Quality Management System (QMS)

Description

The Engineering Council is the UK regulatory body for the engineering profession with its office based in London, United Kingdom and remote working available to staff.

Scope

The scope of the Engineering Council’s Quality Management System includes the key products and services associated with its role as the UK regulatory body for the engineering profession, namely, to hold the national registers of professional engineers and technicians and to set and maintain the internationally recognised standards of professional competence and ethics that govern the award and retention of these titles.

Background

The Engineering Council was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1981 to regulate the engineering profession in the UK. It is governed by a Board of Trustees, which is advised by a number of executive committees. The core purpose is to set and maintain the internationally recognised standards for the UK engineering profession, found in the UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence and Commitment (UK-SPEC) and the ICTTech Standard.

The documents describe the competence and commitment criteria for the professional titles:

Organisation functions include Education and Skills, Finance, Governance, HR, ICT, International, Licensing, Marketing and Communications, Office Services, Operations, Professional Standards and Registration.

Key & statutory processes

The organisation Key Processes include:

Function	Process Name
Finance	Payment of staff and suppliers
Governance	Feedback to Privy Council Office on Institutions’ proposed changes to their constitution
Governance	Manage and Develop the Charter & Bye Laws
International	Maintain international recognition of standards of competence and commitment
Licensing	Licence Review
MarComms	Communication & Promotion
Operations	Business Continuity
Operations	Strategic & Business Planning
Professional Standards	Maintaining the Standards
Registration	Registration Process – New Registrants/Upgrades for Existing Registrants
Registration	Reconciliation, Change of Information and Suspensions
Support	Security - ICT
Support	Security - Office Services

The statutory include:

Function	Process Name
Finance	Statutory Filing and Payments
Office Services	Health & Safety Risk Assessment
Operations	GDPR: Data Breach
Operations	GDPR: Subject Access Request
Operations	GDPR: Withdrawal of Consent
Operations	GDPR: Data Transfer

We seek external provision for ICT support, financial management services and legal representation. Our executive committees are comprised of volunteers from the engineering profession and their expert knowledge enables the building and sharing of knowledge and good practice and helps to shape strategy and policy.

Key products & services

Our Quality Management System (QMS) delivers a range of products, services and outputs which include:

Products	Services
UK-SPEC	QuAD
Recognised Standard	EUR ING Registration
Registration Code of Practice	Register
CEng	Partner Portal
IEng	Human Resources (inc payroll and expenses)
EngTech
ICTTech
IntET
IntPE
Engineering Council License
Engineering Council Website
Strategic Plan
Organisation Business Plan