Marine Engineers and Naval Architects

Marine Engineers and Naval Architects typically perform the following 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. • Investigate and observe tests on machinery and equipment for compliance with standards. • Prepare plans, estimates, design and construction schedules, and contract specifications, including any special provisions. • Design and oversee testing, installation, and repair of marine apparatus and equipment. • Conduct environmental, operational, or performance tests on marine machinery and equipment. • Analyze data to determine feasibility of product proposals.