
Information Pack
The pack contains information you need to take part including a link to the application form.
Every year the ICE President chooses some of the brightest and most motivated graduate and technician members to be on the Future Leaders Scheme.
This popular and highly competitive scheme has been running since 2005.
It gives graduate and technician members a unique opportunity to gain experience, develop skills and learn about the industry.
Future Leaders meet and engage with senior engineering professionals, getting invaluable insight into industry development.
They also become part of the President's Future Leaders Alumni network.
We are looking for student members on degree apprenticeships, graduate members and technician members with exceptional leadership potential. So, if you are ambitious, enthusiastic, and have the confidence to challenge the status quo—please apply!
How much time is involved?
You will need roughly 15 days out of the office over the year to attend meetings and networking events. You may need to do some additional work in your own time. You need your employers’ support, but they should recognise that ICE will be helping to accelerate your development.
Why apply?
Watch the 2019/20 Future Leaders discuss why they applied, their experiences and the projects they have been involved in.
How to apply
Complete the application form and submit it with your CV, a reference from your line manager, and your answer to the question.
The deadline to apply is 12pm (BST) on Friday 22 July 2022.
The President's Future Leader Scheme has many benefits - not just for you but also for your employer and ICE.
The President's Future Leader Scheme has many benefits - not just for you but also for your employer and ICE.
The scheme is a fantastic opportunity for up and coming engineers and technicians to enhance their personal development, increase their confidence, and boost their career by learning from industry leaders and working on projects that shape the profession.
The scheme provides a unique platform for employers to accelerate the development of their future leaders.
It also creates opportunities to raise the profile of those employers – highlighting their commitment to the profession and increasing their reputation as an employer of choice.
The scheme allows ICE an insight into the thinking and ambitions of the upcoming generation.
It sustains the President's Future Leaders Alumni network, a small but influential group of engineers that provide a unique cross-generation perspective on the profession.
And it helps ICE to showcase the talents of the next generation of industry leaders.
This year ICE President's, Ed McCann Future Leaders will be working on a variety of projects.
Applicants choose to work on their choice of projects, which are integral to ICE's Business Plan and will have an impact on the industry.
Ed, through shortlisting and video interviews, chose the following eight candidates to be his Future Leaders for the year.
In addition to working alongside ICE staff members on their chosen project, they will be spending some quality time with Ed.
London Bridge Associates
engineer
I am looking forward to meeting motivated, curious, and driven individuals to form lasting connections. Hopefully, form a blueprint for the future movers & shakers of the ICE and above all explore new technical perspectives on civil engineering together with other future leaders. Most of all face some new challenges and later have fun with the team on overcoming them.
COWI
graduate tunelling engineer
I am looking forward to collaborating with leaders in the industry and learning from their experience to drive the achievement of Net Zero 2050 and the Sustainable Development Goals. I hope my fellow Future Leaders and I can learn from each other and contribute to solving the issue of infrastructure productivity, which is Ed’s focus for the year. Hopefully our projects will be impactful towards the engineering and wider community and will allow me to place greater focus on sustainability in my future career.
Mott MacDonald
graduate civil engineer
I am looking forward to collaborating with leaders in the industry and learning from their experience to drive the achievement of Net Zero 2050 and the Sustainable Development Goals. I hope my fellow Future Leaders and I can learn from each other and contribute to solving the issue of infrastructure productivity, which is Ed’s focus for the year. Hopefully our projects will be impactful towards the engineering and wider community and will allow me to place greater focus on sustainability in my future career.
working with Skanska
site engineer
I’m thrilled to be part of this year’s scheme, working alongside President Ed McCann and fellow Future Leaders to address the imminent issues facing the construction industry, as well as the global community. I am particularly looking forward to contributing to this year’s project, ‘Optimal Infrastructure’ and working on initiatives to help drive change within the industry to deliver a more sustainable world. This is a great opportunity for professional and personal growth and the experience will benefit me immensely.
Story Contracting
project engineer
Getting a place on the Future Leader’s scheme has given me an invaluable opportunity to gain new perspectives of the institution and industry, meet civil engineers in sectors and positions that I wouldn’t interact with otherwise, and to see the inner workings of the ICE. Working alongside the other likeminded and motivated Future Leaders, I’m eager to develop our ideas on how to improve the global infrastructure productivity problem, and to become an all-round, better, civil engineer.
SNC Lavalin Atkins
structural engineer
I am excited and honoured to be selected as an ICE Future Leader. Working alongside my fellow Future Leaders, under the guidance of our president Ed McCann, I believe we can make significant steps to bring into fruition his vision of optimising the infrastructure sector. I am looking forward to being part of the discussions conducted with senior industry figures, which will broaden my insight into our industry and communicate my ideas on developing new policies and strategies that could help our sector.
Balfour Beatty
temporary works co-ordinator
I am excited to meet and work alongside people from across the industry, including Ed McCann and the other Future Leaders. I believe this is a great opportunity to continue the drive to improve the sustainability of civil engineering. The ICE is one of the most respected engineering institutions in the world and it will be a privilege to be a part of its role in shaping the industry. I hope that our generation of engineers will help leave a legacy of leaving the world in a better state.
Buro Happold
structural engineer
I’m really excited to be working with Ed McCann in his year focusing on ‘Optimal Infrastructure’, I hope that we can build on the work that has been done by Rachel Skinner with her ‘Shaping Zero’ agenda and continue to push the industry towards our 2050 target. Infrastructure plays a huge role in carbon emissions and optimising our new and existing assets is going to be key to driving positive change. I’m looking forward to being able to contribute to this with the other future leaders.
The Future Leaders scheme have delivered on a wide range of initiatives for ICE and the profession since the scheme was first set up.
Paul Sheffield's Future Leaders
Paul's Future Leaders worked on a series of strategic projects, which were aligned to the ICE Business Plan.
The 2019-20 President's Future Leaders:
Andrew Wyllie's Future Leaders
Andrew’s Future Leaders worked on their own projects during the year.
In this video they tell us what drives them as civil engineers
The 2018-19 President's Future Leaders:
VIDEO: ICE President Andrew Wyllie CBE has chosen five new engineers to be his future leaders this year.
Professor Lord Robert Mair's Future Leaders
Robert's Future Leaders worked on a series of strategic projects, which were aligned to the ICE Business Plan.
In this video they tell us what drives them as civil engineers
The 2017-18 President's Future Leaders:
VIDEO: ICE President Professor Lord Robert Mair's Future Leaders discuss the highlights of the year.
Paul Sheffield's Future Leaders
Paul's Future Leaders worked on a series of strategic projects, which were aligned to the ICE Business Plan.
The 2019-20 President's Future Leaders:
Andrew Wyllie's Future Leaders
Andrew’s Future Leaders worked on their own projects during the year.
In this video they tell us what drives them as civil engineers
The 2018-19 President's Future Leaders:
VIDEO: ICE President Andrew Wyllie CBE has chosen five new engineers to be his future leaders this year.
Professor Lord Robert Mair's Future Leaders
Robert's Future Leaders worked on a series of strategic projects, which were aligned to the ICE Business Plan.
In this video they tell us what drives them as civil engineers
The 2017-18 President's Future Leaders:
VIDEO: ICE President Professor Lord Robert Mair's Future Leaders discuss the highlights of the year.
If you have any questions or are unable to find what you are looking for, please contact the President's Future Leaders Scheme Co-ordinator using the link below.