Engineering Skills for your CV in the Engineering Industry

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Engineering Skills List in the Engineering Industry

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Engineering role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Engineering job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 40% of Engineering job descriptions contained engineering as a required skill.

Skills

Popularity

engineering
40%
engineering manager
27%
maintenance
14%
maintenance manager
14%
manufacturing
14%
ground investigation
9%
management
9%
electrical
9%
groundworks
9%
mechanical
9%
power generation
9%
construction
9%
engineering geologist
9%
sustainability engineer
5%
frimley
5%
engineering coordinator
5%
steel
5%
engineering assistant
5%
project management
5%
man management
5%
switchgear
5%
production administrator
5%
water
5%
mechanical engineer
5%
design
5%
production coordinator
5%
electronics
5%
nvq 3
5%
electronics design
5%
multiskilled
5%
java
5%
admin
5%
engineer
5%
nvq level 2
5%
ethernet
5%
ordering spares
5%
open source
5%
administrator
5%
technician
5%
pump
5%
spi
5%
ppm scheduling
5%
python
5%
aerospace
5%
asset management
5%
pump engineer
5%
usb
5%
administration
5%
manufacturing manager
5%
saas
5%
coordinate
5%
bradford
5%
repairs
5%
bms
5%
stock control
5%
surrey
5%
coordinator
5%
halifax
5%
budgets
5%
boilers
5%
stores
5%
team leader
5%
woking
5%
erp
5%
leeds
5%
cable
5%
chp
5%
aldershot
5%
automated
5%
chemical
5%
morley
5%
hands on
5%
energy asset developer
5%
atex
5%
food processing
5%
metal
5%
mrp
5%
fmcg
5%
health and safety
5%
energy engineer
5%
blackwater
5%
camberley
5%
operational efficiency
5%
oil and gas
5%
production
5%
six sigma
5%
high voltage
5%
engineering analyst
5%
hvac
5%
comah
5%
manufacturing engineering
5%
process
5%
estimating
5%
continuous improvement
5%
hnc
5%
precision engineering
5%
process engineering
5%
machinery
5%
hnd
5%
renewable energy
5%
team management
5%
process engineering manager
5%
manufacturer
5%
health safety
5%
leadership
5%
scada
5%
farnborough
5%
engineering administrator
5%
senior process engineer
5%
technical sales
5%
lean principles
5%
level 3
5%
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