Supporting Your Wider Professional Development Journey
Many organisations and individuals first work with us to meet a specific training need or reach the next stage in their career. We can look ahead to help you plan and prepare for what comes next — from recruitment, right through to professional qualification.
Some teams require technical development in highway design, drainage or structures; individuals often need an open course to strengthen a particular area of practice. We also help organisations attract emerging talent, support employees working towards professional qualification and maintain technical capability as people progress through their careers.
By bringing Year in Industry placements, professional qualification mentoring and CPD training together, we can support organisations as one provider across several connected stages of engineering development.
Bringing Future Engineering Talent into your Organisation
Our Year in Industry service connects employers with engineering undergraduates seeking substantial workplace experience.
Year-long placements give students the opportunity to apply academic learning within live engineering environments. Employers gain access to motivated emerging talent, fresh perspectives and a practical way to strengthen their future recruitment pipeline.
Explore Year in Industry placements →Supporting Progress Towards Professional Qualification
Professional registration requires sustained development, evidence and reflection. Engineers may understand the destination while finding it difficult to structure the journey or maintain momentum alongside project responsibilities.
Our experienced mentors provide development planning, regular reviews, professional review preparation and mock interviews for engineers working towards CEng, IEng or EngTech.
Explore mentoring →Developing Technical and Professional Capability
Our CPD training includes open courses for individual delegates and in-house courses tailored to organisational requirements.
Courses cover technical, professional and compliance subjects across civil engineering and construction, supporting graduates building foundational knowledge and experienced professionals extending or updating their expertise.
A connected development pathway
Supporting What Comes Next
While each service is at your disposal independently, considering development across the wider career journey can create greater continuity and more informed steps between recruitment, technical capability and professional progression.
Introduces future talent to the industry, establishing routes to real positions and qualification
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Continuing Professional Development
Builds knowledge, confidence, capability, and judgment
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Professional qualification mentoring
Supports progress towards professional recognition, with review guidance, mock interviews and more
Planning Development Around Your Organisation
The appropriate combination varies by organisation: for some, this relationship begins with a single industry placement. Others may require mentoring for an established graduate cohort or a programme of in-house technical training.
Looking across these needs, we can help you to consider current priorities alongside the capabilities you or your organisation will require next, all while reducing repeated conversations across several providers.
Where are you or your team now? Where do you need to progress? Take a moment to browse the support we offer and we'll help you to move forward, putting you in touch with the experienced engineers and training coordinators to make it happen.
In-person open Courses
Highway Law – An Introduction, Birmingham
A note that we have reintroduced in-person open courses for selected subjects, beginning with Highway Law – An Introduction in Birmingham! This format provides focused time away from day-to-day work, direct access to an experienced tutor and opportunities to discuss practical issues with engineers from other organisations.
View course details and bookDiscuss Your Development Priorities
To discuss Year in Industry placements, professional qualification mentoring, open courses or tailored in-house training, contact the Symmons Madge team for an initial conversation.
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