Electrical Engineer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Engineering

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Electrical Engineer Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Electrical Engineer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Electrical Engineer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 39% of Electrical Engineer job descriptions contained electrical as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

electrical
39%
maintenance
39%
engineering
34%
electrical engineering
34%
electrical design
24%
electrical engineer
20%
installation
15%
eplan
15%
schematics
15%
repair
10%
18th edition
10%
electrician
10%
iec standards
10%
testing
10%
fmcg
10%
manufacturing
10%
production
10%
engineer
10%
design
10%
leeds
10%
plc
10%
wireman
5%
18th
5%
test engineer
5%
supervisor
5%
packaging
5%
inspection
5%
control panels
5%
assembly
5%
assembler
5%
mitsubishi
5%
food
5%
facilities management
5%
control panel design
5%
stakeholder management
5%
solar power
5%
solar energy
5%
diss
5%
fault find
5%
motors
5%
thetford
5%
norwich
5%
lowestoft
5%
great yarmouth
5%
fakenham
5%
engineering degree
5%
wireperson
5%
design technician
5%
design engineer
5%
control panel
5%
worcester
5%
panel wirer
5%
droitwich spa
5%
droitwich
5%
grid connection
5%
manchester
5%
aerospace
5%
electrical maintenance engineer
5%
aviation
5%
under
5%
revit
5%
oldham
5%
middleton
5%
cad
5%
automotive
5%
lyne
5%
install
5%
autocad
5%
solidworks
5%
project
5%
civil
5%
industrial
5%
construction
5%
ppm
5%
electricity
5%
degree
5%
wiring
5%
mechanical electrical
5%
submarines
5%
repairs
5%
reactive
5%
process machinery
5%
renewable energy
5%
operator
5%
multi skilled
5%
inspecting
5%
fitter
5%
fault finding
5%
electrical maintenance
5%
electric
5%
control
5%

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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