ACEI Derrick Edge Future Leader Award

Be a Chartered Engineer; Be 35 years of age or under on 31st March 2025; Have four or more years relevant experience; Be employed in an ACEI member company; Be supported by an ACEI Fellow Professional Consulting Engineer (FConsEI).

Full name and date of birth of applicant; Name of ACEI member company; Qualifications obtained to date and CPD courses undertaken; Brief career history including dates, company name(s) and position(s) held; Professional memberships and voluntary committee / organisation activities; Signature and supporting statement (max 200 words) from an ACEI Fellow (FConsEI).

Award Criteria

The 2025 ACEI Consulting Engineer Future Leader award will be presented to a consulting engineer with excellent communication skills, business acumen, technical capabilities and strong ethical values. The award competition is a great opportunity to showcase your experience to date, add value to your credentials and be publicly recognised as a rising talent by the senior leaders in your profession. Candidates are required to submit a written application including:

The ACEI will set up an adjudicating panel to assess the applications and may chose a shortlist of up to five candidates. The short-listed candidates will need to make themselves available to undertake an interview with the panel in early February 2025 where two or three finalists will be selected. The finalists will be invited to submit their entry to the EFCA Future Leaders Award. The overall ACEI winner will be formally announced at the ACEI Annual Awards Dinner on 28th March in the Intercontinental Hotel, Dublin 4. ACEI, 46 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 : Louise.patterson@acei.ie

A description of the qualities and skills you believe you possess that meet the criteria of an ACEI Future Leader (max 400 words);

A description of a project in which you played a key consulting engineering role. Demonstrate clearly how you met the client’s brief and brought excellence in design, innovation, sustainability, health and safety and value for money to the project (max 1200 words). Photos / images can also be included.

To qualify for the competition applicants must satisfy the following criteria:

• Full name and date of birth of applicant; Name of ACEI member company; Qualifications obtained to date and CPD courses undertaken; Brief career history including dates, company name(s) and position(s) held; Professional memberships and voluntary committee / organisation activities; Signature and supporting statement (max 200 words) from an ACEI Fellow (FConsEI).

Entries should also include up to two other pages containing the following information:

• Be a Chartered Engineer; Be 35 years of age or under on 31st March 2025; Have four or more years relevant experience; Be employed in an ACEI member company; Be supported by an ACEI Fellow Professional Consulting Engineer (FConsEI).

Future Leader 2025 Applications collated in one pdf document should be sent by email to: info@acei.ie not later than 5pm on Friday 24th January 2025

The ACEI will set up an adjudicating panel to assess the applications and may chose a shortlist of up to five candidates. The short-listed candidates will need to make themselves available to undertake an interview with the panel in early February 2025 where two or three finalists will be selected. The finalists will be invited to submit their entry to the EFCA Future Leaders Award. The overall ACEI winner will be formally announced at the ACEI Annual Awards Dinner on 28th March in the Intercontinental Hotel, Dublin 4.

ACEI, 46 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 : Louise.patterson@acei.ie