engineer

n. person who designs and plans (machinery, roads, etc.)

v. design, plan (i.e. machinery, roads, etc.)

An engineer is someone who is trained or professionally engaged in a branch of engineering. Engineers use technology, mathematics, and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems. People who work as engineers typically have an academic degree (or equivalent work experience) in one of the engineering disciplines.
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(v. t.)
To use contrivance and effort for; to guide the course of; to manage; as, to engineer a bill through Congress.
  

(v. t.)
To lay out or construct, as an engineer; to perform the work of an engineer on; as, to engineer a road.
  

(n.)
One who manages as engine, particularly a steam engine; an engine driver.
  

(n.)
One who carries through an enterprise by skillful or artful contrivance; an efficient manager.
  

(n.)
A person skilled in the principles and practice of any branch of engineering. See under Engineering, n.
  

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A person responsible for operating and maintaining the power system on a vessel. (TNDOT1)