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, 35% of Mechanical job descriptions contained mechanical as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

mechanical
35%
engineering
31%
assembly
27%
fitter
27%
mechanical engineering
18%
recruitment
18%
maintenance
18%
fabrication
18%
engineer
18%
cad
14%
assembler
14%
manufacturing
14%
steelwork
14%
mechanical engineer
14%
electrical
14%
supply chain
9%
design engineer
9%
contracts
9%
filtration
9%
machine shop
9%
project engineer
9%
recruiting
9%
sales
9%
with sales
9%
continuous improvement
9%
motors
9%
machinery
9%
sheet metal
9%
fmcg
9%
structural design
9%
3d
9%
machined components
9%
conveyors
9%
troubleshooting
5%
reactive
5%
planned preventative maintenance
5%
manufacturing environment
5%
graduate
5%
shift tech
5%
machinery design
5%
mechanical design
5%
cam
5%
solidworks
5%
process machinery
5%
piping
5%
oil & gas
5%
senior mechanical design engineer
5%
overtime
5%
repair
5%
training
5%
electro-mechanical
5%
pneumatics
5%
maintenance management
5%
hydraulics
5%
gearboxes
5%
senior mechanical engineer
5%
work ethic
5%
waste
5%
mechanic
5%
nvqs
5%
hnc
5%
trainee
5%
southbank
5%
production
5%
peckham
5%
operator
5%
multiskilled
5%
organisational skills
5%
maintenance engineer
5%
london
5%
junior
5%
camberwell
5%
mechanical maintenance engineer
5%
leeds
5%
food
5%
marine
5%
4o4o
5%
3 phase
5%
testing
5%
repairs
5%
ppm
5%
plc's
5%
navy
5%
multi skilled
5%
days
5%
inspecting
5%
fault finding
5%
ex forces
5%
supervisor
5%
mechanical inspection
5%
manager
5%
technical engineering
5%

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.

Including the right keywords in your CV will help you get past Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and win more job interviews from employers and recruiters.


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