The chief engineer holds responsibility for all engineers and engineering duties aboard a starship or starbase. He or she must have a general knowledge of all technical workings to ensure his or her team are assigned to handle and complete engineering tasks competently.

The position holds a wide range of duties, including creating and maintaining shift rosters for relevant personnel and providing advice to the captain or senior officer on technical issues. As a member of the senior staff, he or she bears accountability for the ship's or station's performance.

Some chief engineers with lower-than-expected ranks can be promoted to chief engineer by a senior or commanding officer. For example, Miles O'Brien held the rank of chief warrant officer but was chief engineer of the USS Defiant (DS9: "The Search, Part I", et al).

An old Earth term from the British navy renamed some Chief Engineers to the shortened term: "ChEng".

Notable Chief EngineersEdit

• Ethan Arden
  • USS Cantabrian (NCC-24705)
  • USS Cantabrian (NCC-24705-A)
• Zachary Beltram
  • USS Horizon (NCC-91901) (2383- )
• Butch Clooney
  • Starbase 140 (2389-)
• Golin Dalar
  • USS Remington (NX-86753)
• Sam Hawkins
  • USS Odyssey (NCC-71832-A) (2386-23xx)
• David Harman
  • USS Expedition (2384-2386)
  • USS Korgoth (2386-2388)
  • USS Striker (2389-)
• Burt Knox
  • USS Chimera (NCC-11555)
• Kugo
  • USS Phoenix-X (NCC-75948)
• Robert Lupia
  • USS Rittenhouse (NCC-3581) (2289-2291)
  • USS Justice (NCC-556) (2295-23xx)
• Vaebn Mairex
  • RIS Bouteina (2384-)
• Yvette Mintos
  • Starbase 140 (2386-2388)
• Susan Mirsky
  • USS Hathaway (NCC-2593)
• Durgan Morlon
  • USS Prometheus (NX-59650)
• Michael Redman
  • USS Crusader {2387-)
• Jon Ruel
  • USS Avenger (2389-)
• Chloe Tang
  • USS Independence (NX-90201) (2383-)
• Brandi Ward
  • USS Tamerlane (NCC-510)
• Joanna Withrome
  • USS Pioneer (NCC-1084) (2378- )

External linksEdit

• Chief engineer article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
• Chief engineer article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.
• Chief Engineer article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.