Job description
- Marine engineers design, construct, and maintain ships, boats, and related equipment.
- They design and supervise the construction of aircraft carriers, submarines, sailboats, tankers.
- They work on the propulsion, steering, and other systems of ships.
- Marine engineers apply knowledge from a range of fields to the entire process by which water vehicles are designed and produced.
- Other workers who operate or supervise the operation of marine machinery on ships and other vessels sometimes may be called marine engineers or, more frequently, ship engineers.
Starting Bachelor's Degree Salary
- I found that the starting salary for Marine Engineers with a bachelors degree is in the 43,000's.
Average Bachelor's Degree Salary
- I found that the average salary for marine engineer with a bachelors degree is in the 50,000's.
Employment Numbers in the United States
- I found that 8,500 or so people are employed in the field of Marine engineering.
Job Outlook
- Marine engineers and naval architects are expected to have employment growth of 6% over the next decade.
- There is a good future expected for marine engineers and naval architects because of growth in employment, the need to replace workers who retire or take other jobs, and the limited number of students pursuing careers in this occupation.
Professional Societies & Licensing
- ATMA - Association Technique Maritime et Aéronautique
- ERAMAR - European Maritime Research Area
- FNSA - Finnish Society of Naval Architects
- HANA - Hellenic Association of Naval Architects
- HKIE - Hong Kong Institute of Engineers
- IACS - International Association of Classification Societies
- IANAME - Iranian Association of Naval Architecture and Marine Enginneering
- IEAust - Institute of Engineers Australia
- IMarEST - Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology
- IMO - International Maritime Organisation
- IPENZ - Institute of Professional Engineers of New Zealand
- KSNAJ - Kansai Society of Naval Architects
- KNVTS - Koninklijke Vereniging van Technici op Scheepvaartgebied
- KORAB - The Society of Polish Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
- NIF - Norske Sivilingeniorers Forening
- Paris Memorandum - Port State Control
- RINA - The Royal Institution of Naval Architects
- SNAJ - Society of Naval Architects of Japan
- SNAK - Society of Naval Architects of Korea
- SSNAME - Shanghai Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
- STG - Schiffbautechnische Gesellschaft e. V.
- WEMT - West European Confederation of Maritime Technology Societies
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