Transportation Engineers, task by task.

The work this job is made of, grouped and scored on how much of its output software can produce today, then linked to what addresses it. What is left over is the job. The full activity list is underneath.

Also filed here22
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  • road engineer
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  • roadway designer
  • roadway engineer
  • traffic engineer
  • highway civil engineer
  • transportation analyst
  • transportation engineer
  • highway project engineer
  • roadway project engineer
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SOC code
17-2051.01
Activities scored
6
In O*NET
26 activities
Activities an agent can take on
4
Grounded in
O*NET 30.3
The tasks · Transportation EngineersSOC 17-2051.01
88% · agentMostly automatable
85% · agentMostly automatable
82% · agentMostly automatable
80% · agentMostly automatable
42% · you keepPartly automatable
18% · you keepBarely automatable
The team4 agents · 4 need no setup
Technical Reporting Agent
Microsoft Excel · Microsoft Word · Microsoft PowerPoint
● No integration needed
Transportation Design Agent
Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D · ESRI ArcGIS software · Python
● No integration needed
Engineering Modeling Agent
Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D · Bentley MicroStation · Microsoft Excel
● No integration needed
Systems Evaluation Agent
ESRI ArcGIS software · Microsoft Excel · Python
● No integration needed
You keep this
Approve final designs and authorize construction to proceedOwn legal/regulatory accountability for project safety and complianceConduct physical site inspections and material testingNegotiate contracts and maintain relationships of record with agencies and contractors

Automatability scores estimate how much of a task an agent can reliably do today, grounded in O*NET task data. They are not predictions of job loss.

Start with these three

The most automatable work in this job, and the one tool we would use for each. Every task has a page of its own with the reasoning and every occupation that does it.

Prepare technical reports, budgets, and cost estimates88% · recording, documentation and administration · mostly automatable
Create engineering models, drawings, and stress calculations82% · drafting and content production · mostly automatable

The full activity list

All 26 detailed work activities O*NET records for Transportation Engineers, grouped by how much of each one software can take on. Every row has its own page.