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Resume for a Mechanical Engineer
A mechanical resume is read for the plant, the process and the problems you solved. Software names are a filter; the maintenance and quality record is the case.
What a recruiter checks first
In roughly this order, in the first fifteen seconds.
The same experience, written twice
Left is what most mechanical engineer resumes say. Right is the same claim, made properly.
Before
Responsible for maintenance of plant machinery and equipment
Preparing designs using AutoCAD and SolidWorks
Coordinating with production team for smooth operations
After
Owned preventive maintenance for 40 CNC machines; unplanned downtime down from 6.2% to 2.8%
Redesigned a fixture in SolidWorks that cut cycle time 14 seconds a part, 90k parts a year
Led the 5S and kaizen drive on two lines, taking rejection from 3.1% to 1.4%
Illustrative examples — not an actual customer's resume.
Terms an ATS filters on
Use the ones that are true of you, in the experience itself rather than stuffed into a list.
- preventive maintenance
- AutoCAD
- SolidWorks
- GD&T
- root cause analysis
- kaizen
- 5S
- production planning
The mistake specific to this role
Leading with software. Every mechanical resume lists AutoCAD; almost none says what the drawing was for or what it saved.
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