Job prospects Maintenance Engineering Lead – Industrial And Manufacturing in New Brunswick

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Job opportunities in New Brunswick

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Industrial and manufacturing engineers (NOC 21321) in New Brunswick for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment decline will lead to the loss of some positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Industrial and manufacturing engineers in New Brunswick:

• Approximately 150 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Industrial and manufacturing engineers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Architectural, engineering and design services (NAICS 5413): 32%
  • Wholesale trade (NAICS 41): 15%
  • Computer systems design services (NAICS 5415): 12%
  • Other professional, scientific and technical services (NAICS 5414, 5416-5419): 11%
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (NAICS 339): 11%
• 72% of industrial and manufacturing engineers work all year, while 28% work only part of the year, compared to 62% and 38% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 45 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• 11% of industrial and manufacturing engineers are self-employed compared to an average of 10% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 73% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 27% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: n/a
  • high school diploma or equivalent: n/a
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: n/a
  • bachelor's degree: 59% compared to 16% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 22% compared to 7% for all occupations

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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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