ACEI Derrick Edge Future Leader Award 2026

Award Criteria

The 2026 ACEI Derrick Edge 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.

• A description of the qualities and skills you believe you possess that meet the criteria of an ACEI Future Leader (max 400 words);
• An outline of the main challenges currently facing the consulting engineering profession in Ireland and how you think they could / should be addressed and the role that ACEI could play in this context. (max 600 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.

• 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)

• Be a Chartered Engineer;
• Be 35 years of age or under on 31st March 2026;
• Have four or more years relevant experience;
• Be employed in an ACEI member company;
• Be supported by an ACEI Fellow Professional Consulting Engineer (FConsEI).