Overview
The Membership Committee oversees our professional qualifications worldwide with regards to assessment competency.
The Professional Review Interviewer role described carries out the Professional Review for candidates seeking election to Chartered Engineer and Incorporated Engineer. This comprises two mandatory elements, the assessment of documentary evidence (in the form of a formal application to IMarEST), and the interview.
Both elements of the Professional Review are conducted by two suitably qualified and trained Interviewers who are members/registrants at or above the category in which the applicant is seeking membership/registration.
Interviews tend to be held online, with some interviews occasionally being conducted face to face.
What you'll be doing
- Carry out the assessment of documentary evidence in isolation and then in tandem with co-Professional Reviewer within the agreed timeframe and in accordance with IMarEST’s guidance
- Provide feedback for applicants where revision is required or where applicant is assessed as not meeting IMarEST and Engineering Council’s standards
- Conduct the interview with co-Professional Reviewer at the agreed time and in accordance with IMarEST’s guidance
- Following the interview, complete a PRI report with recommendation for each applicant for submission to Membership Committee within the agreed timeframe
About you
You will be:
- A current Chartered Member or Fellow
- IEng or CEng registered (you must be the qualification you are assessing or higher)
Experience of interviewing in the workplace is an advantage.
Benefits
There are many benefits to volunteering as a Professional Review Interviewer, including:
- An opportunity to support global early career engineers in their journey to becoming Chartered
- Maintain the global standards of marine engineering profession and IMarEST
- Volunteering contributes to your continuing professional development (CPD)
- Exposure to technical developments that may be outside of your own experience
- An increased understanding on a range of process safety engineering applications in various industries
- Gain an up-to-date understanding of the formation of marine engineers who are approaching Chartered status and its implications for the profession and their employers