Materials Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Engineering

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Materials Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Materials role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Materials job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 29% of Materials job descriptions contained manufacturing as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

manufacturing
29%
mechanical
22%
engineering
22%
calibration
19%
materials
16%
ukas
16%
destructive testing
13%
electrical
13%
electronic
13%
engineer
13%
mechatronic
13%
repair
13%
scientific
13%
testing
13%
maintenance
13%
r&d
13%
degree
10%
field
10%
hnc
10%
hnd
10%
laboratory
10%
mobile
10%
stress testing
10%
metals
10%
quality
10%
welding
10%
metallurgy
10%
metallurgist
10%
inspection
7%
aerospace
7%
iso
7%
control
7%
iso 6506
7%
rockwell
7%
metal fabrication
7%
microsoft excel
7%
stock control
7%
casting
7%
defence
7%
forging
7%
maritime
7%
rolling
7%
business growth
7%
commercial
7%
continuous improvements
7%
fault finding
7%
material
7%
new product introduction
7%
npi
7%
research & development
7%
root cause analysis
7%
technical ceramics
7%
consultant
7%
power
7%
automotive
7%
graduate
7%
industrial
7%
power plant
7%
process plant
7%
surrey
7%
uxbridge
7%
fmcg
4%
food manufacturing
4%
leeds
4%
quality assurance
4%
quality inspection
4%
stock taking
4%
technical
4%
wakefield
4%
plc programming
4%
software
4%
software solutions
4%
carpentry
4%
facilities management
4%
joinery
4%
submarines
4%
electrical engineering
4%
mechanical engineering
4%
costings
4%
estimator
4%
planning engineer
4%
procurement
4%
a2la
4%
data analyst
4%
materials analyst
4%
materials planner
4%
production planner
4%
birmingham
4%
construction
4%
engineering manager
4%
manager
4%
production
4%
draftsman
4%
drawing
4%
steel
4%
steel work
4%
structural
4%
engineering drawings
4%
planning
4%
resource allocation
4%
engineering discipline
4%
material handling
4%
microsoft word
4%
stock management
4%
composite engineer
4%
composite materials
4%
manufacturing engineer
4%
materials science
4%
audits
4%
chemical
4%
development
4%
improvement
4%
investigation
4%
methodologies
4%
process
4%
standards
4%
erp
4%
manufacturer
4%
polymer
4%
test technician
4%
mrp
4%
apprenticeship
4%
fabrication
4%
fabricator
4%
welder
4%
academic
4%
ndt
4%
research
4%
aerospace engineering
4%
aluminium
4%
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