2.6 KiB
2.6 KiB
Competences — materials engineer
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/4a375b68-88a0-4e5f-99ce-9b01341dfb81).
Essential
- adjust engineering designs (skill/competence)
- advanced materials (knowledge)
- analyse production processes for improvement (skill/competence)
- analytical chemistry (knowledge)
- apply health and safety standards (skill/competence)
- approve engineering design (skill/competence)
- assess environmental impact (skill/competence)
- chemistry (knowledge)
- composite materials (knowledge)
- create solutions to problems (skill/competence)
- develop advanced materials (skill/competence)
- develop material testing procedures (skill/competence)
- engineering principles (knowledge)
- engineering processes (knowledge)
- forecast organisational risks (skill/competence)
- integrate new products in manufacturing (skill/competence)
- integrated design (knowledge)
- manufacturing processes (knowledge)
- material mechanics (knowledge)
- materials engineering (knowledge)
- perform chemical experiments (skill/competence)
- perform scientific research (skill/competence)
- sustainable building materials (knowledge)
- test chemical samples (skill/competence)
- test materials (skill/competence)
- thermoplastic materials (knowledge)
- work with chemicals (skill/competence)
Optional
- advise on pollution prevention (skill/competence)
- advise on waste management procedures (skill/competence)
- assess the feasibility of implementing developments (skill/competence)
- basic chemicals (knowledge)
- define quality standards (skill/competence)
- design prototypes (skill/competence)
- develop chemical products (skill/competence)
- electricity (knowledge)
- envelope systems for buildings (knowledge)
- green chemistry (knowledge)
- laboratory techniques (knowledge)
- mechanics (knowledge)
- perform laboratory tests (skill/competence)
- pollution legislation (knowledge)
- properties of textile materials (knowledge)
- quality standards (knowledge)
- rubber technology (knowledge)
- semiconductors (knowledge)
- types of metal (knowledge)
- types of plastic (knowledge)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 50 ads, as of 2026-07-17)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- failure analysis — 30 %
- materials engineering — 26 %
- root cause analysis — 24 %
- data analysis — 22 %