Engineering Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Engineering

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Engineering Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Engineering role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Engineering job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 43% of Engineering job descriptions contained engineering as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

engineering
43%
engineer
35%
manager
24%
manufacturing
24%
mechanical
24%
electrical
20%
aerospace
16%
cambridge
16%
production
16%
bedford
16%
stevenage
16%
beng
16%
ceng
16%
leader
16%
commissioning
12%
construction
12%
mechanical engineering
12%
chartered
12%
nuclear
12%
sales
12%
maintenance
8%
chelmsford
8%
essex
8%
goods
8%
logistics
8%
picking
8%
storeman
8%
stores
8%
warehouse
8%
braintree
8%
colchester
8%
person
8%
storesperson
8%
stortford
8%
walden
8%
automotive
8%
bdm
8%
defence
8%
development
8%
executive
8%
hitchin
8%
hybrid
8%
letchworth
8%
luton
8%
milton
8%
remote
8%
biggleswade
8%
management
8%
assembler
8%
assembly
8%
droitwich
8%
droitwich spa
8%
fitter
8%
redditch
8%
worcester
8%
general cleaning
4%
labourer
4%
shot blasting
4%
spray painting
4%
electro-mechanical
4%
heat pumps
4%
cnc
4%
injection moulding
4%
surface grinding
4%
buckinghamshire
4%
compressors
4%
engineering surveyor
4%
forces
4%
gas
4%
industrial
4%
precision engineering
4%
royal navy
4%
aerospace engineering
4%
r&d operations
4%
research development
4%
metal fabrication
4%
mig welding
4%
production maintenance
4%
welding
4%
compliance
4%
governance
4%
facility
4%
operations
4%
reliability
4%
team leader
4%
cdm
4%
conventional
4%
fire
4%
fire and rescue
4%
fire and rescue service
4%
fire service
4%
mechanic
4%
surrey
4%
vehicle engineering
4%
civil
4%
design
4%
electronic
4%
manfacturing
4%
meng
4%
msc
4%
phd
4%
structural
4%
systems
4%
project engineering
4%
project management
4%
business development
4%
target development
4%
engineering manager
4%
project manager
4%
apprenticeship
4%
civil engineer
4%
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