Reservoir Safety Engineer Appointments

Reservoir engineers are appointed by Ministers to panels. Only the engineers who are members these panels can carry out certain statutory functions. Ministers are statutorily required to consult the Institution for Civil Engineers before making engineer appointments. The Institution for Civil Engineers therefore assesses engineer applications, carries out interviews and makes recommendations to Defra on which engineers should and shouldn’t be appointed to the relevant panels. This is an ongoing process. Appointments last for 5 years and there are 3 rounds of appointments each year.