marine engineer

American  

noun

1. an officer who operates, maintains, and repairs the machinery of a ship.

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marine engineer British  

noun

1. an engineer responsible for all heavy machinery on a ship or an offshore structure

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Etymology

Origin of marine engineer

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

“The job is to wipe oil that’s leaking out of an engine,” says marine engineer turned entrepreneur Steven Henderson.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

“In general, there are insufficient data about microplastics concentration in the ocean,” says University of Michigan marine engineer and study coauthor Yulin Pan.

From Scientific American • May 5, 2023

To ensure reliability, said Kiley Sampson, a marine engineer who is operations manager for Sustainable Marine Canada, the project has adapted proven technologies from ships and offshore oil drilling.

From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2022

She also paid the educational fees for the first marine engineer officer from Mauritius.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2022

He then qualified as a fitter at Portsmouth Dockyard, studied naval engineering at King's College, London, and spent three years, from 1899 to 1902, in the merchant service as a marine engineer.

From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir