Job Satisfaction of Civil Engineers Working in Irrigation Sector Under Government of Nepal

Abstract

Civil Engineers are the back bone of the infrastructural development and civil engineers working in government service has direct link with the development of nation. Todays, many government projects of Nepal are facing problems of time and cost overrun which somehow can relate with the engineers job satisfaction. This quantitative study aimed to determine the level of job satisfaction among the civil engineers working in irrigation sector under government service in Nepal. Data were collected primarily through structured questionnaire response from 210 civil engineers working under Department of Water Resource and Irrigation and adopted descriptive statistical analytical techniques to analyze the variables using SPSS and MS-Excel. Result of the study indicates that civil engineers working in irrigation sector under government service of Nepal were generally satisfied with their job and mostly they are unsatisfied with the pay system and promotion opportunities. Based on designation level, civil engineers working at Gazetted 2 nd class level were more satisfied than other Gazetted 3 rd class level and Non-Gazetted 1 st class level. Study also reveals that males were more satisfied than females and based on job location, office based job engineers were more satisfied than site based job engineers.