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Job Description
Supervise and coordinate activities of crew engaged in operating and maintaining engines, boilers, deck machinery, and electrical, sanitary, and refrigeration equipment aboard ship.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 53-5031.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 74,120.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 35.00
- Currently, there are 9,750 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Ship Engineers”.
Also Known As…
- Ship Engineers
- Tugboat Engineer
- Tug Boat Engineer
- Towboat Engineer
- Port Engineer
- Harbor Engineer
- Ferry Engineer
- Engineer
- Chief Engineer
- Barge Engineer
- Assistant Engineer
- Vessel Engineer
- Turnaround Engineer
- Small Boat Engineer
- Ship Engines Operating Engineer
- Operating or Equipment Maintenance Marine Engineer
- Operating Engineer
- Maritime Engineer
- Marine Engine Mechanic
- Licensed Marine Engineer
- Fire Department Marine Engineer
- Fire Boat Engineer
- Equipment Operating Engineer
- Deck Engineer
Tasks for “Marine Mechanic”
- Order and receive engine room stores, such as oil or spare parts, maintain inventories, and record usage of supplies.
- Supervise the activities of marine engine technicians engaged in the maintenance or repair of mechanical or electrical marine vessels and inspect their work to ensure that it is performed properly.
- Monitor and test operations of engines or other equipment so that malfunctions and their causes can be identified.
- Monitor engine, machinery, or equipment indicators when vessels are underway and report abnormalities to appropriate shipboard staff.
- Perform general marine vessel maintenance or repair work, such as repairing leaks, finishing interiors, refueling, or maintaining decks.
- Maintain or repair engines, electric motors, pumps, winches, or other mechanical or electrical equipment or assist other crew members with maintenance or repair duties.
- Act as a liaison between a ship's captain and shore personnel to ensure that schedules and budgets are maintained and that the ship is operated safely and efficiently.
- Monitor the availability, use, or condition of lifesaving equipment or pollution preventatives to ensure that international regulations are followed.
- Start engines to propel ships and regulate engines and power transmissions to control speeds of ships, according to directions from captains or bridge computers.
- Fabricate engine replacement parts, such as valves, stay rods, or bolts, using metalworking machinery.
- Install engine controls, propeller shafts, or propellers.
- Maintain electrical power, heating, ventilation, refrigeration, water, or sewerage systems.
- Maintain complete records of engineering department activities, including machine operations.
- Operate or maintain off-loading liquid pumps or valves.
- Perform or participate in emergency drills, as required.
- Clean engine parts and keep engine rooms clean.
- Record orders for changes in ship speed or direction and note gauge readings or test data, such as revolutions per minute or voltage output, in engineering logs or bellbooks.
Related Technology & Tools
- Thermal cutters
- Single cut files
- Drift punches
- Open end wrenches
- Circle snips
- Side cutting pliers
- Riveters
- Pneumatic chipping hammers
- Firefighting pumps
- Curved needle nosed pliers
- Straight hand snips
- Feedwater heating equipment
- Safety wire pliers
- Double faced sledge hammers
- Combination wrenches
- Half round chisels
- Bristol wrenches
- Rawhide mallets
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Welding masks
- Sewage treatment systems
- Digital multimeters
- Fuel pumps
- Condensers
- Cross peen sledge hammers
- Long-handled inspection mirrors
- Hollow shank gasket punches
- Gear pullers
- Socket extensions
- Gas turbine engines
- Bridge gauges
- Feeler gauges
- Safety goggles
- Center punch sets
- Electric drills
- Tap and die sets
- Rubber mallets
- Adjustable hacksaws
- Gas cutters
- File brushes
- Disk sanders
- Gas powered generators
- Water pump pliers
- Bell-faced claw hammers
- Socket wrench sets
- Aligning punches
- Ballast pumps
- Straight peen hammers
- Wood mallets
- Allen wrench sets
- Speed handles
- Digital micrometers
- Brazers
- Wrench pliers
- Portable electric sanders
- Cross peen hammers
- First aid kits
- Solid hacksaws
- Combination jaw pliers
- Box wrenches
- Bilge water pumps
- Flat cold chisels
- Slip joint pliers
- Diesel ship engines
- Torque wrenches
- Aviation snips
- Ratchet handles
- Pin punches
- Scraping tools
- Fire suppression systems
- Long nose pliers
- Rotary impact scalers
- Dial gauges
- Tube cutters
- Strap wrenches
- Double cut files
- Vernier calipers
- Powered shears
- Hawks bill snips
- Ball peen hammers
- Diamond point chisels
- Digital depth gauges
- Standard screwdrivers
- Clutch tip screwdrivers
- Portable jigsaws
- Cape chisels
- Spintite wrenches
- Oily water separation systems
- Round nose chisels
- Union nut wrenches
- Bonney wrenches
- Flaring tools
- Welding gloves
- Plastic hammers
- Duck bill pliers
- Carpenter's mallets
- Prick punches
- Boilers
- Cooling towers
- Short nose pliers
- Diagonal cutting pliers
- Trojan snips
- Welders
- Plain faced claw hammers
- Portable grinders
- Lathes
- Riveting hammers
- Marine Software Marine Planned Maintenance
- Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
- Kongsberg Maritime K-LOG Electronic Logbooks
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Damen DAMOS
- Marine Software Marine Safety Manager