Marine Engineer / Naval Architect

Design, develop, and evaluate the operation of marine vessels, ship machinery, and related equipment, such as power supply and propulsion systems.

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Marine Architect; Marine Design Engineer; Marine Engineer; Marine Engineering Consultant; Marine Structural Designer; Marine Surveyor; Naval Architect; Naval Architect Specialist; Ship Equipment Engineer; Structural Engineer

Tasks

• Perform monitoring activities to ensure that ships comply with international regulations and standards for life-saving equipment and pollution preventatives.
• Design complete hull and superstructure according to specifications and test data, in conformity with standards of safety, efficiency, and economy.
• Conduct analyses of ships, such as stability, structural, weight, and vibration analyses.
• Study design proposals and specifications to establish basic characteristics of craft, such as size, weight, speed, propulsion, displacement, and draft.
• Maintain contact with, and formulate reports for, contractors and clients to ensure completion of work at minimum cost.
• Coordinate activities with regulatory bodies to ensure repairs and alterations are at minimum cost and consistent with safety.
• Check, test, and maintain automatic controls and alarm systems.
• Prepare technical reports for use by engineering, management, or sales personnel.
• Design layout of craft interior, including cargo space, passenger compartments, ladder wells, and elevators.
• Prepare, or direct the preparation of, product or system layouts and detailed drawings and schematics.
• Evaluate performance of craft during dock and sea trials to determine design changes and conformance with national and international standards.
• Inspect marine equipment and machinery to draw up work requests and job specifications.
• Evaluate operation of marine equipment during acceptance testing and shakedown cruises.
• Conduct analytical, environmental, operational, or performance studies to develop designs for products, such as marine engines, equipment, and structures.
• Establish arrangement of boiler room equipment and propulsion machinery, heating and ventilating systems, refrigeration equipment, piping, and other functional equipment.

Knowledge

• Engineering and Technology
• Mechanical
• Design
• English Language
• Transportation
• Building and Construction
• Mathematics
• Physics
• Computers and Electronics
• Customer and Personal Service
• Education and Training
• Administration and Management

Skills

• Critical Thinking
• Reading Comprehension
• Active Listening
• Writing
• Speaking
• Mathematics
• Science
• Active Learning
• Monitoring

Abilities

• Deductive Reasoning
• Oral Comprehension
• Written Comprehension
• Oral Expression
• Written Expression
• Problem Sensitivity
• Inductive Reasoning
• Information Ordering
• Category Flexibility
• Mathematical Reasoning
• Visualization
• Originality
• Near Vision
• Speech Clarity
• Fluency of Ideas
• Flexibility of Closure
• Far Vision
• Speech Recognition
• Number Facility
• Selective Attention
• Speed of Closure
• Perceptual Speed
• Visual Color Discrimination