Becoming an IMechE Fellow (FIMechE) will help you get recognized as a professional engineer who is working in a senior role with significant autonomy and responsibility. It is the highest membership level and shows your wealth of commitment, wealth and contribution to engineering.

Having what the IMechE Fellow grade is, let’s move further to know its benefits.

Benefits of the FIMechE grade:

Recognition:

·        You will attain global recognition for your engineering knowledge and experience.

·        This designation will increase your exposure to new career growth opportunities.

·        It will add weight to your engineering profile.

·        The grade offers thought leadership.

·        This grade will improve your long-term earning potential by means of recognition of your competency and experience.

Make new relationships:

·        It will help you get connected with members of the Institution all over the world.

·        You will be able to make profitable working relationships with other experts in your field.

·        This grade will help you influence and support young members.

·        The grade will enable you to volunteer IMechE via your region, industry or particular activities.

Access IMechE’s resources:

Being a Fellow member will allow you to read member-only specialist engineering news, expert comment by Professional Engineering and some features.

You will get email updates from your region or industry or interest group.

The Grade of FIMechE will provide you with a world-class engineering library.

You will be able to benefit from financial and practical support by virtue of IMechE’s benevolent fund (Support Network).

Who can apply for this grade?

Usually, Fellows are those professional engineers who work in a senior role with significant responsibility and autonomy and can show the below-listed qualities:

Essential:

·        A position of significant autonomy or/and senior responsibility in your particular field

·        Leadership qualities that can be demonstrated

·        Influencing policy and strategy making decisions in a business or technical environment

·        A structured method of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) explaining both the way you have developed your CPD in your career to date and your future plan for CPD

·        The promotion of the profession of engineering to potential engineers and young engineers

Desirable:

Expert knowledge in a particular engineering area

Technical and engineering resource management or/and personnel management and development

Optional:

Responsibility for a budget and the related risk

Active development and use of new technologies in engineering and related areas at the senior level

Application of different types of fundamental principles and complicated techniques across wide and often unpredictable different types of contexts

How much does it cost?

A new registrant pays an application fee and a yearly subscription fee as well as the appropriate Engineering Council fees. Those with existing IMechE membership pay an application fee and the difference between the Member and Fellow annual subscription fee.

If you are not professionally active or your yearly income is less than £18,000, you are eligible for a reduced subscription.

Start the application:

You can apply to upgrade to Fellowship if you are a Chartered Engineer, Engineering Technician or Incorporated Engineer member. You can also apply directly to the grade of Fellowship, which would need you to fill up a more detailed application.