Cart is empty The maiden Engineering Industry Awards held under the Theme: Celebrating Innovation, Excellence and Impact seek to provide an opportunity for the engineering fraternity to acknowledge, recognise and celebrate the excellence displayed by engineering practitioners, businesses, government stakeholders, and academic institutions. The awards further seek to recognise and honour individuals who continue to contribute to the mandate of the Engineering Council of South Africa.
- Eligibility: Final-year or postgraduate engineering student by 31 December 2025.
- Participation: Active in VA student forums or young leadership programmes that promote ECSA and VA registration.
- Engagement: Involved in engineering events at their university or student chapter.
- Mentorship: Provide mentoring to junior engineering students.
- Academic performance: Demonstrate strong academic results in the current qualification.
POE (Proof of Evidence): CV; evidence of registration and VA membership; academic
transcripts; any awards/accolades; and a 500 –600 word motivation to the award criteria
- Eligibility: ECSA professional registration and membership of an ECSArecognised voluntary association.
- Age: 35 years or younger as at 31 December 2025.
- Leadership: Demonstrated leadership roles and achievements within the engineering community.
POE: CV; proof of ECSA and VA registration; and a 500-600 word motivation for the
award.
- Eligibility: Registered engineering practitioner based in South Africa or abroad, aged over 35 as at 31 December 2025.
- Leadership: Demonstrated leadership roles in the engineering fraternity (organisational, advisory or technical boards) between 2020–2025.
- Achievements: Notable accolades within the engineering community.
- Mentorship: Evidence of mentoring engineering practitioners in training (2020–2025).
- Service: Contribution to public benefit (e.g., promoting STEM, career guidance to disadvantaged communities, or other community engineering activities).
POE: CV; 500–600 word writeup demonstrating excellence against the criteria; and
supporting documents.
Note: Two awards will be presented — one male and one female.
- Eligibility: Independent or organisationled programme targeting women, youth or unemployed engineering graduates.
- Focus: Programmes that promote STEM, youth empowerment or employment pathways for engineering graduates.
- Outcomes: Demonstrated mentorship and leadership development with a clear focus on women and youth.
POE: 500–600 word programme description plus supporting evidence of impact and
activities.
NOTE * individuals may also nominate themselves
- Scope: Finalyear or postgraduate student project that offers an engineering solution to a realworld problem.
- Innovation: Must be innovative, ideally incorporating emerging technologies, and distinct from existing solutions.
- Industry readiness: Implemented in industry or demonstrate clear potential for industry adoption.
POE: Project description outlining purpose, scope and impact; explanation of novelty; images
or videos; and proof of implementation if applicable.
- Eligibility: Public or private employer with a graduate programme or training academy for engineers.
- Focus: Graduate programme directed at achieving professional registration.
- Support: Allocated mentors and recent engineering practitioners (registered in the last five years) involved in training
POE: Programme concept/founding document and achievements over the last five years,
including numbers registered with ECSA.
- Eligibility: ECSArecognised voluntary association offering a professional development programme for candidate engineering practitioners or engineering graduates
- Support: Allocated mentors and established webinars, forums or other support activities for candidates/engineering graduates
- Outcomes: Number of ECSA registrations resulting from the incubator programme over the last five years.
POE: ECSA VA recognition number and a 500–600 word description of the professional
development programme addressing the criteria above/ achievements over the years,
testimonies etc. Additional POE may be provided
- Eligibility: Government department or entity with programmes that promote professionalisation of engineering practitioners.
- Programme details: Provide the structured programme design, achievements and work placement components.
- Outcomes: Demonstrate the number of participants who registered with ECSA over the last five years.
POE: Supporting programme documentation and outcome data.
- Eligibility: Public or private entity providing financial support for candidate/professional registration with ECSA.
- Support: Evidence of funding for registration and Continuing Professional Development.
- Capacity building: Demonstrate programmes or initiatives that support registration and maintain registered staff membership.
POE: Evidence of and capacitybuilding initiatives. 500-600 word write up with descript of
the support provided/ additional documentation may be provided