engineer officer
noun
a ship's officer who is qualified to be in charge of the vessel's propulsion and other machinery
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He knew the engineer-officer by reputation; he knew with what impatience that determined man chafed under his restraint.
The Mysterious IslandJules Verne
Commodore Shubrick commanded this expedition, and took Halleck along as his engineer-officer.
The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, CompleteWilliam T. Sherman