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

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Manufacturing Engineer Skills List in Manufacturing

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Manufacturing Engineer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Manufacturing Engineer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 43% of Manufacturing Engineer job descriptions contained manufacturing as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

manufacturing
43%
manufacturing engineer
27%
production
22%
electronics
16%
assembly
16%
lean manufacturing
16%
process improvement
16%
production engineering
16%
production engineer
16%
production processes
16%
qc
11%
ci
11%
qa
11%
pfmea
11%
engineering
11%
quality
11%
quality control
11%
npi
11%
technical drawings
11%
iso9001
11%
iso14001
11%
investigation
11%
inspection
11%
engineer
6%
production technician
6%
production operative
6%
process operator
6%
manufacturing operations manager
6%
head of production
6%
plant manager
6%
production director
6%
production manager
6%
fixtures
6%
site operations manager
6%
customer service
6%
pcb
6%
power electronics
6%
lean six sigma
6%
project manufacturing engineer
6%
bom
6%
electronics manufacturing
6%
production build packs
6%
senior manufacturing engineer
6%
mechanical
6%
electro-mechanical engineer
6%
machine engineer
6%
machinist
6%
mechanical engineer
6%
multi-skilled engineer
6%
process engineer
6%
service engineer
6%
solidworks
6%
5s
6%
kaizen
6%
black belt
6%
green belt
6%
8d
6%
dfmea
6%
electrical
6%
process operative
6%
mill
6%
operative
6%
packaging
6%
trainee
6%
warehouse
6%
metal fabrication
6%
welding
6%
assembly line operator
6%
assembly operative
6%
assembly technician
6%
electrical engineering
6%
electrical engineer
6%
jigs
6%
manufacturing operative
6%
manufacturing operator
6%

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