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Industrial Production Managers

The short answer

Parts of this job are expected to change. AI can already assist with some of its tasks. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to shrink over the next decade, with about 457 openings expected each year.

Step 1

Where your job stands

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the middle fifth for how much AI could touch it—right around the middle.

How much AI could touch this job

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Looking at the job itself, AI could help with about a third of this job's tasks.

What this means

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the middle fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.

Step 2

What AI can and can’t help with in this job

The score comes from the real, day-to-day tasks of this job—not a guess about the job as a whole. Below are the tasks that matter most in this job, split by whether AI can help with them.

AI can help with or automate about 75% of the tasks in this job.

Tasks AI can help with or automate

  1. Manage safety programs at power generation facilities.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  2. Review biomass operations performance specifications to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  3. Review and update standard operating procedures or quality assurance manuals.

    AI could do much of this on its own

  4. Oversee geothermal plant operations, maintenance, and repairs to ensure compliance with applicable standards or regulations.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  5. Monitor performance of quality control systems to ensure effectiveness and efficiency.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

Tasks AI can't do much of

  1. Stop production if serious product defects are present.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  2. Direct operations, maintenance, or repair of hydroelectric power facilities.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  3. Supervise production employees in the manufacturing of biofuels, such as biodiesel or ethanol.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  4. Supervise employees in geothermal power plants or well fields.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  5. Monitor meters, flow gauges, or other real-time data to ensure proper operation of biofuels production equipment, implementing corrective measures as needed.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

Step 3

Jobs you could switch to

If you're thinking about a change, these are jobs your experience already fits—related work you could move into. Pick your area to see local options.

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The closest matches by the skills they use—each has projected openings in New York State, pays within reach of your job now, and is no more exposed to AI than your job. Each card shows what the move would take.

  • Power Distributors and Dispatchers

    Similar work
    +7% pay508 openings/yrAbout as exposed as your job now

    Pays about 7% more—$142,573 vs your $132,662 here.

    What the move takes

    Usually requires a high school diploma or equivalent, plus long-term on-the-job training.

    Getting ready typically takes one to two years.

    Skills you already have

    • Problem Sensitivity
    • Oral Comprehension
    • Oral Expression
    • Mathematics
    • Inductive Reasoning

    New skills to build

    • Telecommunications