Maintenance Engineer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Manufacturing

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Maintenance Engineer Skills List in Manufacturing

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Maintenance Engineer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Maintenance Engineer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 48% of Maintenance Engineer job descriptions contained electrical as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

electrical
48%
maintenance
39%
ppm
34%
mechanical
29%
fmcg
24%
maintenance engineer
24%
mechanical maintenance
20%
food
20%
multi-skilled
15%
bearings
15%
belts
15%
electrical maintenance
15%
drives
15%
inverters
15%
packaging
15%
relays
15%
sensors
15%
multi-skilled maintenance engineer
15%
reactive maintenance
10%
plcs
10%
machine maintenance
10%
conveyors
10%
plc f.f
10%
reactive
10%
breakdowns
10%
fault finding
10%
pneumatics
10%
plc's
10%
production
10%
cmms
10%
food manufacturing
10%
electrical engineer
10%
engineer
10%
hydraulics
10%
multi skilled engineer
10%
mechanical engineer
10%
multiskilled engineer
5%
fixing
5%
portsmouth
5%
cherry pickers
5%
chains
5%
machinery
5%
ipaf
5%
inspection
5%
maintenance technician
5%
hampshire
5%
fitter
5%
glass
5%
heavy industry
5%
fareham
5%
mechanical maintenance engineer
5%
electrical maintenance engineer
5%
recycling
5%
repair
5%
shift technician
5%
automation
5%
industrial
5%
plc
5%
technician
5%
manufacturing
5%
supervisory experience
5%
multi skilled maintenance
5%
drinks
5%
multi-skilled engineer
5%
multi-skilled maintenance
5%
plastic
5%
engineering
5%
manufacturing plant
5%
plant maintenance
5%
production maintenance
5%
planned preventative maintenance
5%
welding
5%
electrical mechanical
5%
electronic
5%
atex
5%
diagnosis
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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