resident engineer

collocation in English

meaningsofresidentandengineer

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resident
adjective
uk
/ˈrez.ɪ.dənt/us
/ˈrez.ə.dənt/
living or staying in ...
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engineer
noun[C]
uk
/ˌen.dʒɪˈnɪər/us
/ˌen.dʒɪˈnɪr/
a person whose job is to design or build machines, engines, or electrical equipment, or things such as roads, railways, or bridges, using ...
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(Definition ofresidentandengineerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A new chiefresidentengineerhas been appointed owing to the resignation of the officer lately holding the appointment.
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If the complaint is a potential third-party claim for damages, theresidentengineerhas to decide who should deal with it.
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Theresidentengineerhas clear instructions on the action to take once he is aware of a problem.
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There is the vital question of theresidentengineer, perhaps in an atomic establishment upon whom responsibilities of almost any kind may rest.
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In 1939 there was one steel works engineer over the two mills with aresidentengineerat each.
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The superintendent of marine, who has considerable experience of dredging, superintends the operations generally, and acts in consultation with theresidentengineerfor the harbour works.
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Is it to be said that it is wrong for theresidentengineerto give orders for a shaft to be turned up or a key way to be cut?
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The heating and hot water were worked from a central station, under the control of theresidentengineer, and with rotary pumps to assist circulation.
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Most of the other stations were designed by the company'sresidentengineer.
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Under theresidentengineerthere were seven subordinates including a foundry manager.
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Wragge was responsible, under aresidentengineer, for work on 14 miles of the line.
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He is the cell'sresidentengineer.
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Now there is the same works engineer over the two mills with the same resident engineers but each man has an assistant.
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A new manual of guidance issued to all resident engineers codifies instructions for dealing with claims.
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Are they to be regional officers, resident engineers, or contractors who have entered into contracts to work opencast coal?
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I shall certainly ask the resident engineers to look into the matter.
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Traffic arrangements at works sites are constantly patrolled by the police and monitored by resident engineers.
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The resident engineer's staff on the site will keep in touch with those worst affected and be as helpful as they possibly can.
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In truth, our task could have been performed more easily and more effectively by the resident engineers of the brewery given their intimate knowledge of the machinery in question.
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