First, the overall requirements of the society for the professional quality of consulting engineers
1, respect science and obey the truth. The basis of consulting engineer's work comes from mature conclusions in natural science and social science or successful experience proved by practice. Therefore, the basis, procedures and results of consulting engineers' work must follow scientific laws, persist in seeking truth from facts, do not practise fraud and obey the truth.
2. Independent research, impartiality and objectivity. The task of consulting engineers comes from customers or owners and serves them. However, from the perspective of social responsibility of consulting engineers, they should never work from the standpoint of customers or owners, but should study and solve problems independently as outsiders, otherwise consulting engineers will lose the special responsibilities entrusted to them by society. Only when consulting engineers independently study and solve problems as outsiders can they be fair and objective without any prejudice, and finally achieve the goal of providing quality services to customers or owners.
Mrs. Porter, a member of the industrial science and technology management delegation of the US Department of Commerce, believes that people who are suitable for being consultants, management consultants, innovation experts and users are systematic thinkers in their thinking methods; Personality can objectively consider problems, be helpful and be good at finding faults.
3, strict confidentiality, reputation first. When consulting engineers are entrusted by others to carry out their work, they should strictly keep secrets for the entrusting party and cannot disclose the information provided by the entrusting party to a third party.
4, horizontal contact, open up new avenues. In today's information age, it is impossible for consulting engineers to build a car behind closed doors. It is necessary to open wider avenues, strengthen horizontal academic exchanges, communicate information, continuously increase knowledge, and absorb advanced science and technology, management experience and consulting technology.
For engineers and technicians who want to work in British consulting enterprises, the prerequisite must first be members of professional associations, and they must also have accumulated considerable practical experience in government agencies or enterprises. In addition, the professional ethics of consultants are standardized, and it is strictly stipulated that the personnel of consulting companies shall not directly or indirectly engage in commercial or production activities related to consulting projects to prevent the occurrence of violations of professional ethics. The traditional consciousness of British society holds that knowledge and intelligence are a kind of wealth with high economic value. Therefore, the consulting industry selling technology and information is regarded as a noble and learned profession in Britain, and it is the highest honor to be an engineer as a consultant. Compared with the staff of ordinary enterprises, the salary and allowance of consultants are 30-40% higher than those of ordinary private enterprises.
The American government has stipulated the qualification standards in consulting fields such as engineering, technology and medical treatment. Anyone who wants to obtain qualification must go through examination, qualification examination, registration and other procedures to obtain the qualification of an independent registered consulting company. In order to ensure that employees abide by professional ethics, the United States takes the following measures: (1) The company has a special department to deal with customers, which makes it difficult for the expert group of the project to have a direct interest relationship with customers; (2) By signing a contract, it is an effective means to ensure that employees have good professional ethics; (3) There is a relatively independent review team to review the quality of the project progress, and at the same time, the review team also absorbs some dissidents to promote the consultants to do the project better. If consultants are found to have professional faults or behaviors that violate professional ethics in their work, the government may revoke their professional qualifications at any time.
Second, the industry's general requirements for the professional quality of consulting engineers
The American Management Association concluded that successful managers generally have the following characteristics: high work efficiency; Have the initiative and enterprising spirit, not satisfied with the status quo; Strong logical thinking ability, good at analyzing problems; Strong judgment and inductive ability; Self-confident and able to help others improve their working ability; Be good at using power and be able to influence others with your own actions; Enthusiastic, good at mobilizing the enthusiasm of subordinates; Can implement collective leadership, have the skills to deal with people, and let others work actively and happily; Have a correct evaluation of yourself, have the ability of self-discipline, and be able to make up for your shortcomings with your own strengths; Have the technical and management knowledge required by the major.
The American Engineering Consulting Association believes that consulting engineers serve public and private entrepreneurs. Owners and the public can hire consulting engineers to give full play to their professional qualifications and decent style, so that their interests can be best protected. Because: (1) consulting engineers provide objective and fair professional services. (2) Consulting engineers are registered professionals and have experience in dealing with engineering problems with scientific and professional management principles. (3) Consulting engineers have no business relationship with manufacturers, suppliers and contractors. (4) Consulting engineers should learn professional knowledge and know many other specific professional knowledge. (5) If the owner has no engineering technical strength, please consult an engineer. Even if you have some strength, if you are busy with your daily work, or lack of strength, or can't accurately and firmly grasp the problem, you should still be hired. (6) Because consulting engineers deal with projects every day and have the experience and ability to solve similar problems of other owners, they can always keep up with the latest development of engineering technology. (7) Professional registration of consulting engineers is also an important guarantee for public interests and owner satisfaction. (8) The consulting engineer shall provide services to the owner according to the contract, and ensure the highest efficiency, economy and quality.
The most representative is the requirement of Fidyk for the professional quality of consulting engineers, that is, consulting engineers are mainly composed of two types of talents: professional engineers and economists who are proficient in technology. Consulting engineers should not only know professional technology, but also understand project management and integrate technical and economic knowledge and ability.
The so-called consultation means "discussing and soliciting opinions", so it is very important to communicate with each other in international engineering consultation. If the consulting engineer can't communicate with the owner or contractor, there is no international engineering consulting at all. Article 5. 1 (language and law) of Fidyk contract usually stipulates that the working language of the contract is English, so the consulting engineer should be fluent in English.
Fidyk contract is an international standardized document in management and technology, which avoids working according to various contracts, thus providing a stable foundation for consulting engineers in charge of contract management and facilitating continuous accumulation and exchange of experience. Consulting engineers should master the knowledge of contract law, take contract measures to control and realize the overall goal of the project, especially to learn the rigor of legal language and the argumentation methods and skills of lawyers.
Consulting engineers should pay attention to the mutual restriction and close relationship between the terms in Fidyk contract, know the terms like the back of their hands, be familiar with the applicable conditions stipulated in the contract, and have some practical experience.
Consulting engineers should master financial monitoring and control the actual total cost of the project within the project investment target value determined by the owner.
Consulting engineers should be able to use advanced scientific and technological means such as computers to manage project contracts. Must have the ability to apply computer, which is an indispensable condition for the owner to evaluate the qualification of consulting engineer.
Consulting engineers should be familiar with various international technical specifications and standards, as well as relevant technical specifications from the country where the project is located, and should also have a thorough understanding of materials, equipment and material management.
Third, the consulting company's requirements for the professional quality of consulting engineers
German consulting companies attach great importance to eight abilities of consultants, namely, practical ability, problem-solving ability, analytical judgment ability, coordination and organization ability, expression ability, creativity, flexibility, self-motivation and enterprising spirit.
Germany Roland Berger international management consulting company requires consultants to have the following qualities:
1. Have communication skills.
2. Have the ability to solve practical problems.
He is an excellent expert.
4. Have analytical skills.
5. Have extensive judgment on enterprise problems.
6. Have a strong thirst for knowledge and constantly update knowledge.
7. Be enterprising and ambitious.
8. Have many years of practical experience in industry and commerce.
By analyzing the general requirements of international society, industry and consulting companies in various countries for the professional quality of consulting engineers, we can see that the social requirements for the professional quality of consulting engineers mainly lie in three aspects: first, it emphasizes the objective and fair requirements for consulting engineers' practice; Second, the requirements for the professional ability of consulting engineers; Finally, the requirements for the moral quality of consulting engineers. There are three outstanding requirements for the professional quality of consulting engineers in the industry, namely: first, the requirements for consulting engineers to practice fairly and objectively; Second, the requirements for the professional ability and ethics of consulting engineers; The third is the requirements for consulting engineers to carry out business work methods. The requirements of consulting companies for the professional quality of consulting engineers are highlighted in three aspects, namely: the requirements for personal work ability; Requirements of personal morality and personal practical experience. Thus, as a consulting engineer, facing the society, facing the industry and facing the specific engineering consulting company, we must first meet the professional quality requirements of the engineering consulting company, that is, we must have a corresponding foundation in personal business ability, morality and practical experience before we can enter the engineering consulting industry. Only by constantly enriching the working methods of engineering consulting business can we continuously improve our professional ability, lay a solid foundation for adhering to fair and objective practice, and finally gain social recognition.