Automation index
How much of a Industrial engineer’s job can AI already do?
Simulating a line and drafting a procedure can already be farmed out. Planting it into real shifts cannot.
This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.
Task comparison
IS WORK OVER?
Industrial engineer
28%
AI can already do 28% of this job.
#102 / 623
View rankingIndustrial engineer
Where the time goes
Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.
The time saving for each task is estimated separately.
| Task | Share | AI | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
Model processes, balances and a first plant layout.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 22% | 45% | +9.9 |
Draft procedures, PFDs and operating instructions.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 40% | +7.2 |
Analyse cost, bottlenecks and OEE from data.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
Coordinate suppliers, maintenance and production.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 18% | +2.9 |
Commissioning and plant trials.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 12% | +1.9 |
Capex calls and industrial-safety liability.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 12% | 10% | +1.2 |
| Total | 100% | 28% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- Commissioning and plant trials
- ingeniero industrial
- industrial engineer
- procesos industriales
Sources for this job· O*NET 17-2112.00· ESCO/ISCO 2141
IS WORK OVER?
Excavator operator
18%
#564 / 623
View rankingExcavator operator
Where the time goes
Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.
The time saving for each task is estimated separately.
| Task | Share | AI | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
Set-out, levels and the machine log.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 32% | +5.1 |
Dig, load and the batter that comes in.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 24% | 6% | +1.4 |
Services, the blind pipe and stopping in time.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Maintenance, grease and the pin that snaps.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
The labourer, the lorry and covering nobody.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 18% | +2.5 |
Not breaking what is buried, and leaving a clean formation.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 10% | +1.4 |
| Total | 100% | 18% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- dig with excavator
- load lorries
- batters
- buried services
- set-out levels
- grease the machine
- formation
- site GPS
Sources for this job· O*NET 47-2073.00· ESCO/ISCO 8342