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Job Description
Design and oversee construction and repair of marine craft and floating structures such as ships, barges, tugs, dredges, submarines, torpedoes, floats, and buoys. May confer with marine engineers.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-2121.02
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Marine Architects”.
Also Known As…
- Marine Architects
- Structural Engineer
- Piping Designer
- Naval Architect Specialist
- Naval Architect
- Marine Structural Designer
- Marine Architect
- Initial Design and Naval Architecture Supervisor
- Engineering Specialist
- Designer
- Boat Builder
- Structural Designer
- Engineering Technician
- Boat Designer
Tasks for “Engineering Specialist”
- Conduct stability analyses of ships.
- Design layout of craft interior, including cargo space, passenger compartments, ladder wells, and elevators.
- Study design proposals and specifications to establish basic characteristics of craft, such as size, weight, speed, propulsion, displacement, and draft.
- Confer with marine engineering personnel to establish arrangement of boiler room equipment and propulsion machinery, heating and ventilating systems, refrigeration equipment, piping, and other functional equipment.
- Evaluate performance of craft during dock and sea trials to determine design changes and conformance with national and international standards.
- Oversee construction and testing of prototype in model basin and develop sectional and waterline curves of hull to establish center of gravity, ideal hull form, and buoyancy and stability data.
- Design complete hull and superstructure according to specifications and test data, in conformity with standards of safety, efficiency, and economy.
Related Technology & Tools
- Plotters
- Laptop computers
- Hard hats
- Safety glasses
- Personal computers
- Desktop computers
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- ANSYS FLUENT
- Intergraph SmartMarine 3D
- ShipConstructor
- Microsoft Office
- Proteus Engineering FastShip
- HydroComp NavCad
- Microsoft Excel
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Creative System GHS
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Project
- ANSYS ASAS
- Autodesk Algor Simulation
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Word
- MSC Software Nastran
- AeroHydro MultiSurf
- Strand7
- Herbert Software Solutions HECSALV
- The Napa Group NAPA
- Seasafe Marine Software Seasafe
- ANSYS AQWA
- Siemens PLM Software NX
- Dassault Systems SOLIDWORKS