The Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK) is a statutory body established under Section 3(1) of the Engineers Act, 2011. The Board is responsible for the registration of engineers and engineering firms, regulation of engineering professional services, setting of standards, development and general practice of engineering.
The Engineers Board of Kenya has developed Graduate Engineers Internship Program (GEIP) which is a structured internship program for graduate engineers that is designed to enable them to acquire requisite hands-on skills and prepare them for professional practice in their respective engineering fields.
The program will run for 36 months, and the interns will be trained under professional engineers who are registered by the Board.
About GEIP
Graduate Engineers Internship Programme (GEIP) is an internship programme that gears graduate engineers towards professional registration in Kenya through collaboration between public and private sectors. It is a partnership between Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK), public and private sector stakeholders known as Mentors. It is funded by Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development.
According to the Engineers Act 2011 7 (1)(q), one of the functions and powers of the Board shall be to plan, arrange, co-ordinate and oversee continuing professional training and development and facilitate internship of graduate engineers. The programme targets recent graduate engineers and provide them opportunity to understand government services, and provides them with a chance to contribute towards improving service delivery to Kenyan citizens.
GEIP Main Focus:
- Provision of capacity professional development by training the freshly qualified graduates through internship programme to develop qualified engineering personnel for continued public service delivery
- Enable young engineers to acquire adequate practical training and experience and develop career and life skills needed for 21st century workplace
- Increasing the rate of professional registration thus improving the engineer-to-population ratio resulting in a major impact on Countrys national development goals
- Development of leadership skills in graduate engineers by ingraining them with engineering principles to effectively run Engineering infrastructure, systems and processes
Qualifications for the Graduate Engineers Internship Program
The Board is seeking to provide internship opportunities to those candidates who:
- Are registered graduate engineer by EBK within the last two years
- Are available for the entire duration of the internship
- Are NOT in any form of employment
The Engineers Board of Kenya is committed to diversity and gender equality and therefore encourages persons living with disability, women and those from marginalized areas to apply.
Please Note
- The deadline for application is Friday 2nd August 2024 at 5pm EAT
- The Board does not guarantee employment after completion of the Internship Program
- The Board DOES NOT charge any fee for this process.
- Only successful applicants will be contacted.
- Successful applicants will be expected to provide the following additional information/documents:
- A valid personal accident insurance cover
- A valid personal medical insurance cover by NHIF or any other reputable medical insurance firm
- Certificate of Good Conduct
- Clearance from Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission (EACC)
- Kenya Revenue Authority PIN Certificate
- Any form of canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification.
- All applications MUST be submitted online via the procedure below.
In case of any challenge or issues, please send an email query to [email protected] or call 0722 509 972.
