How To Show Quantitative Skills On Resume

It’s a shame that school doesn’t teach how to show quantitative skills on resume. Having quantitative skills and accomplishments give recruiters a tangible feel of the business impact that you provide.

Too many job seekers are struggling with how to show quantitative skills on resume. I know this, because I actively review and rewrite clients’ resumes.

The shocking truth is that it is very easy, as an engineer, to display quantitative results and accomplishments. Use metrics such as dollars, efficiency, on time percentage, and cycle time reductions. Think of any scenario where you have made a change and seen a measurable result.

Are you a manager that leads a team that brings in a certain amount of revenue per year? Then, you better have that on your resume as a quantitative result.

Are you a design engineer that designs X amount of equipment per year that generates $X amount of revenue? Then, you better have that on your resume as a quantitative result.

Are you a test engineer that validates X amount of equipment per year that generates $X amount of revenue? Then, you better have that on your resume as a quantitative result.

My clients all often struggle with displaying their accomplishments clearly, concisely, and with quantitative results.

February 29, 2024 by Kazu Fujimoto

Why do clients struggle to display quantitative skills on resume?

I don’t know, its pretty easy to do, once you see the numerical impact you have in the company you work for. Also, growing up, we are not taught how to correctly write resumes. Engineers are very analytical people, but they have trouble selling themselves on their resumes.

Engineering Examples for Quantitative Results On Resume

Are you stuck on writing your resume? If you are, then use some of these example bullets below so that you can have the best mechanical engineering resume.

Design Engineer

• Designed $10M USD of equipment consisting of valves, compressors, pumps, and turbines for the Oil and Gas Industry
• Designed 1000s of components for use on military aircraft such as F-35, F/A-18, and B-2
• Used Design for Manufacturability (DFM) principles to re-design pressure vessel components, resulting in a 50% decrease in lead time
• Implemented the use of Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T) principles to redesign machined components, resulting in an increase of bid rate by 30%
• Processed production orders for machined components such as shafting, bearings, and casings resulting in revenue of $1M+

Manufacturing Engineer

• Create and improve 30% manufacturing processes for the creation of electromechanical assemblies for flight hardware
• Structured Manufacturing Bill of Materials (MBOM) consisting of 1000+ components using CPLM (Common Product Lifecycle Management)
• Determined manufacturing processes using the SQDC framework, resulting in 0 safety incidents and reduced written non-conformance tags by 10%
• Assist in 20+ tooling and packaging designs to support flight hardware through application such as CAD
• Performed statistical analysis and determined critical failure points in manufacturing; made recommendations to improve internal efficiency and generate $600K profit

Test Engineer

• Responsible for the testing of aerospace equipment such as 100+ different nozzle and diffuser designs
• Made recommendations to testing equipment geometry, resulting in an increase in efficiency of 10%
• Wrote MATLAB scrips for data acquisition using LabView consisting of 2,000,000+ line items and parameters
• Issued post-test work instructions for development tests; increasing pump efficiency by 1 – 3 %
• Created test engineering drawings & bills of materials; achieving 100% on time completion for tests

Structural Engineer

• Performed FEA (Finite Element Analysis) using ANSYS for large scale projects valued at $500K+ in the agricultural industry
• Made recommendations based on FEM results such as geometry changes and material selection that increased factors of safety by 50%
• Determined material selection of components sold in parts catalogue, resulting in revenue of $500K USD
• Performed structural dynamic analysis of automotive vehicle components and made recommendations such as geometry and material selection; resulting in the delivery of 100K components quarterly
• Created finite element analysis SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) for associate engineers, resulting in the completion of 100+ projects annually

Project Manager

• Tracked and maintained master schedule, hold weekly status meetings, and receive constant updates from stakeholders, resulting in an on time delivery of 96% for 100+ large scale projects valued at $2M USD
• Implemented Lean 5S principles in manufacturing area, resulting in a decrease in manufacturing cycle time by 50%
• Oversaw large scale projects valued between $300K ~ $2M for industries such as agriculture, power, and municipal
• Performed financial analysis and developed costing spreadsheets for pump components such as welded fabrications and shafting, reducing costs of quotations by approximately 10 – 30%
• Responsible for the allocation of $100M budget for aeronautics programs activities such as staffing, equipment, and overhead requirements

Engineering Manager

• Oversaw engineering team of 100+ consisting of design and structural engineers for mechanical equipment in the Defense Industry
• Improved bill of materials (BOM) on time performance in team by 20% through implementation of Lean 5S Standardization projects
• Reduced engineering cycle times from 2 weeks to 2 days through roll out of standard parts library
• Developed career goal plans for associate engineers, resulting in an increase in company retention rate of 30%
• Directed the design of 100+ standard pump components using geometric dimensioning & tolerancing (ASME Y14.5)

The above can seem scary, especially if you’ve been writing your resume without quantitative results. As you can see from the above, it’s not that hard to do, if you use metrics such as dollars, lead times, and efficiency.

Adding quantitative results are what will differentiate you from other people. So many engineers do not know how to do this! Be ahead of your competition by adding these items and see yourself score that many more interviews.

What do more interviews mean for you? More interviews will lead to more offers and more offers will lead to you in a better position to get higher pay.

The only reason you’re reading this is because you ultimately want more money, correct?

Get to work by adding some of these quantitative results on your resume and reap in the benefits!

Now you know how to show quantitative skills on resume, and it’s easy, right?