Mechanical Designer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Engineering

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Mechanical Designer Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Mechanical Designer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Mechanical Designer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 58% of Mechanical Designer job descriptions contained solidworks as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

solidworks
58%
cad
53%
mechanical
48%
design
43%
engineer
37%
3d
37%
beng
37%
kent
32%
engineering
32%
canterbury
32%
meng
32%
design engineer
32%
aerospace
32%
aviation
32%
ventilation
27%
hvac
27%
leadership
27%
graduate
27%
bsc
27%
leader
27%
msc
22%
f1
22%
marine
22%
phd
22%
turbines
22%
doctorate
22%
engines
22%
fea
22%
masters
22%
ramsgate
22%
senior mechanical design
22%
autocad
22%
building services
22%
electronics
22%
calculations
22%
development
22%
manufacturing
22%
2d
16%
production
16%
technician
16%
inventor
16%
mechanical design engineer
16%
cad draughtsperson
11%
creo
11%
project
11%
cad engineer
11%
mechanical designer
11%
whitstable
11%
defence
11%
3d modeling
11%
fabrication
11%
uk
11%
construction
11%
electronic
11%
fab
11%
sheet
11%
oldham
11%
middleton
11%
greater
11%
england
11%
metal
11%
manchester
11%
aluminium
11%
product
11%
healthcare
6%
maintenance
6%
mechanical engineer
6%
metal works
6%
pumps
6%
welding
6%
ealing
6%
greenford
6%
junior
6%
kensington
6%
park royal
6%
progression
6%
training
6%
wembley
6%
gearboxes
6%
fmcg
6%
conveyors
6%
cad design
6%
3d modelling
6%
thermal
6%
product design
6%
operator
6%
manufacture
6%
heating
6%
degree
6%
commer
6%
designer
6%
pneumatics
6%
sheet metal
6%

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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