JOB CLASSIFICATION FLOWCHART BY LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY
SALARY SURVEY
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Senior+ Management Engineer/Geoscientist Authority over companies, often responsible for policy framework, approval of projects having wide public impact costing a significant amount of money. Senior Management Engineer/Geoscientist Authority over several interrelated professional groups in different fields, each field under a Management eng./geo.. Management Engineer/Geoscientist Authority over supervisory eng./geo. or a large group containing both professionals and other staff. Supervisory Engineer/Geoscientist First level of direct supervision over other eng./geo.
Senior+ Specialist Engineer/Geoscientist Internationally recognized authority in a field of major importance and generally exercises authority over a group of highly qualified professionals engaged in complex applications. Senior Specialist Engineer/Geoscientist Recognized authority in a field of major importance and generally exercises authority over a group of highly qualified professionals engaged in complex applications. Advanced Specialist Engineer/Geoscientist In addition to second level specialization, may have authority over a group of highly qualified professionals. Specialist Engineer/Geoscientist First level of full specialization in complex applications (e.g., research, design, sales).
INFORMATION FROM PARTICIPANTS Participation for the 2016 survey is based on 177 companies submitting data in time for inclusion in the final report. The 2016 survey captured current compensation data for 14,105 engineering and geoscience professionals across Alberta. Engineering professionals account for 94 per cent of the total data points, and geoscience professionals account for the remaining 6 per cent. PREDICTED SALARY INCREASE Based on 177 responses, 36 per cent of companies (57 per cent in 2015) plan to increase salaries in the next 12 months by an average of 2.6 per cent (3.0 per cent in 2015), with a range of 1.0 per cent to 5 per cent (1.5 per cent to 10 per cent in 2015). However, 57 per cent of companies (31 per cent in 2015) have forecast a salary freeze in the next 12 months. Respondents unable to provide predicted salary increases made up 7 per cent of respondents (12 per cent in 2015).
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PREDICTED 2017 PROFESSIONAL STAFFING LEVELS
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Of our survey respondents, 31 per cent indicated that they expect to add to their professional staff over the next year, 63 per cent indicated that they plan on maintaining current staffing levels, and 6 per cent planned on reducing professional staffing levels. The full version of the Value of Professional Services is available for purchase from APEGA. Visit apega.ca for more information. Included are the full salary survey results, with other information pertaining to: • Benefits and Additional Cash
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Project Engineer/Geoscientist Independently produces responsible and varied assignments. Minimal supervision. May give guidance, but not direct supervision to other eng./geo.
• Gender • Location • Engineering Disciplines • Years of Experience
Compensation Plans • Vacation Entitlement • Personal and Family/ Sick Days • Flexible Work Arrangements • Overtime Policies • Turnover • Contract Employee Rates of Pay
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Assistant Project Engineer/Geoscientist
• APEGA Licence • Company Size • Co-op Student Salaries • Degrees
Assignments of limited scope and complexity. Work supervised in detail. May give guidance to M.I.T., technicians, technologists, etc.
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Member-in-Training On-the-job training assignments.
Participation in the salary survey is free and encouraged by all Permit Holders in an effort to garner the most robust and representative database possible. As survey participation grows, the representation of Member compensation improves. Please contact us at salarysurvey@apega.ca to ensure you are sent your 2017 survey participation package next May.
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Co-op/Intern Student On-the-job training assignments.
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