NOC 2021 · 21301 · TEER 1
Mechanical engineers
Unit group 21301 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Mechanical engineers research, design and develop machinery and systems for heating, ventilating and air conditioning, power generation, transportation, processing and manufacturing. They also perform duties related to the evaluation, installation, operation and maintenance of mechanical systems. They are employed by consulting firms, by power-generating utilities and in a wide range of manufacturing, processing and transportation industries, or they may be self-employed.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- acoustical engineer
- acoustics and vibration engineer
- acoustics engineer
- automotive engineer
- building systems engineer
- building systems engineering project manager
- chief mechanical engineer
- consulting mechanical engineer
- cryogenics engineer
- design engineer - mechanical
- diesel engineer - design and research
- energy conservation engineer
- fluid mechanics engineer
- gas utilization mechanical engineer
- heating specialist engineer
- heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) engineer
- internal combustion engineer
- lubrication engineer
- maintenance engineering lead - mechanical
- marine mechanical engineer
- mechanical design engineer
- mechanical engineer
- mechanical engineering lead
- mechanical engineering project manager
- mechanical hydraulic engineer
- mechanical maintenance engineer
- mechanical power engineer
- mechatronic engineer
- micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) research engineer
- mould design engineer
- nuclear design engineer
- nuclear engineer
- nuclear operations engineer
- oil well equipment design engineer
- pattern engineer
- piping engineer
- power generation engineer
- power plant engineer
- project engineer - building systems
- project mechanical engineer
- refrigeration engineer
- robotics engineer
- thermal design engineer
- thermal power engineer
- tool engineer
- tribologist
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.