Vessel Project Engineer pay range
State of Washington · class code 533G
- Class code
- 533G
- Salary range
- 74
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Vessel Project Engineer is $100,488 to $135,192 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 533G.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Step progression
Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) assigns this class to salary range 74 in the General Service Salary Schedule. The range pays 13 steps; a step is normally earned on a periodic increment date, not negotiated.
| Basis | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $100,488 | $102,996 | $105,612 | $108,228 | $110,952 | $113,736 | $116,544 | $119,460 | $122,448 | $125,544 | $128,688 | $131,868 | $135,192 |
| Monthly | $8,374 | $8,583 | $8,801 | $9,019 | $9,246 | $9,478 | $9,712 | $9,955 | $10,204 | $10,462 | $10,724 | $10,989 | $11,266 |
| Hourly | $48.13 | $49.33 | $50.58 | $51.83 | $53.14 | $54.47 | $55.82 | $57.21 | $58.64 | $60.13 | $61.63 | $63.16 | $64.75 |
Steps as published. The monthly and hourly rows are the state's own, not conversions of the annual row.
Class specification
The OFM classified job specification for this class is published by Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM). The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications.
What the state says the job is
Manages construction, reconstruction, renovation and overhaul projects for Washington State Ferry vessels at contractor facilities for the Marine Capital Construction Program. Acts as technical design coordinator during the contract design phase. Acts as on-site construction contract manager during the shipyard construction phase.
Examples of the work
Acts as design coordinator for ferry renovation and construction designs; Acts as the on-site contract manager for the Marine Capital Construction Program; Manages the inspection staff and assures coordination between the speciality areas; Provides liaison with the Contractors engineering, contracting, pricing and production staff; Assures that proper review of all contractor furnished material and equipment has taken place and makes final determination of suitability; Provides technical interpretation of contract specifications and drawings; Provides final review and approval of the contractors’ construction specifications, working drawings and construction procedures; Provides liaison with ...
Minimum qualifications
Valid U.S.C.G. license as a Chief Engineer. (Limited-near coastal), or as Second Assistant Engineer Steam and/or Motor Vessel Unlimited, or four years' experience in responsible charge of the machinery plant on an oceangoing governmental steam or motor vessel. AND Five years of experience, as an employee of the shipyard or as an owner's representative, with project level responsibility for repair, overhaul, renovation, or construction of steam or motor vessels in a commercial or governmental shipyard.
Quoted from the OFM classified job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) publishes this figure in Classified Job Listing joined to the OFM salary schedules effective July 1, 2026. Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The dollar figures come from the salary schedule the listing assigns this range to.