Engineering technicians
Ship's engineer
Key facts
This job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is medium. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, moderate according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +4.5% (BLS).
The job
Ships’ engineers (ISCO 3151). Ships’ engineers control and participate in the operation, maintenance and repair of mechanical, electrical and electronic equipment and machinery on board ship, or perform related supporting functions on shore.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
42 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- assistant maritime engineer
- assistant ship engineer
- assistant shipping engineer
- chief engineer
- chief engineer of a ship
- chief engineering technician
- chief ship engineer
- duty engineer on a ship
- engineer in fisheries refrigeration
- fisheries chief engineer
- fisheries cold storage engineer
- fisheries electrician
- fisheries electrician and refrigerating engineer
- fisheries electrician and refrigeration engineer
- fisheries refrigerating engineer
- fisheries refrigeration and power engineer
- fisheries refrigeration engineer
- fisheries refrigeration engineering adviser
- fisheries refrigeration engineering consultant
- fisheries refrigeration engineering expert
- fisheries refrigeration engineering specialist
- fisheries refrigeration technician
- fishery refrigeration engineer
- fishing boat freezer engineer
- fishing boat refrigeration engineer
- fishing vessel freezer engineer
- fishing vessel refrigeration engineer
- junior chief engineer
- junior engineer
- junior ship engineer
- marine chief engineer
- maritime assistant engineer
- maritime chief engineer
- maritime duty engineer
- maritime engineering officer
- refrigeration plant engineer
- second assistant engineer
- ship assistant engineer
- ship duty engineer
- ship engineering officer
- shipping assistant engineer
- third assistant engineer
Training
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Gauges
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Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.