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
IS WORK OVER?
Process engineer
26%
AI can already do 26% of this job.
#211 / 653
View rankingProcess 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
P&IDs, balances and the operating procedure.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 48% | +8.6 |
Plant, trials and the real bottleneck.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Capacity, yields and the improvement report.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 40% | +6.4 |
Start-up, shutdown and the shift that skips the SOP.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 18% | +2.9 |
Process safety and the HAZOP that hurts.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 14% | +2.5 |
Not overloading the reactor, and signing the change.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 12% | +1.9 |
| Total | 100% | 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
IS WORK OVER?
Doula
19%
#508 / 653
View rankingDoula
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Plan, expectations and what cannot be.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 32% | +5.1 |
Labour, the house and the one that runs long.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 22% | 8% | +1.8 |
Delivery room, the position and the one who asks for an epidural.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Puerperium, the breast and the come-down.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
The midwife, the line and not playing clinician.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 18% | +2.9 |
Be there, and not replacing the midwife.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 12% | +1.7 |
| Total | 100% | 19% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- birth plan
- labour support
- puerperium
- breastfeeding
- positions
- delivery room
- not replace the midwife
- expectations
Sources for this job· O*NET 31-9099.00· ESCO/ISCO 5322