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, 31% of Mechanical job descriptions contained mechanical as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

mechanical
31%
engineering
27%
assembly
24%
fitter
24%
maintenance
24%
mechanical engineering
24%
fabrication
20%
engineer
16%
recruitment
16%
manufacturing
16%
steelwork
16%
conveyors
16%
motors
12%
assembler
12%
cad
12%
machined components
12%
structural design
12%
mechanical engineer
12%
continuous improvement
8%
supply chain
8%
with sales
8%
senior mechanical design engineer
8%
sheet metal
8%
machinery
8%
manufacturing environment
8%
waste
8%
gearboxes
8%
hydraulics
8%
maintenance management
8%
planned preventative maintenance
8%
pneumatics
8%
reactive
8%
troubleshooting
8%
recruiting
8%
filtration
8%
design engineer
8%
contracts
8%
machine shop
8%
3d
8%
project engineer
8%
electrical
8%
sales
8%
overtime
4%
repair
4%
nvqs
4%
piping
4%
camberwell
4%
training
4%
work ethic
4%
oil & gas
4%
senior mechanical engineer
4%
electro-mechanical
4%
hnc
4%
trainee
4%
cam
4%
graduate
4%
southbank
4%
production
4%
peckham
4%
operator
4%
multiskilled
4%
mechanic
4%
maintenance engineer
4%
london
4%
junior
4%
ppm
4%
manager
4%
mechanical inspection
4%
supervisor
4%
ex forces
4%
fault finding
4%
fmcg
4%
inspecting
4%
marine
4%
multi skilled
4%
navy
4%
plc's
4%
solidworks
4%
repairs
4%
testing
4%
3 phase
4%
4o4o
4%
days
4%
process machinery
4%
shift tech
4%
technical engineering
4%
organisational skills
4%
machinery design
4%
mechanical design
4%

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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