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

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Electrical Engineer Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Electrical Engineer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Electrical Engineer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 34% of Electrical Engineer job descriptions contained electrical engineering as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

electrical engineering
34%
electrical
34%
electrical design
28%
maintenance
28%
electrical engineer
23%
engineering
23%
eplan
17%
installation
17%
electrician
17%
schematics
17%
stakeholder management
12%
iec standards
12%
repair
12%
18th edition
12%
solar power
12%
solar energy
12%
engineer
12%
fmcg
12%
renewable energy
12%
grid connection
12%
electricity
12%
testing
12%
droitwich
6%
worcester
6%
panel wirer
6%
droitwich spa
6%
supervisor
6%
18th
6%
wireperson
6%
wireman
6%
test engineer
6%
tradesman
6%
control panel
6%
design
6%
design engineer
6%
design technician
6%
diss
6%
engineering degree
6%
fakenham
6%
great yarmouth
6%
lowestoft
6%
norwich
6%
thetford
6%
fitter
6%
wiring
6%
inspecting
6%
fault finding
6%
manufacturing
6%
multi skilled
6%
operator
6%
plc
6%
ppm
6%
process machinery
6%
reactive
6%
repairs
6%
electrical maintenance
6%
production
6%
degree
6%
electric
6%
control panel design
6%
control
6%
automotive
6%
mitsubishi
6%
assembler
6%
assembly
6%
control panels
6%
inspection
6%
electrical maintenance engineer
6%
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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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