Personal development

Early career development programme (18 months)

An 18-month programme designed to produce well-rounded engineers with a broad range of experience, enabling employers to support early-career engineers in maximising their learning and accelerating the rate at which they realise their full potential.

517 days

Next available: London, 14 Apr 2025

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Early career development programme (18 months)

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Members:
£8,850.00 £7,965.00 Plus vat

Non Members:
£9,360.00 £8,424.00 Plus vat

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Summary

The IMechE Early Career Development Programme helps early-career engineers lay the foundations for a successful role and career progression. This programme is structured to include flexibility and transferability, focusing on professional development (what they don't teach at school or university) while covering specialised areas. Participants will explore topics such as personal effectiveness and branding, report writing, project management, innovation, influencing, business skills, and Six Sigma principles.

At a glance

Blended learning, combining formal training, self-guided study, work-based projects and one-on-one coaching.
Study alongside like-minded professionals from various backgrounds and industries, building a strong network for their career.
Gradual personal and professional development to avoid overwhelming participants.
One-on-one coaching with a dedicated development coach to guide their progress.
Takes the administrative burden off employers managing similar schemes.
For more information on payment options, contact training@imeche.org.

Programme structure
Term 1: Acquiring essential skills for workplace success.
Term 2: Developing the skills to increase performance beyond the programme.
Term 3: Mastery of skills and reflection on the journey taken.

Duration
18 months

Attendance
Part-time

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Who should attend?

Engineers and engineering technicians in the early stages of their careers, including graduates and apprentices.

Contributes 240 CPD hours

Key topics

Personal branding and self-awareness
Communication and influencing
360 feedback
Business skills
APM Project Fundamentals
Leading without formal authority
Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Presentation skills
Negotiation skills
Financial management
Business proposals

Meet our trainers

These trainers regularly teach Early career development programme (18 months).

Gillian Clark

With 11 years’ experience as a Process Improvement consultant, and 7 years in industry as an Improvement Specialist, Gillian has successfully applied World Class business improvement techniques – including Lean, Six Sigma and Change Management – to a wide range of industries including Public Sector, Finance, Aerospace, Automotive, Telecoms, MOD, NHS and Manufacturing.
John Hattam

John has built a successful consulting business in both the private and public sectors, specialising in sales and marketing, product and customer development, and business planning.
Andy Webber

Andy is a professional facilitator with over 15 years of experience in coaching, mentoring, consulting and delivering training.
Phill Slater

A senior level Executive Coach, business owner, organisational development practitioner and Learning & Development Consultant with more than two decades of experience working with business leaders across multiple industries in more than 20 countries.
Fiona Pawley

Fiona is an Inclusive Leadership Trainer and Coach, with over 20 years of experience in motorsport, engineering, and leadership development.
Paul Taylor

Paul Taylor has spent the last 20 years developing and delivering leadership programmes for global corporations. Getting up close and working with individuals urgently seeking answers to real-world challenges led him to delve deeper into how to achieve results and career success.

In-house and bespoke training

Tell us your team's CPD needs and we'll come to you with a specialised training programme, customised for your engineering sector.
Contact our advisors if you need help finding the most appropriate training for your team.

At a glance

Duration:

517 days
Location:

London
CPD Hours:

240.0

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Available dates for Early career development programme (18 months)

517 day course

London: 14 Apr 2025 - 10 Sep 2026

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We can customise any of our courses and deliver them in-house, for your entire team. It could also save you money, especially as you would save travel time.

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