Engineering Registration

Engineering is crucial to tackling the challenges facing the water sector, from climate resilience to infrastructure innovation. By gaining an engineering registration, you achieve formal recognition of your skills, competence, and commitment to high standards, all of which are essential in the water sector.

Professional Registration

Why Choose an Engineering Registration? 

There are a whole host of benefits to choosing to gain an engineering registration. Engineering registration boosts your career by enhancing credibility, improving job prospects, increasing earning potential, and showcasing your commitment to professional standards and innovation in the water sector.

 

If you’re a skilled, practicing engineer looking to enhance your career and improve your prospects, consider becoming a registered engineer with IWater.

Start your application today and join a professional network of registered engineers making a real difference in the water sector.

Our Engineering Registrations

IWater is licensed to register members on the Register of Engineers and Technicians maintained by the Engineering Council. The registration has three sections:

 

 

All candidates applying for a CEng, IEng, or EngTech registration must satisfy the competence standards set by the Engineering Council and be members of a professional body, such as IWater. More information on the competence standards can be found under each professional registration route above.

Why Choose an Engineering Registration? 

Watch this video featuring Alex Akintomide EngTech, Training and Development Manager at Anglian Water, as he shares his journey to achieving engineering registration and explains why he chose this path.

The Application Process

 

Each potential registrant is supported throughout the application process, which has been broken down into simple steps that you can follow in the flowchart below.

 

Engineering Registration FAQs

 

We’re here to support you. To help guide your application, we’ve pulled together some frequently asked questions. If you have any further queries, please call us on 0191 422 0088 or email registration@instituteofwater.org.uk  and our dedicated Professional Standards Manager will be happy to assist.

Engineering is crucial to tackling the challenges facing the water sector, from climate resilience to infrastructure innovation. By gaining an engineering registration, you achieve formal recognition of your skills, competence, and commitment to high standards, all of which are essential in the water sector.

In short, engineering registration can help you:

  • Build a stronger, future-proof career

  • Increase your earning potential

  • Gain trust and credibility with employers, colleagues, and customers

  • Contribute to raising professional standards across the sector

  • Support innovation that drives the sector forward

If you’re a skilled, practicing engineer looking to enhance your career and improve your prospects, consider becoming a registered engineer with IWater.

Start your application today and join a professional network of registered engineers making a real difference in the water sector.

You may not know which engineering registration award fits your current work and experience, which is why we are here to advise you.

Each registration award requires you to demonstrate that you have met a variety of competencies and have a certain level of responsibility through your workplace experience.

More information on each level can be found under each professional registration route:

The Engineering Council also provides an Advanced Course Search to help you identify the most suitable registration route based on your current qualifications.

Step 1: Become a member
All applicants for engineering registration, at any level, must first be members of a professional body such as IWater. Find out more about IWater membership.

Step 2:  Review the requirements
Consider the standards required for the level of engineering registration you are aiming for. These can be found on each individual engineering registration page. We recommend discussing these with your employer, or you can contact us directly for advice.

The Engineering Council also provides an Advanced Course Search to help you identify the most suitable registration route based on your current qualifications.

Step 3: Prepare your application
When you’re ready, download the relevant application guides and application forms from our dedicated pages.

Step 4 – Submit your CPD record
As part of your application, you will need to provide a copy of your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) record. IWater members have access to a CPD platform to support this record-keeping. Learn more about the IWater CPD platform.

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Engineering registration is a thorough process, and it wasn’t built overnight (unfortunately!) After you submit your application, there will be a period of waiting while it is reviewed.

Please allow four months for the process to be completed. During this time, we are committed to keeping you informed with updates and any communication regarding your application.

Your application will be supported by our Professional Standards Manager, in collaboration with our volunteer assessors and the Engineering Council. Please note that they are supporting multiple applications at any given time, which is why the process takes some time. However, rest assured that your application is receiving the attention it deserves.

There are three separate fees involved in obtaining and maintaining engineering registration:

  1. Review Fee – Covers the assessment of your specific engineering registration.

  2. Initial Registration Fee – Paid to the Engineering Council and covers your registration until your next membership renewal date.

  3. Annual Renewal Fee – Paid annually to the Engineering Council to maintain your registration.

More information on the exact fees can be found under each professional registration route:

 

Please note that failure to pay fees can result in the removal of your engineering registration.