The Society of Operations Engineers (SOE) is an engineering

Engineering

Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...

 professional organization in the United Kingdom, formed by the merger of following three bodies in 2000: Institute of Road Transport Engineers (IRTE), Institution of Plant Engineers (IPlantE), and Bureau of Engineer Surveyors

Bureau of Engineer Surveyors

The Bureau of Engineering Surveyors is the professional sector of the Society of Operations Engineers for Engineer Surveyors, but also allied professionals in building services and engineering safety. It was founded in 1965 and merged with other societies to form the SOE in 2000...

 (BES).

Professional accreditation

The SOE is an Institution Member of Engineering Council, its members with at Member (MSOE) and Fellow (FSOE) may be nominated for registration at Engineering Technician (EngTech), Incorporated Engineer (IEng) and Chartered Engineer

Chartered Engineer (UK)

In the United Kingdom, a Chartered Engineer is an engineer registered with Engineering Council UK . Contemporary Chartered Engineers are master's degree-qualified and have gained professional competencies through training and experience...

(CEng) levels.