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Overview
Marine engineers design, build, maintain and repair hulls, mechanical and electronic equipment and auxiliary vessel systems such as engines, pumps, heating, ventilation and generators.
In job descriptions, look for ship systems, propulsion, auxiliary machinery, structural drawings, maintenance planning, repair assessment, sea trials, technical documentation and coordination with yards, crews or design teams.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Marine engineer work covers vessel structures and systems: hulls, engines, pumps, ventilation, generators and electronic equipment. Assignments may involve design calculations, build support, maintenance plans, repair assessments, sea-trial findings and coordination with yards, suppliers, crews or design offices.
Skills and specializations
Useful skills include mechanical design, systems thinking, reading vessel drawings, assessing equipment condition, documenting technical decisions and understanding how auxiliary systems interact. Specialization may develop around propulsion, hull integration, power systems, repair engineering, maintenance strategy or specific vessel types.
Salary context
Pay context varies with technical authority, vessel complexity, design or repair responsibility, documentation load, site or sea-trial involvement and the level of coordination across yard, crew and supplier work. Roles owning engineering decisions differ from roles focused on limited support tasks.
Career paths
Career development can lead to senior design responsibility, vessel systems specialist work, repair engineering, maintenance leadership, project engineering or technical review. Progress often comes from reliable judgement across hull, machinery and auxiliary systems, especially when design choices affect access, safety and maintainability.
Good to know
Check whether a vacancy focuses on design, construction, maintenance, repair or inspection. Useful adverts name the vessel type, systems covered, drawing or calculation duties, site involvement, sea-trial work and how the engineer cooperates with yards, crews and suppliers.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 2
Ship Engineers
53-5031.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETMarine Engineers and Naval Architects
17-2121.00
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Alternative labels
marine engineering specialist
marine engineering consultant
naval engineer
marine engineering adviser
marine systems engineer
marine design engineer
ship engineer
ship's engineer
marine auxiliary systems engineer
marine power systems engineer
marine engineers
vessel systems engineer
marine engineering expert
vessel engineer
marine repair engineer
Occupation group
mechanical engineer (2144.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/c36fc197-1f5b-4563-acd8-6f1d06aa1c03 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 2144.1.10 |
| ISCO group | 2144 |
| Concept type | Occupation |