MSPE PEPP Professional Development Award

The MSPE PEPP Professional Development Award is presented to the nominated engineering firm that has made outstanding contributions to the advancement and improvement of the engineering professional through its employment policies and practices.  The purpose of the award is to recognize those firms with the best engineering employment practices, and to encourage all firms to adopt progressive policies and practices.

Award

The award consists of an engraved plaque mounted on walnut.

Qualifications/Method of Selection

For purposes of this competition, a “private practice: employer is a for-profit firm or branch office of a firm, the primary function of which is to provide engineering design or consulting services for infrastructure, facilities, or processes to clients in accordance with applicable state law.  Excluded would be firms that provide both design and construction services, wholly owned sub-organizations supplying design services to a single parent organization, and research and development organizations.

The following factors and rules should be considered in the completion of this form:

  • Nominations for the award must be originated by local chapters or practice divisions of an MSPE-affiliated state society.
  • A MSPE chapter may submit only one nomination for the MSPE Private Practice Professional Development Award.
  • If the nominated firm has facilities in more than one location, the nomination may be submitted by any chapter in whose area the firm has such facilities involving engineering.
  • The size of the firm’s engineering staff will not be considered by the Awards Committee in its selection.
  • All nominations must be submitted on the official form or a facsimile thereof.  Incomplete forms may lead to disqualification or low rating of nominees.  Applications submitted should contain precise and accurate data.
  • All attachments must be on 8-1/2” by 11” sheets and must be clearly referenced to the application form.

The committee also reserves the right not to select a recipient in a given year if, in its opinion, none of the nominations is of sufficient stature or quality to justify a state award.

In ranking nominations, although not necessarily selecting the final winner, numerical points are considered. Nominations will be evaluated on the point system below.  These points were established in accordance with the Guidelines to Professional Employment for Engineers and Scientists.

The criteria are evaluated as follows:

Engineering Personnel/Licensure Information   

20 points

Recruitment

10 points

Employment  

25 points

Professional Development

30 points

Special Employment Practices 

15 points

Total   

100 points

Presentation

The award is presented at the MSPE Annual Convention.  A representative of the winning firm will be invited to receive the award at the MSPE Annual Convention.  MSPE will send press releases about the winner to local media and trade publications.

Nomination Format

Must be submitted on the prescribed form.

Deadline

The original nomination form and all attachments must be submitted, no later than April 1 to:

MSPE-PEPP
Professional Development Award
200 E. McCarty Street, Suite 200
Jefferson City, MO 65101-3113

Click here for Private Practice Professional Development Award Form.