Get Involved!

Locally, the IMechE is represented by an Area Committee. This in parallel with the regional centres of the institution's Industrial Divisions (details at http://www.imeche.org/industries/)

It is a group of volunteer members. The remit of the area Committee is the organisation of events to promote Mechanical Engineering and the IMechE in the local area.

Mostly technical lectures or company visits. But committee members can also get involved with local schools or provide guidance to members or individuals willing to join the Institution.

There are currently 3 officers: a Chairman, a Treasurer and a Secretary. Alongside these, there are currently four further committee members. Going forward we might see the value for further specific roles within the committee such as publicity or liaison with divisions and other institutions.

We meet regularly, typically once a month for about 2 hours in the evening of a weekday around 19:00 . We discuss upcoming events and their organisation. The organisation of events takes only little time, typically an hour or two overall to book the venue, arrange publicity, record member bookings etc. The officers’ roles are a little more involved.

Anyone really. The only condition is to be a member of the Institution, but all levels of membership are suitable, from Associate to Fellow.

Committee members get prime opportunities to network with their local engineering community: speakers, local companies, fellow committee members, local members attending the events. Getting positive feedback from attending members after an event is quite rewarding too!

Committee members also gain the experience of event organising and in the officers position a degree of management experience and financial awareness.

Finally, committee members having not gained full membership yet will find involvement in the committee helps them achieve the required levels in competency E of the UK-SPEC standard used to judge IEng and CEng applications.

Time is all your involvement in the committee will cost you. All expenses occurred in committee activities will be reimbursed, including personal car mileage.

Very simple. Contact our Chairman and arrange to come to our next committee meeting or organised event to see for yourself what we are on about.