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Coast Guard Officer specialty · Engineering

ENG Naval Engineering

Current service use not established

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A Coast Guard officer specialty, not an enlisted rating.

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Overview

A Naval Engineering Chief Warrant Officer directs and supervises the handling, storage, installation, operation, testing, maintenance, and repair of engineering equipment. The officer develops training programs, maintains personnel and material records, and supervises procurement, preservation, and accounting for supplies and repair parts.

Core Skills

  • Vessel propulsion systems expertise
  • Shipboard damage control expertise

Civilian Career Paths

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Ship Engineers

ENG technical authority in vessel propulsion, damage control, and marine engineering transfers directly to shipboard engineering work.

How to prepare: Request an official sea-service transcript or assignment history, including vessel propulsion power, tonnage, routes, underway time, and assigned duties, for Coast Guard evaluation of the engineering endorsement you can pursue; a DD-214 is not acceptable sea-service evidence.

What the civilian work involves
  • Monitor engine, machinery, or equipment indicators when vessels are underway, and report abnormalities to appropriate shipboard staff.
  • Monitor and test operations of engines or other equipment so that malfunctions and their causes can be identified.
  • Perform or participate in emergency drills, as required.

Training & Development

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Getting Started

  • USCG Merchant Mariner Credential

    Obtain the engineering endorsement appropriate to the Ship Engineers positions sought; the credential authorizes service only within its endorsed capacities.

    Eligibility and preparation: Meet the requirements for each endorsement sought, including documented qualifying sea service, applicable medical and physical standards, drug-testing requirements or an exemption, and proof of holding or applying for a TWIC.

    For: Ship Engineers

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (4 documents)
  1. USCG authority snapshot: ENG Naval Engineering

    [1] data/authority/coast_guard-codes.json entry ENG (COOL USCG MOC Feed (uscg.json) + COOL Feed (uscg.json) + CG COOL Website); fetched 2026-07-25

    Supports: Vessel propulsion systems expertise, Shipboard damage control expertise, Ship Engineers (O*NET 53-5031.00)

  2. O*NET: Ship Engineers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Ship Engineers (O*NET 53-5031.00)

  3. eCFR: 46 CFR part 10 - Merchant Mariner Credential issuance requirements

    [3] 46 CFR 10.201, 10.209 and 10.225; official eCFR XML API as of 22 September 2026

    Supports: Ship Engineers (O*NET 53-5031.00), USCG Merchant Mariner Credential

  4. USCG: 46 CFR 10.232 military sea-service evidence and credit

    [4] Paragraphs (a) and (d)(1), official eCFR snapshot September 21, 2026; retrieved September 24

    Supports: Ship Engineers (O*NET 53-5031.00)

Defense contractor jobs for ENG

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