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Essential Management Skills 2026

Managing people, projects, or teams requires more than a high degree of technical knowledge; like any skill, becoming an effective manager and leader takes effort and attention.

3 days

Members: £1,850 + VAT
Non-members: £2,500 + VAT

Course Location & Date
Essential Management Skills 2026

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Members:
£1,850.00 Plus vat
Non Members:
£2,500.00 Plus vat

Summary

Managing people, projects, or teams requires more than a high degree of technical knowledge; like any skill, becoming an effective manager and leader takes effort and attention.

In order to support aspiring engineering managers, The IMechE's Essential Management Skills conference comprises of three days of workshops, networking and site visits to equip you with the knowledge to make the step up.

Much more than a training course, Essential Management Skills has been supporting engineers for over two decades with a three-day, immersive development experience designed to help engineers build the confidence, capability and mindset needed to step into management.

Developed by engineers for engineers, EMS brings management competencies to the same level of importance as technical skills. Through practical workshops, keynote presentations, collaborative challenges, networking and site visits, delegates gain the tools and insight needed to lead teams, influence stakeholders and deliver effectively in real engineering environments.

All new and aspiring engineering managers will leave with practical skills that can be applied immediately, together with fresh perspectives from experienced engineering leaders and a strong professional network to support their next career steps.

View the 2026 programme here

How will I benefit?

  • Develop managerial skills which will prepare you to take the next step in your career, and look great on your CV
  • Network with experts from a breadth of industries, forging relationships that could last throughout your career
  • Have fun! Take part in social activities with other early-career engineers
Contributes 21 CPD hours

Key topics

Essential Management Skills succeeds by:

  • Presenting management competencies as learnable skills, in a structured and interactive manner, putting these on the same footing as technical skills
  • Encouraging early-career engineers to engage in activities to foster teamwork and think in different and innovative ways
  • Featuring high-profile plenary keynotes sharing their wealth of experience leading in industry
  • Putting attendees on the path to excellence in their careers.

Mapped against UK- SPEC competencies: B, E and A

  1. Design and development of processes, systems, services and products - For Chartered Engineers: ‘Apply appropriate theoretical and practical methods to the analysis and solution of mechanical engineering problems’ For Incorporated Engineers ‘Apply appropriate theoretical and practical methods to design, develop, manufacture, construct commission, operate, maintain, decommission and re-cycle mechanical engineering processes, systems, services and products’
  2. Professional commitment - For Incorporated and Chartered Engineers: ‘Demonstrate a personal commitment to professional standards, recognising obligations to society, the profession and the environment’
  3. Knowledge and understanding - For Chartered Engineers: ‘Use a combination of general and specialist engineering knowledge and understanding to optimize the application of existing and emerging technology’ For Incorporated Engineers: ‘Use a combination of general and specialist mechanical engineering knowledge and understanding to apply existing and emerging technology’

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  • Duration:
    3 days
  • CPD Hours:
    21.0
  • UK-Spec:
    B, E, A

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