Engineering Council Registrant Award – CEng

Award criteria

Purpose: To recognise an outstanding candidate at the Professional Review Interview (PRI) who has gone on to be registered with the Engineering Council (EC) at CEng level. 
 
Eligibility: Any Institute member demonstrating very strong competencies in most areas at the relevant level for the registration category. They must be operating at the highest level of responsibility and decision-making appropriate for their role. The candidate must be registered with the EC through BINDT at CEng level within the year of consideration.

Details of the award: £200 cash, an invitation to the NDT or CM Annual Conference Dinner with one night’s accommodation, a framed certificate signed by the President and the Chief Executive Officer and a personalised letter from the President.  

Frequency: It is anticipated that one award will be made annually providing suitable nominations are made by the Engineering Council Working Group (ECWG).

Nomination arrangements: ECWG will consider the top three PRI scores and conduct an internal vote to select a nominee. Nominations for the award will be reviewed by the Croxson Committee and recommended for ratification by Council.
 
Awarding arrangements: The award will be made at the Annual Conference Dinner by the President.

Committee: Croxson.

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Winners

2025/2026 winner: Rosa Abootorabi CEng BEng (Hons)

The Engineering Council Registrant Award – CEng for 2025/2026 has been won by Rosa Abootorabi CEng BEng (Hons).

Rosa is an Integrity Lead with over 15 years of experience in asset integrity management within the offshore oil & gas industry. She works for Adura, where she leads a multidisciplinary team of pipeline, materials and corrosion, structural and mechanical engineers responsible for the safe and reliable operation of North Sea assets and associated integrity management programmes.

A passionate advocate for engineering excellence and professional development, Rosa is committed to mentoring others, sharing technical knowledge and supporting the industry’s role in delivering a safe and sustainable energy transition. She is proud to have achieved Chartered Engineer (CEng) registration through the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT).

Details of all Institute awards can be found here.