Engineers Australia Unless Australia’s skilled migration program is overhauled, and more support provided to migrants and employers, our nation’s engineering capability is at risk. That is the warning from Engineers Australia in its submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Migration inquiry into Australia’s skilled migration program. Engineers Australia CEO Dr Bronwyn Evans said that while demand for engineers was high, the outcomes for migrant engineers proved the current system was no longer working. “We desperately need skilled migration to fill the gap between the number of engineers required and what universities and the local market can supply. Yet once here, overseas-born engineers experience higher unemployment (7.6%) than their Australian-born peers (3.7%), and only 40.9% end up working in an engineering role,” Dr Evans said.