Your day-to-day duties could include:

• coordinating the work of engineering design teams
• making sure that designs are safe, seaworthy and cost-effective
• preparing design plans using computer software
• checking and testing specifications using computer simulations and 3D models
• making sure that designs meet operational requirements
• coordinating manufacturing or repair work

You may need to wear protective clothing.

You could work in an office, at a shipyard, on a rig, on a ship or in a laboratory.

Your working environment may be at height and outdoors some of the time.

With experience, you could progress to senior positions. You could become a consultant, providing technical and commercial guidance, support and project management for research, design, construction, refits or conversions.

You could also move into other areas like procurement, sales and marketing