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Engineering Management Specialisation

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About this Specialisation

Engineering managers are in strong demand in the global workforce, combining management expertise with engineering knowledge to lead specialist teams in the delivery of highly technical project works.

This postgraduate specialisation provides students with a broad set of complementary skills in engineering management, site management, environmental and risk management, and maintenance management principles for the sustainment of high value assets.

Special entry requirements

All applicants are required to have completed a Bachelor of Engineering or a Bachelor of Technology degree prior to enrolling into this unit set, with equivalents considered.

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Availability & Campus

Location Availability
Joondalup
Mount Lawley
South West
Online
= Available

Details

Structure

Unit Code Unit Title Credit Points
ENS5161Environmental and Process Risk Management15
ENS6138Principles of Industrial Maintenance15
ENS5112Construction Site Management15
ENS5543Engineering Management15

For more detailed unit information for this Specialisation take a look at our Handbook. To organise your life for next semester visit the Teaching timetable.

Student handbook

Notes

Learning Outcomes

  1. Reflect critically on a complex and up to date body of engineering management knowledge, research principles and methods to demonstrate mastery of professional practice or scholarship.
  2. Apply cognitive, technical and creative skills to investigate, evaluate and synthesise complex ideas, concepts and theories in authentic situations involving application of engineering management principles.
  3. Apply communication and collaboration skills to design innovative contributions to professional practice or scholarship.
  4. Use high-level self-management skills to initiate, plan and execute a project to meet agreed deliverables in engineering management.

Career Opportunities

Employment opportunities

Graduates of this specialisation within the MBAI will gain highly relevant skills in the areas of engineering project management and engineering site management and will be able to enter into positions requiring high level management skills and capabilities in a range of private and public organisations.

Possible future job titles

Engineering Manager, Project Manager, Project Engineer, Site Manager, Site Engineer, Construction Management Engineer, Industrial Management Engineer

This Specialisation can be studied in the following courses

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