Consulting Engineer Designation

Submission requirements

Requirements for designation as a consulting engineer include:

• being a PEO member in good standing;

• having at least five years of experience satisfactory to Council, in excess of the four-year experience requirement for licensure;

• being "primarily engaged" in the independent practice of professional engineering in Ontario for the last two years. To be considered primarily engaged in independent practice, applicants must either derive at least 50 per cent of their earned annual income from consulting engineering or spend at least 50 per cent of their work time in consulting. The applicant must also either hold a C of A from PEO, or be a partner or an employee of a firm holding a C of A, in which case they must be designated in the firm's C of A application as a P. Eng. who assumes responsibility for, and supervises, the firm's professional engineering services.

When submitting your application, please include:

• A completed Consulting Engineer application

• A copy of your current resume

• In lieu of completing the Description of Engineering Experience on the application form, please provide a project list in Word/PDF/Excel detailing 3 projects per year for the last 5 years. Click here for project list instructions.

• Names and email addresses of your referees

• Payment of application fee: $265 + HST in Canadian dollars, must be paid by credit card over the phone. The applicant will be informed when we are ready to take payment.

Download the Consulting Engineer application (Please note: this form is fillable electronically)

Please submit the application documentation by email to [email protected].

Have questions regarding a Consulting Engineer designation? Contact us at [email protected].