Maintenance Technician Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Engineering

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Maintenance Technician Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Maintenance Technician role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Maintenance Technician job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 72% of Maintenance Technician job descriptions contained mechanical as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

mechanical
72%
engineering
62%
apprenticeship
60%
environment
60%
manual
60%
practical
60%
utilities
60%
water
60%
apprentice
60%
maintenance
21%
electrical
13%
maintenance engineer
11%
apprenticeships
9%
anglian water
9%
maintenance technician
9%
manufacturing
7%
planned preventative maintenance
7%
mechanical engineering
7%
conveyors
7%
electrical maintenance engineer
7%
technician
5%
fmcg
5%
electrical maintenance technician
5%
waste
5%
troubleshooting
5%
reactive
5%
motors
5%
manufacturing environment
5%
electromechanical
3%
plc
3%
electrician
3%
pneumatics
3%
maintenance management
3%
hydraulics
3%
gearboxes
3%
service technician
3%
service engineer
3%
repair
3%
multi-trade operative
3%
machine shop
3%
hydraulic
3%
field service technician
3%
field service engineer
3%
fault finding
3%
electrical engineer
3%
cmms
3%
building maintenance engineer
3%
multi-skilled electrical maintenance technician
3%
multi skilled maintenance technician
3%
multi skilled maintenance engineer
3%
electrical technician
3%
engineer
3%
production
3%
heavy vehicle
3%
light vehicle
3%
multi skilled
3%
mechanical fitter
3%
rail
3%
rolling stock
3%
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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.

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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