Marine Engineers

<ul><li>Supervise other engineers and crew members and train them for routine and emergency duties.</li><li>Perform monitoring activities to ensure that ships comply with international regulations and standards for life-saving equipment and pollution preventatives.</li><li>Prepare plans, estimates, design and construction schedules, and contract specifications, including any special provisions.</li><li>Check, test, and maintain automatic controls and alarm systems.</li><li>Act as liaisons between ships' captains and shore personnel to ensure that schedules and budgets are maintained, and that ships are operated safely and efficiently.</li><li>Evaluate operation of marine equipment during acceptance testing and shakedown cruises.</li><li>Maintain records of engineering department activities, including expense records and details of equipment maintenance and repairs.</li><li>Prepare, or direct the preparation of, product or system layouts and detailed drawings and schematics.</li><li>Inspect marine equipment and machinery to draw up work requests and job specifications.</li><li>Investigate and observe tests on machinery and equipment for compliance with standards.</li><li>Conduct environmental, operational, or performance tests on marine machinery and equipment.</li><li>Design and oversee testing, installation, and repair of marine apparatus and equipment.</li><li>Coordinate activities with regulatory bodies to ensure repairs and alterations are at minimum cost and consistent with safety.</li><li>Prepare technical reports for use by engineering, management, or sales personnel.</li><li>Procure materials needed to repair marine equipment and machinery.</li><li>Maintain contact with, and formulate reports for, contractors and clients to ensure completion of work at minimum cost.</li><li>Maintain and coordinate repair of marine machinery and equipment for installation on vessels.</li><li>Conduct analytical, environmental, operational, or performance studies to develop designs for products, such as marine engines, equipment, and structures.</li><li>Determine conditions under which tests are to be conducted, as well as sequences and phases of test operations.</li><li>Confer with research personnel to clarify or resolve problems and to develop or modify designs.</li><li>Review work requests and compare them with previous work completed on ships to ensure that costs are economically sound.</li><li>Analyze data to determine feasibility of product proposals.</li></ul>