IS WORK OVER?

Automation index

How much of a Process engineer’s job can AI already do?

A diagram and a balance come earlier. Stopping the plant and not overloading the reactor do not.

This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.

Task comparison

Process 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.

TaskShareAIPoints
P&IDs, balances and the operating procedure.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

18%48%+8.6
Plant, trials and the real bottleneck.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

16%22%+3.5
Capacity, yields and the improvement report.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

16%40%+6.4
Start-up, shutdown and the shift that skips the SOP.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

16%18%+2.9
Process safety and the HAZOP that hurts.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

18%14%+2.5
Not overloading the reactor, and signing the change.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

16%12%+1.9
Total100%26%

Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low

Skills and activities

  • P&IDs
  • mass balances
  • HAZOP
  • plant start-up
  • improve yields
  • SOP
  • bottlenecks
  • process safety

Sources for this job· O*NET 17-2112.00· ESCO/ISCO 2141

Automation 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.

TaskShareAIPoints
PLC, SCADA and the interlock.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

18%48%+8.6
Panel, loops and the lying sensor.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

16%22%+3.5
FAT, SAT and commissioning.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

16%36%+5.8
Recipes, batches and the product change.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

16%28%+4.5
The shift, the alarm and not bypassing the interlock.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

18%14%+2.5
That it does not trip, and documenting the program.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

16%12%+1.9
Total100%27%

Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low

Skills and activities

  • program PLCs
  • SCADA
  • interlocks
  • control loops
  • FAT SAT
  • commissioning
  • plant alarms
  • automation panels

Sources for this job· O*NET 17-3024.00· ESCO/ISCO 2149

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