The credential of EngExec (Engineering Executive) recognizes pre-eminent professionals working in executive positions who have proven their exceptional leadership and talent. After a long career as an engineer which has culminated in a senior leadership position, receiving the status of EngExec is the next step in your engineering career.
This credential is not only for engineering professionals, but it can also be for senior business leaders who work in the engineering sections but are not engineers.
Achievement of this status also presents an opportunity to play a major role in shaping the future of the Australian engineering profession.
The exclusive nature of this status means that the opportunity to apply for this credential is only provided to a selected group of individuals on an invitation-only basis.
Application process:
An eligible candidate will get a detailed invitation letter. This letter will explain how to apply for the EngExec status.
You are not required to be an Engineers Australia member to be invited to apply for EngExec Engineers Australia. However, if you are not a member, you will be required to join as an Engineers Australia member in the application process.
As per eligibility criteria, you need to have 15 or more years of industry experience and be in a senior management and leadership role. Besides that, you need to be able to demonstrate the necessary leadership and management competencies for the EngExec credential and complete a self-assessment if invited to apply.
If you think that you fulfill the criteria for EngExec but have not got an invitation, you can email Engineers Australia to express your interest in applying.
Professional interview for the EngExec credential:
A professional interview with an Engineers Australia assessor is the last step to attaining the EngExec credential.
Engineers Australia will be in touch to fix a time for your professional interview with of its assessors. After that, you will get an invitation to the online Teams or Skype interview.
This interview will last nearly one hour and include a wide discussion about your engineering career and your responses to the questions in the self-assessment form.
You have to prove your Engineers Australia competencies in Stage 3 to attain the post of Engineering Executive (EngExec).
Achieving this post means that the eligibility of the candidate for chartered status in Management and Leadership increases.The technical practice related to other chartered status increases to a large extent.
The engineering leaders and managers can show their commitment to their job.
Unit 1 (Leadership)1 Use personal attributes of leadership Purpose and values are foundedEmployment of creativity and innovationIntegrity, sincerity of purse and values are communicationPlus points of others are capitalized onTeams and successfully made and ledNatural personal leadership type/style is identifiedleadership style is tailored in harmony with the contextUse of written and oral skillsEmployment of meditation and negotiation skills.
1.2 Exercise leadership in companies Vision for the company recognized and communicatedConducting plans for strategy and actions and using them using recognized principles.Use of creativity and innovation processesA processing method is used in realizing and monitoring the progress of organizational targets.Suitable organizational structures are used to achieve planned outcomes.Identification and deployment of desired organizational values.Proper selection and employment of leadership and management concepts, tools and techniques for the improvement of leadership, for example: Plans of strategyBusiness plansPlans to manage risksPerformance managementManagement reviewsReporting regimesCorrective and preventive actionReward systemsTraining/educational requirements evaluations and delivery programs 1.3 Appreciation of stakeholdersRequirements and expectations of stakeholders related to the business are recognized and dealt with regarding owners, employees, community and customers.External factors are appreciated and properly dealt with, which includes regarding community, political, safety, environment and legislative/regulatory.
1.5 Demonstration of creativityCreativity is encouraged.Management styles fostering creativity are chosen and used.Different ways of being creative are used.Contributions to creativity sessions.Facilities are provided to innovation teams.The inter-relationship between organizational structures and creativity is handled.Staff are recruited and deployed for the promotion of creativity and innovation.