Cost Engineer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Construction & Property

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Cost Engineer Skills List in Construction & Property

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Cost Engineer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Cost Engineer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 25% of Cost Engineer job descriptions contained power networks as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

power networks
25%
engineer
25%
fire safety
25%
cost
17%
electrical estimator
17%
estimating
17%
fire sprinkler estimator
17%
fire sprinkler
17%
fire engineer
17%
fire door
17%
fire
17%
civil
17%
design
17%
procurement officer
9%
project controller
9%
quantity surveyor
9%
lifecycle
9%
commercial officer
9%
cost manager
9%
cost controller
9%
contracts officer
9%
contract administrator
9%
plumbing
9%
tendering
9%
boms
9%
cost efficiency
9%
driving efficiency
9%
costing
9%
electrical
9%
junior estimator
9%
trainee estimator
9%
fire alarm
9%
planning engineer
9%
specify
9%
nec
9%
p6
9%
cost engineer
9%
construction
9%
estimator
9%
technical
9%
autodesk
9%
bournemouth
9%
burton upon trent
9%
christchurch
9%
engineering
9%
mechanical
9%
commercial manager
9%
structural
9%
structure
9%
technician
9%
temporary
9%
electrical engineering
9%
hvac
9%
mechanical engineering
9%
defence
9%
budget
9%
cash flow
9%
commercial coordinator
9%
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While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

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