Mechanical Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Engineering

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Mechanical Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Mechanical role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Mechanical job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 30% of Mechanical job descriptions contained mechanical as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

mechanical
30%
engineering
26%
maintenance
23%
mechanical engineering
23%
fitter
23%
assembly
23%
fabrication
19%
recruitment
15%
conveyors
15%
steelwork
15%
manufacturing
15%
engineer
15%
cad
12%
assembler
12%
motors
12%
mechanical engineer
12%
machined components
12%
structural design
12%
electrical
12%
planned preventative maintenance
8%
sales
8%
supply chain
8%
senior mechanical design engineer
8%
with sales
8%
troubleshooting
8%
reactive
8%
pneumatics
8%
fmcg
8%
maintenance management
8%
continuous improvement
8%
hydraulics
8%
sheet metal
8%
gearboxes
8%
machinery
8%
waste
8%
manufacturing environment
8%
project engineer
8%
contracts
8%
3d
8%
design engineer
8%
filtration
8%
recruiting
8%
machine shop
8%
piping
4%
trainee
4%
overtime
4%
repair
4%
food
4%
training
4%
work ethic
4%
senior mechanical engineer
4%
oil & gas
4%
electro-mechanical
4%
southbank
4%
production
4%
cam
4%
graduate
4%
peckham
4%
operator
4%
multiskilled
4%
mechanic
4%
maintenance engineer
4%
london
4%
junior
4%
camberwell
4%
mechanical maintenance engineer
4%
leeds
4%
testing
4%
manager
4%
mechanical inspection
4%
supervisor
4%
ex forces
4%
fault finding
4%
inspecting
4%
marine
4%
multi skilled
4%
navy
4%
plc's
4%
ppm
4%
repairs
4%
solidworks
4%
3 phase
4%
4o4o
4%
days
4%
process machinery
4%
shift tech
4%
technical engineering
4%
organisational skills
4%
nvqs
4%
hnc
4%
machinery design
4%
mechanical design
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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