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, 45% of Mechanical job descriptions contained mechanical as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

mechanical
45%
engineering
35%
assembly
30%
fitter
30%
recruitment
20%
engineer
20%
fabrication
15%
machinery
15%
assembler
15%
electrical
15%
mechanical engineer
15%
cad
15%
mechanical engineering
15%
filtration
10%
continuous improvement
10%
3d
10%
contracts
10%
design engineer
10%
conveyors
10%
machine shop
10%
project engineer
10%
recruiting
10%
sales
10%
supply chain
10%
with sales
10%
maintenance
10%
mechanical design
10%
fmcg
10%
sheet metal
10%
manufacturing
10%
piping
5%
senior mechanical engineer
5%
marine
5%
motors
5%
multi skilled
5%
navy
5%
work ethic
5%
training
5%
repair
5%
overtime
5%
graduate
5%
cam
5%
steelwork
5%
oil & gas
5%
solidworks
5%
machinery design
5%
plc's
5%
ppm
5%
repairs
5%
testing
5%
3 phase
5%
4o4o
5%
days
5%
process machinery
5%
shift tech
5%
multiskilled
5%
design
5%
inventor
5%
machine design
5%
food
5%
leeds
5%
mechanical maintenance engineer
5%
gearboxes
5%
hydraulics
5%
maintenance management
5%
pneumatics
5%
camberwell
5%
junior
5%
london
5%
maintenance engineer
5%
mechanic
5%
inspecting
5%
operator
5%
peckham
5%
production
5%
southbank
5%
trainee
5%
hnc
5%
nvqs
5%
organisational skills
5%
technical engineering
5%
manager
5%
mechanical inspection
5%
supervisor
5%
ex forces
5%
fault finding
5%
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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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