Can 'engineer' be considered as title in salutation?

[skystar30097]

Is that correct to say 'dear engineer Long' as salutation in letter writing?

I wonder if engineer is used in this context?

[emsr2d2]

Not if their job is something like a mechanical engineer. However, I think "Engineer" is a rank in one of the military forces so it might be possible to address them as such. I'm really not sure about that rank though.

[skystar30097]

I just mean sb whose job is as mechanical engineering.

[emsr2d2]

I just mean sb somebody whose job is as mechanical engineering.

No. A person who has taken a degree in mechanical engineering would be able to put the letter "BEng" after their name at the end of the letter, but it doesn't give them a title in the sense you tried to use it. You would just address them as "Dear Mr Long" in a letter.

[5jj]

I think "Engineer" is a rank in one of the military forces

Not in the British Services.

[emsr2d2]

Not in the British Services.

Thanks. I know next to nothing about the military so I thought perhaps those in the "Royal Engineers" might be known as Engineers. Now I know better.

[bhaisahab]

Thanks. I know next to nothing about the military so I thought perhaps those in the "Royal Engineers" might be known as Engineers. Now I know better.

An ordinary soldier in the Royal Engineers is a "sapper". An officer is an "officer of engineers". I believe that's still the case, my grandfather was in the Royal Engineers from 1913 until 1921.

[5jj]

The Royal Englineers have the same rank structure as other units of the British army, except that the private of other units is is a sapper.

[5jj]

The Royal Englineers have the same rank structure as other units of the British army, except that the private of other units is a sapper.

I have just realised that that is slightly ambiguous. I meant that the rank known in most other units as private is known as sapper in the Royal Engineers - as bhai had already said.

[Tdol]

Is that correct to say 'dear engineer Long' as salutation in letter writing?

I wonder if engineer is used in this context?

Not in English. It is used in some European countries, but we don't. However, if we did, we'd use a capital letter. And one for Dear too.