| Title |
Analyzing on the Employment Status of Female Engineer in Construction Site and Its Utilization Plan |
| Authors |
신원상(Shin, Won-Sang) ; 손창백(Son, Chang-Baek) |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5659/JAIK.2025.41.7.269 |
| Keywords |
Construction Site; Female Engineer; Employment; Utilization Plan |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this study is to propose a practical strategy to address the shortage of engineers at construction sites. To achieve this, the
current employment status of engineers and the utilization of female engineers in the construction sector were analyzed, and measures to
promote the inflow and effective deployment of female engineers were suggested. The key findings of this study are as follows. It was found
that the larger the scale of construction projects, the higher the sales per capita, and that female engineers currently account for
approximately 10% of on-site personnel. Female engineers are primarily assigned to health, safety, public affairs, and environmental tasks, and
their job performance is still somewhat lower compared to that of their male counterparts. The potential for deploying female engineers
on-site was confirmed, with the main areas of utilization being health, safety, and public affairs, where female engineers are already
concentrated. In order to attract female engineers, it is necessary to provide high-quality jobs that ensure a good work-life balance, and
customized professional education programs tailored to preferred job fields are required. Japan, which has structural similarities to Korea’s
construction industry, has implemented a support network to promote the retention of female engineers, and benchmarking such policies was
proposed. This study was conducted to present a strategy for improving the supply and demand imbalance of engineers in the construction
industry through the inflow and utilization of female engineers. However, as the analysis was based on gender comparisons of current field
engineers, it has limitations in not presenting detailed analysis or specific measures according to variables such as business type or job
position. Future research is needed to address these limitations and to explore other sectors of the construction industry. |