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Architectural and Engineering Managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as architecture and engineering or research and development in these fields.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Manage the coordination and overall integration of technical activities in architecture or engineering projects.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 02Direct, review, or approve project design changes.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 03Consult or negotiate with clients to prepare project specifications.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 04Prepare budgets, bids, or contracts.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 05Present and explain proposals, reports, or findings to clients.People already use AI for this at work
- 06Confer with management, production, or marketing staff to discuss project specifications or procedures.Mostly human for now
- 07Assess project feasibility by analyzing technology, resource needs, or market demand.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 08Review, recommend, or approve contracts or cost estimates.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 09Develop or implement policies, standards, or procedures for engineering and technical work.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 10Establish scientific or technical goals within broad outlines provided by top management.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss3%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
47%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 55% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Confer with management, production, or marketing staff to discuss project specifications or procedures.