland
- TAFE Melbourne Polytechnic
- TAFE TAFE SA
- TAFE TasTAFE
- TAFE Gordon Institute of TAFE
- TAFE Intech Institute of Technology
- TAFE Engineering Institute of Technology
- TAFE Outsource Institute of Technology
Course & field-of-education data © Commonwealth of Australia (CRICOS), CC BY 2.5 AU. Matched by field of education — indicative; confirm entry requirements with each provider.
Where these jobs are
VIC 32.9% · NSW 24.5% · QLD 19.9% · WA 13.9% · SA 6.6% · TAS 1.2% · ACT 0.6% · NT 0.4%
Top industries
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services · Manufacturing · Mining.
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia — Occupation profiles (Feb 2026) + Employment Projections (May 2025–2035). © Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0. Figures are national estimates.