SYNOPSIS

The enhanced features of the new IEM PI 2.0 include:

•  Simplified application forms
•  The technical report will be combined with Training & Experience report for completeness and
   coherence.
•  Professional conduct and ethics will only be tested during Oral Interview.
•  High achievers could be exempted from the technical essay.
•  Demonstration of evidenced-based (or verifiable) design, site and implementation experience
   will be on the Training and Experience Report and Interview.

The talk aims to brief potential PI applicants about the new developments in the IEM PI process and documentation.


BIODATA OF SPEAKER

1. Ir. Pan Chee Chin

Ir. Pan Chee Chin graduated with a Bachelor of Civill Engineering (Hons.) degree from Universiti Malaya in 2000 and has been active in engineering consultancy works for the past 24 years. He is a Professional Engineer with Practising Certificate (PEPC) and currently a Director with Perunding ZKR Sdn Bhd., a Civil & Structural Consultancy firm which was incorporated in 1994.

He has extensive engineering experience in project master planning and feasibility studies, conceptual to detailed engineering design as well as project management for various types of large scales infrastructural works in roads / highways, development projects and public transportation.  His involvement includes earthworks planning, hydrological & hydraulics studies for drains and rivers, water and sewerage works, services relocation and now focus on roads and highways planning, design and implementation.

Ir. Pan is also an active member in both IEM and BEM.  He is currently the Chairman of Membership Applications Board (MAB) of IEM, member in Admission and Practical Training (APT) Standing Committee, PI Development Committee and IEA Agreements Registration & Administration Committee of IEM.


2. Ir. Juares Rizal Bin Abd. Hamid

•  He has been for over 41+ years mostly in the oil refining and petrochemical (ORP) industry -
   having been in various roles and responsibilities of a line executive engineer, executive
   manager, consultant engineer, and company director.
•  He graduated from Pennsylvania State University in Chemical Engineering and of Institut
   Teknologi Mara in Industrial Chemistry
•  He started his career as a Process Engineer/Project Management Engineer with the
    Petronas Group
•  He moved through various roles and responsibility functions within the (ORP) entities of
   Petronas Group - and eventually decided to be a self-employed consultant with focus on
   servicing projects in chemical and process engineering as well as project management
•  He is a Past Chairman of, both, the Chemical Engineering Technical Division and the Log
   Book Training Scheme (presently known as the Engineering Competency Development program)
   of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM).


MODERATOR

Ir. Fong Chong Yit

Ir. Fong Chong Yit is a registered Professional Engineer with Practising Certificate (PEPC) who has been active in transportation engineering for 20 years. He graduated with Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Hons) in 2004 from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS and Master of Business Administration from Universiti Malaya in 2012.

Ir. Fong Chong Yit is currently attached to Pakatan Jurutera Pintar as Assistant Road Safety Auditor.  He has been involved in numerous major transportation projects including Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit Sungai Buloh – Kajang Line (KVMRT SBK Line), Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit Sungai Buloh – Serdang – Putrajaya Line (MRT SSP Line), New Pantai Expressway 2 (NPE 2), West Coast Expressway (WCE), South Klang Valley Expressway (SKVE), Kuchai Link, Kuchai Link 2, Projek Menaiktaraf Jalan Klang Lama and many other projects of similar nature.

Ir. Fong Chong Yit is also an active member of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia and is currently Vice-Chairman of the Membership Applications Board (MAB), Secretary / Treasurer of  Highway and Transportation Engineering Technical Division (HTETD) as well as Committee Member of Professional Interview Development Board (PIDB). He has also been appointed as Assessor, Interviewer and Reviewer for the Outcome Based Professional Interview.