General Engineer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Engineering

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General Engineer Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a General Engineer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of General Engineer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 42% of General Engineer job descriptions contained maintenance as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

maintenance
42%
electrical
38%
engineer
32%
manufacturing
32%
mechanical
28%
engineering
25%
production
25%
fitter
18%
maintenance engineer
18%
aerospace
14%
cad
14%
solidworks
14%
multiskilled engineer
14%
autocad
11%
aviation
11%
civil
11%
construction
11%
design
11%
industrial
11%
manchester
11%
project
11%
revit
11%
under
11%
install
11%
lyne
11%
middleton
11%
oldham
11%
repair
11%
steelwork
11%
shift engineer
11%
shift technician
11%
droitwich
11%
fabrication
11%
worcester
11%
food
7%
mechanic
7%
cnc
7%
mechanical engineer
7%
fault finding
7%
fmcg
7%
installation
7%
catering
7%
coffee
7%
fault find
7%
field
7%
field service
7%
steam
7%
vending
7%
structural design
7%
electrical engineering
7%
electromechanical
7%
plc
7%
assembler
7%
assembly
7%
droitwich spa
7%
redditch
7%
field service engineer
7%
safety
7%
leeds
4%
electronics
4%
camberwell
4%
junior
4%
london
4%
multiskilled
4%
operator
4%
peckham
4%
southbank
4%
trainee
4%
aerospace engineer
4%
as9100
4%
cnc milling
4%
cnc programming
4%
cnc turning
4%
manufacturing engineer
4%
chester
4%
commissioning
4%
conveyor
4%
gearboxes
4%
hydraulics
4%
machinery
4%
motors
4%
multi skilled
4%
oswestry
4%
pneumatics
4%
ppms
4%
wrexham
4%
electro-mechanical
4%
assembly fitter
4%
bromsgrove
4%
fabricator
4%
mag
4%
mechanical fitter
4%
mig
4%
pipefitter
4%
tig
4%
welder
4%
welding
4%
senior mechanical design engineer
4%
oil & gas
4%
piping
4%
electrical engineer
4%
electrical maintenance engineer
4%
maintenance technician
4%
mechanical engineering
4%
sales
4%
sales engineering
4%
technical sales
4%
electrical design
4%
electricity
4%
grid connection
4%
renewable energy
4%
solar energy
4%
solar power
4%
stakeholder management
4%
automation
4%
boston
4%
controls
4%
kings lynn
4%
mobile engineer
4%
peterborough
4%
service engineer
4%
software
4%
workshop engineer
4%
apprenticeship
4%
civil engineer
4%
communication skills
4%
computer literate
4%
flexible approach
4%
positive personality
4%
hydraulic
4%
health safety
4%
injection molding
4%
lean manufacturing
4%
mould
4%
positive team player
4%
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