[2] The award is given to the audio engineer(s) who is from, or resides in Australia, and has overall responsibility for the work's production.
In the case of a co-engineer, all parties must individually meet the artist eligibility criteria.
"[3] Engineer of the Year is voted for by a judging school, which consists of between 40 and 100 representatives experienced with that genre of music.
Both Matt Lovell and Wayne Connolly have received the award three times.
The "Work title(s) and original recording artist(s)" column names the work(s) whose engineering has been nominated, and its original recording artist; the musician is not the nominee unless they were the engineer.