Chartered Engineering is a quality brand for top engineers
Chartered and Incorporated Engineer are internationally recognised professional titles Chartered Engineering is a mark of quality for top engineers. It also provides a structure for professional development and knowledge exchange between different fields and disciplines of engineers at different stages of their careers
KIVI engineering competence structure
Whether you are at the start of your career, or have been working as an engineer or technical professional for years, the KIVI Engineering competence structure provides you with the tools to continuously develop yourself and take your career to the next level. The structure consists of competence-based development, professional qualification and the OPD Tool.
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- Recognition: It distinguishes you as an outstanding engineer and shows pride for your professional achievements.
- Evidence: It is an independent and internationally recognised proof of your skills as an engineer. Continuing Normally, the professional development of engineers is recorded with the employer. When you change employers, this does not go with you. At Chartered Engineering, you register your professional development independently and it stays with you regardless of your movements in the job market.
- Access: Chartered Engineering is an internationally recognised quality brand and opens doors to high-level projects and roles. Also of interest to your employer.
- Community: Chartered Engineering puts engineers at the heart of their entire field of work, including industry, government, engineering firms, and research institutes, as well as universities and colleges. It creates an innovative community around an international quality standard.
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Chartered or Incorporated Engineer, is that something for Project Managers too?
Yes it is! Senior Project Manager and Chartered Engineer Adrian Aparaschivei explains why: "Some people think that Project Managers are universal who can manage projects in any sector, but in the engineering sector, a Project Manager is never in a position to be completely aloof from technical issues. The better you understand your project in a technical sense, the better your project will perform. It's not just about managing team, cost, schedule and quality, your technical input is priceless right from the start of the project. Especially from the perspective of the 1-10-100 rule: it costs 1 Euro for a modification on drawing, 10 Euro for a modification in manufacturing, 100 Euro for a modification in the field.
A Project Manager who is also a Chartered Engineer is demonstrably strong on all competences (technical) Knowledge, (technical) Skills, Leadership, Communication and Commitment. A regular Project Manager will be relatively stronger on competences Leadership, Communication and Commitment. Both are OK, of course, but a Project Manager where technical Knowledge and Skills are also present will perform better in technical projects. In relatively small projects, and especially in the development phase, this can save a lot of money.
Chartered Engineering as a quality mark for top engineers is a way to give upfront confidence that this Project Manager will deliver a successful technical project. In my opinion, for example in the energy transition, a Chartered Engineer demonstrates that he / she is a specialist, recognised by peers and who thoroughly understands his work, and the project he is doing. Added to this is the smooth collaboration with your technical team. The process of becoming a Chartered Engineer requires you to reflect on what you have done in your career and how, and that in itself is a useful self-reflection for Project Managers."