What is Marine Engineering All About?

Human evolution and progress are largely endorsed by our ability to sail across oceans both above and below the water surface. And the geniuses that make this happen are Mariners. The fields of Nautical Science & Marine Engineering are relatively new but have progressed significantly in the past few decades.

Marine Engineering is a branch of engineering that deals with the construction and maintenance of ships and other sailing vessels.

Naval architects are required to design and construct various ships. Marine engineers maintain the mechanical equipment of seagoing crafts, docks, and harbor installations. Their job also involves studying the water conditions, determining the potential hazards, and finding solutions to overcome them.

Marine Engineering plays a significant role in the global market. And in this blog, we will be looking at all the major aspects of Marine engineering including its scope, salary, job profiles, skill sets, career advancement opportunities, and much more. So, let’s delve right into it!

What is the scope of Marine engineering?

Marine Engineering is an emerging field with a massive scope for experimentation and career advancement. The Shipping industry generates a myriad of career opportunities each year that are stable and lucrative. Skilled marine engineers have a rising demand in the global market. A recent report suggests that the employment rate for marine engineers will witness a 12% growth till 2026.

This growth is faster than the average growth seen in all other occupations. Some companies where marine engineers land jobs include Shipping firms, Indian Navy, Shipyards, Engine manufacturing companies, Shipbuilding firms, Ship design firms, Maritime universities, Research Institutions, etc. Let’s further explore the job profiles of Marine Engineers.

Marine engineer: job profiles and salary

A marine engineer can explore various job profiles including:

• Chief Engineer
• Chief Electric Technical Officer
• Design Engineer
• Navy Personnel
• Maintenance Engineer
• Port Manager
• Marine Surveyor
• Ship Manager
• Ship Operator
• ICAR Officer

The average salary of a marine engineer lies somewhere between INR 3 – 5 lakhs. Although this salary may vary depending upon various factors including the job profile, experience, merit, and the hiring company.

Required Skillset

Apart from an affinity to the oceans and amazing swimming/diving skills, the following are the skills that are required for the field of Marine Engineering:

• Reading Comprehension
• Knowledge about mathematics, physics, and engineering concepts
• Designing skills
• Critical Thinking
• Effective spoken and written communication
• Knowledge about equipment requirement and selection
• Co-operation and coordination
• Scientific skills
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• Quality control analysis
• Accurate judgment and decision making
• Experimentation and active learning skills
• Attention to details
• Time management

In short…….a Marine Engineer is “A Jack of ALL trades & Master of…….”

Benefits of choosing a Maritime career

Marine Engineering offers countless career benefits. Let’s look at some of them mentioned below:

• Scope for experimentation: Being an emerging Engineering field, there’s a lot of scope for experimentation and innovation. With the constant technological and scientific developments, this scope keeps increasing with time.

• High demand in the global market: The global market is extremely fertile towards Marine Engineers with ever increasing trade relations between various countries.

• Lucrative career option: Marine Engineers get placed in some of the top national and multi-national companies. Very often, they get a chance to work overseas. This ensures a bounty of money and other career benefits.

• Destinations galore: This field demands professionals to travel across the globe to various destinations. Apart from offering global exposure, this field also grants an opportunity to explore the world while you are at work!

• Exposure to diverse cultures around the world: Traveling the world includes meeting various people and getting to know their cultures and traditions.

• Professionalism and adaptability: As this field has a global reach, professionalism and adaptability lie at its epitome. It teaches individuals to smoothly work in teams with people of diverse backgrounds and adapting themselves to any situations or challenges that may occur during their service.

• Adventurous lifestyle: Sailing across oceans is an adventure in itself. And working in this field ensures that you have a thrilling and adventurous lifestyle.

Thus, a maritime career can be the best choice for those who are adventurous, have a passion to work overseas, have an affinity for the oceans, and are in search of myriad career opportunities. The scope of this field keeps widening especially with an increase in global trade.

Explore numerous career avenues with Maharashtra Institute of Naval Education & Training, Pune (MANET). MANET has a tie-up with over 15 recruiter shipping companies and has successfully placed over 3000 cadets who are sailing worldwide.

MANET: Transforming cadets into dependable mariners!

MANET offers two streams of curriculum: 4 years B.Tech. (Marine Engineering) and 3 years B.Sc. (Nautical Science). It is backed by a galore of awards and recognitions. It has been awarded an “A1” (Outstanding) rating by the Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) during the Comprehensive Inspection Programme (CIP) initiated by DG Shipping, Govt. of India. 

It has also been approved by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Government of Japan. MANET has also been awarded the “Best Maritime Training Institute” by ABP News Channel in 2015. During a poll carried out in 2014, by the Times of India, for the best Engineering Colleges in India, MANET was the only Maritime Institute that was part of the top 100 colleges in India.

MANET hosts well-equipped laboratories and a library with a vast collection of books and ample magazines journals and E-books. It provides well-equipped Engineering and Marine workshops, Seamanship and Navigation lab, along with a Lifeboat training facility.

It opens doors to an excellent career in the Merchant Navy for students who wish to build a successful maritime career. The institute has a Ship-in-Campus which is a fully operational replica of a ship’s engine room. Our cadets are trained in it to get a feel of actual shipboard engine-room operations.

This ensures practical exposure to cadets that prepares them for real-time challenges at sea. With ultramodern amenities and highly qualified staff, MANET is all set to create global leaders of tomorrow.

So, what are you waiting for? Advance your maritime career exponentially with MANET!

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