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

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General Engineer Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a General Engineer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of General Engineer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 35% of General Engineer job descriptions contained maintenance as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

maintenance
35%
manufacturing
29%
mechanical
29%
electrical
25%
engineer
25%
production
16%
fitter
16%
maintenance engineer
16%
engineering
13%
multiskilled engineer
13%
safety
13%
cad
10%
solidworks
10%
repair
10%
steelwork
10%
shift engineer
10%
shift technician
10%
droitwich
10%
fabrication
10%
worcester
10%
aerospace
7%
industrial
7%
mechanic
7%
cnc
7%
mechanical engineer
7%
fault finding
7%
fmcg
7%
installation
7%
catering
7%
coffee
7%
fault find
7%
field
7%
field service
7%
steam
7%
vending
7%
structural design
7%
electrical engineering
7%
electromechanical
7%
plc
7%
assembler
7%
assembly
7%
droitwich spa
7%
redditch
7%
field service engineer
7%
apprenticeship
7%
civil engineer
7%
communication skills
7%
computer literate
7%
flexible approach
7%
positive personality
7%
autocad
4%
aviation
4%
civil
4%
construction
4%
design
4%
install
4%
lyne
4%
manchester
4%
middleton
4%
oldham
4%
project
4%
revit
4%
under
4%
electronics
4%
camberwell
4%
junior
4%
london
4%
multiskilled
4%
operator
4%
peckham
4%
southbank
4%
trainee
4%
aerospace engineer
4%
as9100
4%
cnc milling
4%
cnc programming
4%
cnc turning
4%
manufacturing engineer
4%
chester
4%
commissioning
4%
conveyor
4%
gearboxes
4%
hydraulics
4%
machinery
4%
motors
4%
multi skilled
4%
oswestry
4%
pneumatics
4%
ppms
4%
wrexham
4%
electro-mechanical
4%
assembly fitter
4%
bromsgrove
4%
fabricator
4%
mag
4%
mechanical fitter
4%
mig
4%
pipefitter
4%
tig
4%
welder
4%
welding
4%
senior mechanical design engineer
4%
oil & gas
4%
piping
4%
electrical engineer
4%
electrical maintenance engineer
4%
maintenance technician
4%
mechanical engineering
4%
sales
4%
sales engineering
4%
technical sales
4%
electrical design
4%
electricity
4%
grid connection
4%
renewable energy
4%
solar energy
4%
solar power
4%
stakeholder management
4%
food
4%
automation
4%
boston
4%
controls
4%
kings lynn
4%
mobile engineer
4%
peterborough
4%
service engineer
4%
software
4%
workshop engineer
4%
hydraulic
4%
health safety
4%
injection molding
4%
lean manufacturing
4%
mould
4%
positive team player
4%
3d modelling
4%
boms
4%
contract
4%
fixtures
4%
freelance
4%
gas
4%
holding
4%
jigs
4%
tooling
4%
controls and automation
4%
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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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