How do they match: Marine Engineers and Naval Architects

  • 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.
  • Conduct analyses of ships, such as stability, structural, weight, and vibration analyses.
  • Confer with research personnel to clarify or resolve problems and to develop or modify designs.
  • Prepare technical reports for use by engineering, management, or sales personnel.
  • Study design proposals and specifications to establish basic characteristics of craft, such as size, weight, speed, propulsion, displacement, and draft.

  • Confer with other personnel to resolve design or operational problems.
  • Confer with technical personnel to prepare designs or operational plans.
  • Supervise engineering or other technical personnel.