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Notes from the Sydney engineering market.
Live salary benchmarks, hiring strategy and market reads for Civil, Structural and Geotechnical engineers and the firms hiring them across NSW.
$118 billion of infrastructure. Not enough engineers to build it.
NSW has $118.3B of committed infrastructure across four years and a structural shortage of civil and structural engineers. Here is what that actually means inside a hiring process.
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Salary benchmarks15 May 20264 min readWhat structural engineers are actually earning in NSW right now
Live offer figures for structural engineers in NSW in 2026 — from graduate to associate. The bands that hiring managers benchmarked eighteen months ago are not the market today.
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Hiring strategy15 Apr 20264 min readYour salary ad is lying to candidates. Here is what civil engineers in NSW are actually being offered.
Live offer figures for civil engineers in NSW in 2026, why most advertised ranges are already stale, and the counter-offer maths every hiring manager needs to plan for.
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Market commentary15 Mar 20262 min readThe mid-level structural engineer squeeze in Sydney
Three-to-five-year structural engineers are the hardest hire in the Sydney market right now. Here is why, and what it means if you are hiring or moving.
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Hiring strategy15 Feb 20262 min readWhat 'Sydney sandstone experience' means on a geotechnical CV
Sydney sandstone shows up on almost every geotechnical CV in the city. Here is how to read the claim, and when it actually matters for a hire.
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Notes15 Jan 20261 min readWelcome — what you will find here
A note on what this space is for, and what's coming next.
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